A new poll released by the University of Washington shows a surge in support for marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
We need to make sure that voters in Washington understand that until Washington State issues marriage licenses to its gay and lesbian citizens we will not be able to make progress towards these important federal protections such as social security, immigration rights, and equal treatment under the IRS tax code."
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Support for Marriage Equality Surges in Washington State
Posted by
OneVoice 705 days ago
(http://blog.seattlepi.com)
Resolution To Support Gay Binational Couples Heads To California Senate
Posted by
LauREN 705 days ago
(http://blogs.sfweekly.com)
A resolution supporting the federal bill that would allow gay U.S. citizens to sponsor their partners for a visa passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.
Our cover story this week, "Worlds Apart," tells the story of three Bay Area couples whose lives would be changed by the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a federal bill that allows "permanent partners" to be treated the same as straight spouses in immigration matters. Currently, gay couples have no legal pathway to sponsor their foreign partners to stay in the country.
While the federal UAFA bill is on hold while lawmakers decide whether to include it in the comprehensive immigration reform, California legislators such as Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) introduced a resolution last year urging the U.S. Congress to pass the s
Our cover story this week, "Worlds Apart," tells the story of three Bay Area couples whose lives would be changed by the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a federal bill that allows "permanent partners" to be treated the same as straight spouses in immigration matters. Currently, gay couples have no legal pathway to sponsor their foreign partners to stay in the country.
While the federal UAFA bill is on hold while lawmakers decide whether to include it in the comprehensive immigration reform, California legislators such as Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) introduced a resolution last year urging the U.S. Congress to pass the s
Two days after signing the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act--the first federal law to extend protections to GLBT Americans--President Barack Obama addressed two other issues seen by gay Americans as crucial to the cause of equality.
The president signed into law legislation that re-authorizes the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. The law provides funds for another four years to programs that provide medicine and care for needy people living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 500,000 individuals rely on the program to maintain their treatment regimens...
The president signed into law legislation that re-authorizes the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. The law provides funds for another four years to programs that provide medicine and care for needy people living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 500,000 individuals rely on the program to maintain their treatment regimens...
LOGO Gay Channel Dark for #NEM
Posted by
freedom2immigrate 957 days ago
(http://finance.yahoo.com)
thousands of fair-minded Americans congregating in our nation's capital for Equality Across America's "National Equality March 2009." The March serves as a call to action for a new generation of activists, gay and straight, to join the movement for LGBT equality. The event's goal is to reinvigorate the LGBT movement on a national level so participants can take their experiences home to their communities across America and convey the urgency behind their quest for demanding equal rights. Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA - News and VIA.B - News) MTV Networks, announced today that it will support the March by participating in a number of events surrounding the weekend.
Logo Goes Dark for National Equality March
Posted by
freedom2immigrate 984 days ago
(http://news.prnewswire.com)
The weekend of October 10th and 11th 2009 will see thousands of fair-minded Americans congregating in our nation's capital for Equality Across America's "National Equality March 2009." The March serves as a call to action for a new generation of activists, gay and straight, to join the movement for LGBT equality. The event's goal is to reinvigorate the LGBT movement on a national level so participants can take their experiences home to their communities across America and convey the urgency behind their quest for demanding equal rights. Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, announced today that it will support the March by participating in a number of events surrounding the weekend.
Most notably, Logo is joining the cause by "going dark" from...
Most notably, Logo is joining the cause by "going dark" from...
Powering up our big gay agenda
Posted by
freedom2immigrate 987 days ago
(http://www.pridesource.com)
If (Obama's) health care reform goes down in flames, he will not have enough capital, power, strength to successfully take on DADT or DOMA or UAFA as part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. And if health care reform goes down the tubes..... you might have to kiss United ENDA good bye for a while, too."
Broad based Support Grows For National Equality March
Posted by
USAFrance 1008 days ago
(http://www.outcomebuffalo.com)
Broad-based support for the National Equality March (NEM) has been growing exponentially across the country over the past few weeks, according to its organizer Equality Across America (EAA). Thousands of Americans are hearing the drumbeat for LGBT equality and plan to follow it to the nation’s capital this October....
The Wall Street Journal Reports upon US Immigration Issues
Posted by
DividedByLaw 1010 days ago
(http://integrity-legal.com)
“President Obama continues his quiet retreat from a campaign pledge to make comprehensive immigration reform “a top priority in my first year as President.” Following a summit meeting in Guadalajara last week with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Mr. Obama said that an immigration overhaul will have to wait until next year.”
In the next Congressional session it is hoped that Comprehensive Immigration Reform will be dealt with and the current problems associated with large numbers of illegal aliens in the United States will finally be put to rest. Of further concern to some immigration equality advocates is the issue of US family based visas for couples of the same sex. Currently the Defense of Marriage Act bars the Federal government from granting US Immigration benefits based upon a same sex marriage or an intent to enter into a same sex marriage.
However, t
In the next Congressional session it is hoped that Comprehensive Immigration Reform will be dealt with and the current problems associated with large numbers of illegal aliens in the United States will finally be put to rest. Of further concern to some immigration equality advocates is the issue of US family based visas for couples of the same sex. Currently the Defense of Marriage Act bars the Federal government from granting US Immigration benefits based upon a same sex marriage or an intent to enter into a same sex marriage.
However, t
Get ready to laugh. I'm going to lead you through the twists and turns of one of the most ridiculous places known to humankind: the U.S. Congress. The purpose of this exercise is to explain what has happened to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
But I have a deeper goal. The hate crimes bill is the first in a series of pro-LGBT proposals expected to come before Congress. These include the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, changes in immigration laws and repeals of the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbians and gays in the military.
Given that President Obama has said he favors these proposals, the trick for LGBT America is to get them through Congress and onto his desk. This is no easy task. To succeed, our community and allies must understand how Congress really works. We need to know when to relax and let the pro
But I have a deeper goal. The hate crimes bill is the first in a series of pro-LGBT proposals expected to come before Congress. These include the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, changes in immigration laws and repeals of the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbians and gays in the military.
Given that President Obama has said he favors these proposals, the trick for LGBT America is to get them through Congress and onto his desk. This is no easy task. To succeed, our community and allies must understand how Congress really works. We need to know when to relax and let the pro
Others In The LGBT Movement Call For Action Now
Posted by
UnitedByLove 1024 days ago
(http://www.myfedgrants.com)
On February 8th, 2009, I posted my feelings that “It’s Time For A National LGBT Leader” to step forth, and then again on May 30th, I posted a comment about the LGBT Community and that “Now Is The Time” for us to organize and put pressure on those who promised us the rights we deserve and are entitled.
In both my previous posts, I stressed the need to act quickly and if we miss this opportunity we have only ourselves to blame.
Yesterday I received an email, it was the day for emails, from the Ohio LGBT Caucus, addressing similar issues and their perception on the urgency of this issue.
In both my previous posts, I stressed the need to act quickly and if we miss this opportunity we have only ourselves to blame.
Yesterday I received an email, it was the day for emails, from the Ohio LGBT Caucus, addressing similar issues and their perception on the urgency of this issue.
Americans Marry During Amsterdam Gay Pride
Posted by
freedom2immigrate 1026 days ago
(http://www.ontopmag.com)
The five married Americans are from New York where their marriages might be legal – the state recognizes legal gay marriage – but the couples could not have wed there.
If the couples wish to remain together they will have to live in the Netherlands. Federal law denies gay and lesbian couples the right to sponsor an immigrant spouse to become a U.S. citizen under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
If the couples wish to remain together they will have to live in the Netherlands. Federal law denies gay and lesbian couples the right to sponsor an immigrant spouse to become a U.S. citizen under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Canal Pride in Amsterdam (Love Exiles)
Posted by
igualdad 1026 days ago
(http://loveexiles.wordpress.com)
Talking to Americans along the route it was painfully clear that people know we are discriminated against by US immigration law, but they seem to accept that that is just the way things are. Only exiles I met along the way know the pain of exile and want to become active. But we need all of us to demand our rights....
Support UAFA No One Should Have To Choose Between a Partner and their home
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1031 days ago
(http://wamarriage.org)
If Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation should move in this Congress, please press for UAFA – and thus our families – to be included in it. Comprehensive Immigration Reform will not be comprehensive unless all families are part ...
Tips to help you write your letter:
– State why you are writing, who you are and why UAFA matters to you.
– Provide more detail. Tell your story from the heart and support it with the
necessary facts. Provide specific, rather than general, information about
how the unfair immigration laws affect you personally.
– Close by requesting the action you want taken: cosponsorship of UAFA.
Tips to help you write your letter:
– State why you are writing, who you are and why UAFA matters to you.
– Provide more detail. Tell your story from the heart and support it with the
necessary facts. Provide specific, rather than general, information about
how the unfair immigration laws affect you personally.
– Close by requesting the action you want taken: cosponsorship of UAFA.
Proof The Gay Marriage Movement Is Draining Resources from Queer Activism
Posted by
DividedByLaw 1045 days ago
(http://www.bilerico.com)
The gay-marriage campaign has been sucking up resources like a massive sponge, corralling us to give up our last dollar and free time, leaving little sustenance for other queer groups doing critical work in our communities.
And the HIV travel ban has been an issue worked on by groups like Gay Men's Health Crisis since 1987, from its inception (Immigration Equality, which now attaches itself to the lifting of the ban, has only been around since 1994. The truth is that such things don't happen overnight and getting it lifted has meant the blood and sweat of a lot of queer activists who have been working relentlessly on the issue for a very long time. As for the bit about gay marriage as a tide rasing all boats, please take a look at the last sentence of my post:
"If we are to use any seafaring metaphors, it might be best to describe gay marriage as the Titanic, a
And the HIV travel ban has been an issue worked on by groups like Gay Men's Health Crisis since 1987, from its inception (Immigration Equality, which now attaches itself to the lifting of the ban, has only been around since 1994. The truth is that such things don't happen overnight and getting it lifted has meant the blood and sweat of a lot of queer activists who have been working relentlessly on the issue for a very long time. As for the bit about gay marriage as a tide rasing all boats, please take a look at the last sentence of my post:
"If we are to use any seafaring metaphors, it might be best to describe gay marriage as the Titanic, a
Washington moves on parts of the gay agenda
Posted by
igualdad 1049 days ago
(http://www.pridesource.com)
ENDA reintroduced, hate crimes hearing held, health concerns addressed
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