This Side of Marriage Equality & EastSiders
From the Soon-To-Be-Married Stars of TV’s EastSiders By: Mike Bahr*/Special to TRT— Kit Williamson is an actor and filmmaker best known for playing Ed Gifford…
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Iconic TV Host Ana Maria Polo Joins HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign
Yesterday, HRC released two web videos featuring Ana Maria Polo, host of the renowned Telemundo show “Caso Cerrado,” for the organization’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the…
Making History: Goodridge Plaintiffs Make Case for Martha and Maura
In late 2003, the Goodridge v. Department of Public Health decision paved the way for Massachusetts to become the first state in this country to…
Getting Blunt with Whoopi
Entertainer shrugs off gay rumors, talks being ‘claimed’ by the LGBT community By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Never one to give a flying you-know-what, Whoopi…
Supreme Court: Another LGBT Month of ‘Major Moments’
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service June is the final month of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current session and, while anticipation is not nearly so great…
Two Same Sword Edges: Becker Book Lessons, Part 2
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— May 14, 2009. Hollywood producer Rob Reiner and his wife Michele hosted a lunch to talk about a lawsuit they…
Forcing The Spring: The Becker Marriage Equality Book Outrage
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— To say there’s been a flurry of discussion around the release of a new book Tuesday on the legal case…
LGBT Legal Activists Praise Holder Announcement
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— LGBT legal activists applauded an announcement by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Friday that the federal government will recognize marriage…
My Gay Interview with Courtney Love
Scary straights, Kurt Cobain’s lesbian relative and being ‘normal in some ways’ By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Just give Courtney Love 10 minutes – the…
Defeating DOMA & Prop 8: We’ve Made History, but We’re Far From Finished
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— Wednesday June 26th 2013 will be a day that’s remembered in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history, and our community’s…
DOMA, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell & the Transgender Community: No More Waiting
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— As you will know dear readers, this is a monthly publication, which often prevents me from being able to comment on…
Gayborhood News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Exec. Assistant Publisher— Boston, MA Boston Police issue order for police interactions with trans* individuals The Boston Police Commissioner has issued a…
HRC Statement on Reintroduction of the Respect for Marriage Act
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court found Section 3 of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, lawmakers in both the House and the…
Double Victory: DOMA and Prop 8 Struck Down
By: Lisa Keen*/Keen News Service— In a stunning double victory, the U.S. Supreme Court today issued decisions that strike down both the Defense of Marriage…
Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decision Rally or Vigil: Nationwide Rallies Also Planned
[Nationwide, members of the LGBTQ community and their allies will be rallying after the U.S. Supreme Court announces its decision of DOMA and Proposition 8…
Delaware Senate Approves Marriage Equality (Updated)
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…
Rhode Island Marriage Law Signed; More States Could Vote Next Week (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed a marriage equality bill into law this evening (May 2), just an hour after the state House gave the measure…
Prop 8 Violates Constitution: Lambda Legal & GLAD Argue in Supreme Court Brief
“In effect, Prop 8 turned the state’s equal protection clause into a clause mandating unequal protection.” WASHINGTON, DC, – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates &…
Creep of the Week: Justice Antonin Scalia’s Homosexual Stance
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– A famous Italian Catholic has had a big change of heart regarding marriage equality after publicly saying some pretty nasty…
The Religious Freedom Red Herring & DOMA
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– By the time you read this, you’ll probably know if the Supreme Court has decided to hear one of the…
Why 2012 Should Take Its Place Next to 1969 in LGBT History
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– Fights and fabulousness make history; good news and policy shifts rarely do. As an example, I don’t think I’ve seen…
BREAKING: Obama “Comes Out” For Marriage Equality
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that “same-sex couples should be able to get married.” The…
Thinking Out Loud: We Must Have Political Power to Prove We Don’t Have Political Power
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– I’ve often thought I should write a column called, “Weird Things Lawyers Do,” to explain to normal people why attorneys,…