Thinking Out Loud: DOMA’s Still Here
But if you want to know how we’ll get full marriage equality anyway, just ask conservative Justice Scalia By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— The Supreme…
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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…
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…
U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Are Bittersweet Joy
The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals applauds the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of…
BREAKING: Marriage Equality Returns to California
Following historic decisions, weddings begin immediately as 9th Circuit ends Prop 8 once and for all WASHINGTON, D. C. – Gay and lesbian couples will immediately…
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…
Marriage Equality Supporters Nationwide Prepare for Historic Supreme Court Decisions
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…
Thinking Out Loud: Waiting for History, What Court Decision will Mean for Equality
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 Reminds LGBT Americans of Second-Class Citizenship
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…
2 More Democratic Senators Support Marriage Equality; 4 Left to Go
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….
High Court on DOMA: Exclusion and Animus, Blame on Obama
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…
Are These the Last Days of DOMA?
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…
Prop 8 Argument: Roller Coaster Ride Over Standing and Merits
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…
Hundreds Expected at Boston City Hall Plaza on Historic Supreme Court Marriage Arguments’ Day
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…
American Academy of Pediatrics: Marriage Equality is Good for Children
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…
Op-ed: St. Paddy’s Day Parade: “Queers Need Not Apply”
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT — On St.Patrick’s Day, Sunday March 17, 2013, the Allied War Veterans Groups once again prohibited any Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,…
History in the High Court: DOMA & Prop 8 – Courtside Guide
The avid reader’s guide to who and what to watch for at the Supreme Court on marriage argument days. What to expect March 26 and 27…
History in the High Court Part: Standing in the Way
How procedural questions in the two big marriage cases this month could preclude major rulings – and what that would mean … To prepare readers for…
Discrimination the “Very Purpose” of DOMA, Glad & Lambda Legal Argue in Brief
Washington, DC – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. v. Windsor urging the U.S. Supreme Court…
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 &…
Boy Scouts Consider Lifting Gay Ban
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In a surprising turnabout, the Boy Scouts of America is “actively considering” an end to its longstanding exclusion of openly gay…
MassEquality, Others React to U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Prop. 8 & DOMA
BOSTON, Massachusetts — On December 7th, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments in Windsor v. United States, which challenges Section 3 of the…