Getting Back On The Horse In Maine: Gay Marriage On The Ballot For 2012
The defeat of marriage equality in Maine in 2009 was crushing. Will things be different in 2012?
At Sweden’s Gender-Neutral Preschool, There’s No Boys or Girls, Only “Friends”
No “him” or “her” at the Egalia school in Stockholm.
Same-Sex Marriage Is Taking the Northeast By Storm
The Catholic Bishop in Brooklyn is talking crazy about it, New Jerseyans are suing for it, Rhode Island will take civil unions instead of it (for now), Obama won’t “make news on it” and a city clerk upstate refuses to do her job and sign certificates of it.
DADT Still Not Repealed, Gay Soldiers Still Being Discharged, Are Unsafe
While DADT lingers on the verge of repeal, soldiers are still being discharged for being gay.
NY Same-Sex Marriage Inspires Surprising and Unsurprising Reactions from Important Leaders
Pat Robertson, Barack Obama, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Michele Bachmann, Maggie Gallagher, the Jewish Orthodox Union, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Ruben Diaz
18 Murders in 18 Months: Puerto Rico’s LGBTTs Face New Threats, Old Politics
A slew of violent murders has left Puerto Rico’s gay community fearful and wondering what to do next.
VIDEO: NYC Lesbians Celebrate Marriage Equality!
Autostraddle hits the streets on Friday night to talk to THE PEOPLE about marriage equality. Includes a lot of hopping and jumping and screaming and total cuteness.
NYPD Celebrates Gay Pride by Raiding a Gay Bar Minutes After Gay Marriage Victory
“In typical NYPD fashion, the N.Y.P.D. demonstrated its disrespect for the gay community by raiding the Eagle mere moments after the passage of most important piece of gay rights legislation in history.”
New York City Gay Marriage Party Post
Feelings from New Yorkers, photos, tweets from famous people and not-so-famous people. An epic post of epic New York same-sex marriage emotions!
Photographs: New York City The Night We Won Same-Sex Marriage
Robin Roemer shoots the West Village celebrating same-sex marriage passing on the first night of NYC Pride Weekend.
Same-Sex Marriage Passes in New York, 33-29! We Won a Thing!
After weeks of waiting and waiting and waiting — GAY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN LEGALIZED IN NEW YORK!
How to Queer Mainstream Media and Progressively Start a Revolution Online
We’re online, we’re in the streets, we’re everywhere. And, goddammit, we’re on our way.
VIDEO: Watch the New York State Senate Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Tonight, Eventually
New York really really really truly might almost definitely vote on gay marriage today. You can follow along by watching this livestream from the State Senate.
New York Didn’t Vote on Gay Marriage Tonight, is Such a Tease
Once again, no vote. They could just argue forever. Or turn off facebook comments, or warn of an AIDS epidemic. All of these ideas are totally reasonable reactions to a thing.
Obama Says Gay Couples Deserve Equal Rights But Insists It’s Not a Federal Fight
Obama had a big fundraiser tonight for LGBTs and said he thinks gays deserve equal rights and hopefully the states will be taking care of that.
Gay-Inclusive Immigration Reform Could Potentially Be a Thing
A new immigration reform bill introduced yesterday includes a provision to protect LGBT families as well as DREAM Act legislation.
Gay Marriage in New York: Not Happening Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow (UPDATED)
We’ve been waiting since the beginning of time for equal rights so what’s another 24 hours? Also, sources report we’ve got our 32nd vote!
The Opening Doors Project: Doing Something to Help LGBTQ Kids in Foster Care
Fortunately, now that the SATs are over and I’ve aged out of my locker-focused worries, I have the brain capacity to not only comprehend the struggle of LGBTQ youth, but to also do something about it.
VIDEO: Jon Stewart Explains Fox News to Fox News, Fox News Denies Itself
The mainstream media is not pushing a liberal agenda, they’re just lazy sensationalist, but Fox is pushing a right wing agenda and this video is just a thing you must see.
There Must be 50 Ways to Delay a Gay Marriage Bill
The New York State Senate did not vote on same-sex marriage last week and they did not vote on it today. When will they vote on it?