I am considering a career move to Masachusetts US, looking to move there with my partner of 13 years. Although Massachusetts permits gay marriage, federal immigration laws do not recognise same sex relationships of any type. This is the first time in my life that I have faced difficulties (prejudice quite frankly) as a result of my sexual orientation. Although the company that I work for is fully supportive in moving both me and my partner, there are limitations regarding the visa that my partner can obtain - essentially limited to a 6 month visitor visa.
I find it incredible in 2009 that we are denied immigration equality on the basis of sexual orientation - it is a disgraceful prejudice.
Agulhas, Quebec, Canada
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Stonewall legacy The riot that changed Americas sexual politics (BBC News)
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MarcoMUC 1060 days ago
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The unfinished legacy of Stonewall Still partying like it is 1969
Posted by
SFbeat 1060 days ago
(http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Forty years after the Stonewall riots started the modern gay rights movement, the US still treats us as second-class citizens. Last November, Proposition 8 in California overturned an earlier court decision granting marriage equality. Though five states now recognise same-sex marriage, the 1996 Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) deprives legally married same-sex couples of the 1,381 privileges that federally recognised heterosexual couples enjoy, including rights regarding pensions, social security survivor benefits and immigration. It also bars us from filing a joint income tax return and levies a heavy "gay tax" on health insurance and inheritance. Small wonder a recent UCLA report on poverty in the LGBT community found that same-sex partners are more likely to be poor than our heterosexual counterparts....Will hitting the Obama administration and the DNC in their wallets be enough to ma
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