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GetEqual Florida Volunteer Shares His Thoughts On Being Arrested for Asking...
Today I risked arrest for the first time in my life. Risking arrest isn’t something I ever imagined myself doing, but it is something I felt needed to be done. Why did I do this? Well, Senator...
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Chief Justice John Roberts’ Lesbian Cousin, Jean Podrasky, Is Now Planning...
Guest author Jean Podrasky (image, right,) is a long-time LGBT activist and the cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts. In March, Podrasky was in the Supreme Court during oral arguments for the Prop 8...
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The Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions Explained
Guest author Dr. Jillian T. Weiss explains today’s Supreme Court decisions on United States v. Windsor and Hollingworth v. Perry The United States Supreme Court issued two opinions this morning. The...
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First Thoughts from a North Carolina Couple on a Big Day at the Supreme Court
“We will win full marriage equality. We are convinced of that.” Entrepreneurs and LGBT Activists Bob Page and his partner Dale Frederiksen offer their thoughts on this historic day. First Thoughts...
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Nan Hunter: DOMA Bites The Dust
Guest author and Georgetown University law professor Nan Hunter explains today’s historic marriage rulings. In a decision by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court ruled this morning 5 to 4 that the...
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A One-Two Punch To The Nation’s Most Prominent Antigay Laws
Guest Author Suzanne Goldberg is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. The Court’s decisions in Windsor and Perry – the first major gay rights rulings in a decade – are a one-two punch to the...
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New York Civil Liberties Union On Edie Windsor’s Victory — And Ours
Guest author Mariko Hirose is a staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union. Today, the Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA),...
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Two Moms Remind Us, Though DOMA Is Dead, We Have Not Yet Finished Our Fight...
Jayne and April DeBoer-Rowse, who are suing the State of Michigan for the right to both adopt their children, send congratulations to everyone whose marriage is now recognized by the federal...
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The Supreme Court Has Spoken, What Now?
GetEqual Florida’s Jarrod Scarbrough reflects on the historic Supreme Court decisions yesterday, and takes a look at the challenges ahead for full LGBT equality. The Supreme Court Has spoken, What...
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Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue….
Seth Marnin is the Assistant Legal Director at the Anti-Defamation League who articulates the whip saw like politics present in America today I cannot escape feeling a bit of whiplash as a result of...
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Follow Me: Military LGBT Will Lead Marriage Equality Implementation
Bridget Wilson, one of America’s top civilian lawyers practicing military law, argues that LGBT military activists have earned a place at the leadership table of the LGBT civil rights movement and now...
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You Can Be The Solution – An Open Letter To The Clerk of Bernalillo County,...
Stayce Driskell, Lisa Taj McCellon, and their children, Lilyan, 11, Sophia, 9, and Jackson, 7. There’s nothing in New Mexico’s Constitution that would prevent same-sex couples from marrying, yet...
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Post DOMA: Now That Gays Can Marry, What About D-I-V-O-R-C-E?
Professor Katherine Franke takes on the thorny issues of how divorce between gay and lesbian couples will confront stereotypical notions of gender and what that could mean for gay and lesbian families...
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Eleven Reasons Why I’m Leaving The Catholic Church
Guest author Joseph Amodeo recently organized a vigil in front of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which led to the police threatening the arrest of anyone associated with the action. In this...
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Help The Story Of The Stonewall Riots Come To Life In Comic Book Form
Guest author Michael Troy explains why he, artist David T. Cabrera, and Bluewater Productions hope to bring the story of Stonewall to the public in comic book form via the Indiegogo crowd sourcing...
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God Loves Uganda: How An Oscar-Winning Producer And A Fiery Reverend May Save...
The documentary “God Loves Uganda” exposes the US Evangelical community’s funding and fostering of anti-gay hate in Uganda. LGBT activist and guest author Sean Sala talks about the film and saving...
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How The White House’s Working Group Can Help Us Achieve An AIDS Free Generation
Guest author Erica Rothschild explains how President Obama’s plan for including the DOJ, HUD. Labor, the VA, and other federal agencies as a part of a Working Group creating policies, programs and...
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After DADT: Transgender Life In The United States Military
Guest author Brynn Tannehill explains that despite the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, an outdated Department of Defense policy still prohibits transgender persons from military service It has been...
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Living In Fear, But Coming Out As Transgender In The Navy
“Michelle” is a transwoman who currently serves in U.S. Navy with support from her supervisors. She shares her story with The New Civil Rights Movement via guest author Brynn Tannehill. Three years...
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Transgender Life In The US Military: Hiding In Plain Sight
Guest author Brynn Tannehill shares the stories of three transgender members of the U.S. military and how they hide in plain sight, especially as transmen Usually when someone thinks about the period...
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