Yes, really. I imagine equality advocates in Iowa are fatigued by a week of surprised and snarky comments about the culture of their state. Up here in Minnesota, I have overheard many professions of newfound respect for the state along with promises to stop the jokes about our neighbors to our south.
On the national stage, [...]
The Minnesota State Capitol saw a few hundred fair-minded citizens, rallying for marriage equality. My role these days is to be in the crowd and be counted; very different from what I have done in previous years.
A counter-demonstrator sat in the front with a sign that said “Defend Marriage” with symbols of “man” [...]
Abomination?! Obama-nation!
A fabulous line-up of artists mock the hate and rhetoric that allowed Prop 8 to pass in California. It’s a wonderful bunch of folks and you have to look closely to identify them, since this truly is an ensemble effort.
Regarding the rhetoric that Prop 8 would mean teaching children about sex, the “Gays” [...]
If you haven’t voted already, tomorrow is the big Election Day. I am sooooo looking forward to having the elections over with…and I hope to delight in seeing President Obama sworn in next January.
But before then, people have to actually vote, and nothing can be taken for granted. Talk to your friends and family. [...]
Today’s Minneapolis StarTribune published a vivid commentary about marriage equality, identity and family by Ashley Harness, a twentysomething daughter of lesbian mothers.
Read it here:
A love that, today, may dare to speak its name
by Ashley Harness
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted June 18, 2008
In addition to expressing her joy about California’s ruling, she also provides the backstory of her [...]
Marriage licenses in California are now available to all couples, regardless of gender. Get ready for fabulous photos and tear-jerking tales of celebration. The first couple to marry this evening will be Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin (below, in 2004) who have been waiting for this day since 1952.
If you are considering marriage in California [...]
A couple in Minneapolis explained their reasons for getting married in Canada in an op-ed published in the StarTribune. Nicholas Hengen and Emily Teplin write:
Our biggest concern was the blatantly discriminatory nature of marriage laws in Minnesota. We would never eat in a restaurant that refused to serve people of a particular race or religion; [...]
Minnesota rocks when it comes to setting the standard for LGBT organizing across the country.
April 12, 2008
13th Annual Rainbow Families Conference
Urvashi Vaid will be giving the keynote.
Note to adult queerspawn: COLAGE will be providing the programming for the kids and needs more volunteers. How about you? Seriously: there’s nothing like this event anywhere.
April [...]
High school senior Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg wrote a column about waiting for the chance to testify in Florida to address the law that bans gay people from adopting.
“My amazing gay moms made me a good person”
By Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Express Gay News (Florida)
Unfortunately, she didn’t have the opportunity to speak:
I had my story all [...]
The “Let California Ring” campaign has a very inspiring video online — with an equally inspiring soundtrack — to “start the conversation” among Californians about marriage equality.
Among the many powerful voices is Liam Cooper from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, who refers to himself as “a kid of same-sex parents.”
Watch the video here.