Sen. Feinstein gets reprieve for foreign-born lesbian mother ...Los Angeles Times, CASAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Philippines-born lesbian mother ordered to leave the country next month for overstaying her visa will likely be allowed to stay through next year thanks to intervention from US Sen. Dianne Feinstein. ...
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Sen Feinstein gets reprieve for foreign-born lesbian mother (Los Angeles Times)
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Pacifica lesbian mom deportation blocked (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Pacifica lesbian mom's deportation blockedSan Francisco Chronicle, USATan was taken into custody at her home in January for overstaying her 1989 visitor's visa. She applied for political asylum in 1995 but was turned down by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 2002. Tan said she was not notified of the decision.
Lesbian mom gets deportation reprieve (North County Times)
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SAN FRANCISCO ---- A Philippines-born lesbian mother who was ordered to leave the country next month for overstaying her visa will likely be allowed to stay through next year due to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's intervention in the case.
San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA
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The San Francisco Chronicle editorial gets it exactly right: the problem is that our immigration law does not recognize Shirley and Jay as a family because they are a lesbian couple, and the solution is to pass the Uniting American ...
Obama can give gay families equal immigration rights (San Jose Mercury News)
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Opinion: Obama can give gay families equal immigration rightsSan Jose Mercury News, USAOne stroke of the president's pen enacting the Uniting American Families Act is all that is needed for all Americans to have the right to live in their country and keep their families intact. Chris Waddling of San Francisco is binational outreach ...
The city and county of San Francisco has passed a resolution supporting the passage of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) by Congress. The UAFA would eliminate the barrier that same-sex binational couples now face when a gay or lesbian American tries to sponsor their foreign life partner for a green card and the right to stay together legally in the US. Opposite-sex binational couples have long been afforded such protections under US immigration law.
Amos Lim, a founding board member of Out4Immigration and a San Francisco resident was instrumental in getting this resolution passed, first by the Board of Supervisors and then by the Immigrant Rights Commission. The resolution makes San Francisco the first municipality to call for equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians at the federal level. It is only change at the federal level for any LGBT rights -- including m
Amos Lim, a founding board member of Out4Immigration and a San Francisco resident was instrumental in getting this resolution passed, first by the Board of Supervisors and then by the Immigrant Rights Commission. The resolution makes San Francisco the first municipality to call for equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians at the federal level. It is only change at the federal level for any LGBT rights -- including m
Io-wha??? (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
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Io-wha???San Francisco Bay Guardian, CADamn, I can't believe those Midwestern cornholers totally beat us bicoastal fudgepackers to the altar punch: so many delicious, delicious plot twists on the way to marriage equality. And yet compared to what's happening to so many LGBTs around the ...
Sen Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay Couple (San Francisco Bay Times)
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Sen. Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay CoupleSan Francisco Bay Times, CAKerry is a co-sponsor of a bill in Congress to extend spousal immigration rights to same-sex couples. Gay couples can marry in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Vermont’s Senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage March 24. The vote was 26-4. ...
For US immigration, partnered doesn't count (San Francisco Chronicle)
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For US immigration, 'partnered' doesn't countSan Francisco Chronicle, USAIt's a familiar story, said Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, which works to end discrimination in immigration law against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people. "We hear every day from American citizens ...
San Francisco Chronicle: “Keeping all families together is a goal ...Tips-Q GLBT News, NYVisit the Immigration Equality UAFA Action Page for information on how you can contact your congressional representatives to thank them or urge their support for the Uniting American Families Act.
For US immigration partnered doesn't count (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Shirley Tan has been with her partner, Jay Mercado, for 23 years. The Pacifica women have twin 12-year-old sons and have been registered domestic partners since 1991. That means nothing to the federal government, which recognizes only a marriage between a man...
Shellfish States Move Towards Marriage (San Francisco Bay Times)
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Shellfish States Move Towards MarriageSan Francisco Bay Times, CAGovernor Greenjeans has just vowed to veto the marriage equality bill so you can stop cheering that 26-4 senate vote and forget about the house hearings because the bill won’t be worth the paper its printed on once Sap for Brains gets through with it. ...
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom brings ideas to valley (The Desert Sun)
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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom brings ideas to valleyThe Desert Sun, CAMarriage equality is an issue that resonates with many in the Palm Springs area, which is home to one of the largest gay populations per capita in the United States. About 1200 same-sex couples married in the Coachella Valley during the four months ...
Io-wha??? (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
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San Francisco Bay GuardianIo-wha???San Francisco Bay Guardian, CADamn, I can't believe those Midwestern cornholers totally beat us bicoastal fudgepackers to the altar punch: so many delicious, delicious plot twists on the way to marriage equality. And yet compared to what's happening to so many LGBTs around the ...
For US immigration "partnered" doesn't count (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Proud ParentingFor US immigration, 'partnered' doesn't countSan Francisco Chronicle, USAIt's a familiar story, said Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, which works to end discrimination in immigration law against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people. "We hear every day from American citizens ...MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA, OUT4IMMIGRATION, AND LOVE EXILES REPORT ... California ChronicleLesbian mom to be deported Friday Examiner.comBay Area family's life upended by immigration nightmare Bay Area ReporterTips-Q GLBT Newsall 26 news articles
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