Organizers are planning national community gatherings as part of the United for Marriage coalition WASHINGTON, DC — Supporters of marriage equality across the country are planning…
By: Keegan O’Brien*— On May 16th it was announced that Mayor Thomas Menino had been elected Grand Marshall for the 2013 Boston Pride Parade. Boston Pride described its decision in these words: “A…
“This is a stunning failure in the Illinois House. Lambda Legal’s lawsuit will move forward…” SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — At the close of the legislative session the…
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— During the first week of May, Rhode Island governor Lincoln D. Chafee signed a Marriage Equality Act that will allow same-sex…
State will be 11th state to allow equal marriage for same-sex couples By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Just minutes before the Delaware Senate was set…
Gov. Lincoln Chafee to immediately sign the bill at historic ceremony on steps of State Capitol WASHINGTON – Yesterday the Rhode Island state House passed marriage equality…
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– Fighting for transgender peoples’ rights is fighting for the rights of everyone. For every gain that we transgender people make,…
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA Trans nondiscrimination policy approved in public school district The Medford School Committee has approved a new gender identity…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Services– PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — After a moving speech by a senator who described herself as a devout Catholic but said she…
Ocean State poised to become 10th marriage equality state, final New England state BOSTON, Mass. — Today, in a bipartisan vote of 7 to 4, Rhode Island’s…
By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT– This week, as the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of Prop 8 and DOMA, I’ve heard the following question a…
Tax Day is less than a week away, standing as a glaring reminder to LGBT Americans of their current state of second-class citizenship. Under the…
By: Amelia Nugent/HRC Rhode Island Faith Organizer– Yesterday faith leaders from across the state and country congregated in Providence, Rhode Island to speak out about the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two democratic U.S. Senators announced their support for marriage equality today, according to reports from the Human Rights Campaign, HRC. U.S. Sen….
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief– In modern politics where the conservative movement is losing ground as the country moves in favor of supporting LGBT rights, the rhetoric…
By: Bernadette Stark, Esq.*/Special to TRT– The country has been riveted this week as the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases…
WASHINGTON, DC – MoveOn.org members from Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, West Virginia, South Dakota, North Dakota, Louisiana and Delaware are leading campaigns to urge their senators…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Today’s argument in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Defense of Marriage Act sounded at times as if President Obama…
By: Chris Ott*/Special to TRT– BOSTON, Mass. –On March 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Windsor v. U.S., a case that could…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The U.S. Supreme Court took the marriage equality issue on a roller coaster ride Tuesday as it heard almost 90…
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT– Last week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released a video officially announcing her support for same-sex marriage, shortly after…
BOSTON, Mass.—Next Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, an amendment to that…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the independent and non-partisan American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced their support for marriage for gay and lesbian couples for a…