by Kathy DraskyThe story in this video was first brought to our attention last week on Facebook. It is a story not unlike so many of ours. Josh, an American, married Henry, who is from Venezuela, in a state that recognizes gay marriages (Connecticut) last year. We all know the drill - if Josh was "Jane", he would have been able to petition the federal government to sponsor his husband for a green card. While there may be a waiting period and even an "investigation", the couple would not be looking down the barrel of being forced apart, and would most likely end up living happily ever after in the US.But Josh is a man and so is Henry, and as another Congressional session comes to a close with more co-sponsors of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) than ever before, but still no debate, much less a floor vote and our secure inclusion in Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) as "iffy
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The Out4Immigration Blog: Is it Time to Focus on Repealing DOMA?
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The Out4Immigration Blog: Dealing with Victories and Defeats
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by Mark GerardyBack on election day 2008, it was a great day - a Democrat president after an eight-year hiatus, a Democrat-majority in the House and Senate, many Democrat governors, almost everything was perfect - except California's anti-gay Proposition 8 narrowly passed.Wouldn't it be nice to be able to get everything that you want in one full-swoop?Some elections, it has been good just to get anything that you want. Any victory, anywhere. Rarely, if ever, does anyone get every single thing that they want, either for Christmas or on Election Day. It's life.Election Day 2010 probably will not be as good as 2008, and there will be fewer presents. I am fairly certain that despite my best efforts, unfortunately one of the Colorado Senate seats will go to openly-homophobic Republican Ken Buck. Between that and less Democrats in the Senate and House, things are not going to look very good f
Did an amazing job of organizing the OUT4I contingent in the Parade. The turn out was amazing and the march a great success. Kathy yelled through her megaphone non stop for the entire slow march down all of Market Street, educating the public as we went by. Shirley and Jay Tan Mercado, the twins and Melanie Nathan were sitting in the 1962 Rolls, kindly donated by a gernerous enthusaist. The Pride organizers and Belinda Ryan were on the job, pulling off difficult manoevres to make our participation such a succes. Kathy is the very talented photographer and credit for these pictures in the post -very kindly provided me with an exclusive for thos BLOG goes to Company, KazzaDrask Media, I am impressed....photos
Shirley Tan and Family to March with Out4Immigration at San Francisco Pride 2009
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Shirley Tan, her partner Jay Mercado, and their two children will join Out4Immigration—the all volunteer, grassroots advocate for same-sex binational couples and their families—at the San Francisco 2009 Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28th. Together, they will be marching for equal immigration rights for same-sex binational couples to remain together in the U.S. by urging Congress to pass the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA).
KazzaDrask Media: HOT ON THE PRESS: OUT4IMMIGRATION NOW BLOGGING
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Amos Lim and Kathy Drasky from Out4Immigration will contribute to the blog, LGBT Immigration Rights, as will Martha McDevitt-Pugh of Love Exiles and Chris Waddling, the binational couple outreach director for Marriage Equality USA. ...
MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA, OUT4IMMIGRATION, AND LOVE EXILES REPORT ...California Chronicle, CAJackie Speier [CA-12], Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Immigration Equality´s Julie Kruse, Ms Tan, her wife of 23 years, US citizen Jay Mercado, and their two sons will not be saying goodbye to one another just yet. The right to sponsor Ms Tan has been ...
Out4Immigration Applauds Nadler-Leahy Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) (PR.com)
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Congress introduces bill to give same-sex binational couples same rights as heterosexuals [PR.com - May 11, 2007]
Out4Immigration Hopeful About Reintroduction of Uniting American Families Act
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Bills in House and Senate Call for End to Immigration Discrimination against Same-Sex Binational Couples in United States.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA, OUT4IMMIGRATION, AND LOVE EXILES REPORT ...California Chronicle, CAMarriage Equality USA, Out4Immigration, and Love Exiles whole-heartedly support all efforts to save Ms. Tan from deportation, alleviating her and her family of the egregious errors perpetrated by her previous lawyer, the grave, personal danger she ...
Group to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary at San Francisco Pride Parade on June 24 [PR.com - June 21, 2007]
HOT ON THE PRESS: OUT4IMMIGRATION JOINS APPEAL (KazzaDrask Media)
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Numerous appeals are being made to the couples' Congressperson Jackie Speier and Senator Dianne Feinstein.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA, OUT4IMMIGRATION, AND LOVE EXILES REPORT
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San Francisco, California "This is a good day for this family, but their fight is not over," said Chris Waddling, Binational Couples Outreach
Out4Immigration Hopeful Re-Introduction of Uniting American Families Act
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...of Directors, Out4Immigration Media Coordinator, Out4Immigration 415-375-3765 415-606-2085 amos@out4immigration.org kathy@out4immigration.org...
Marriage Equality USA, Out4Immigration, Love Exile Report: Shirley Tan
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Jackie Speier [CA-12], Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Immigration Equality's Julie Kruse, Ms Tan, her wife of 23 years, U.S. citizen Jay...
Out4Immigration Applauds Nadler-Leahy Uniting American Families Act (UAFA)
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LauREN 1147 days ago
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Congress introduces bill to give same-sex binational couples same rights as heterosexuals [PR.com - May 11, 2007]
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Promoting public awareness of the need for fairness in immigration policy particularly as it relates to the rights of same-sex bi-national couples in the United States who seek equal immigration rights; Providing information regarding political issues relating to gay immigration equality issues, rights and policy.