It seems as if every day we read another story about marriage equality. In November 2012, marriage equality was passing on the ballots, in June 2013, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was ruled unconstitutional. Almost immediately, there was a case in Ohio where a court ruled a dying man could put his husband’s […]
By: Jason Howe Ding dong the witch is dead! What does it feel like to be like everyone else? Well, the crew from Telemundo just left. My mother is happily tearing up in the living room as her beloved CNN devotes wall-to-wall coverage to the Supreme Court’s death blow – or rather, its refusal […]
By: Jason Howe Sometimes the question pounces from the most unexpected directions. I was sitting in our daughters’ playpen, reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” for the third time that day. That’s when our nanny sprung it on me: “Are you the father and Adrián is the mother?” she asked. She’d worked for us for nearly a year […]
By-Trey Darnell Over the past couple of weeks, our focus along with many other LGBTQ individuals has been at the Supreme Court of the United States. As a collective group, we are awaiting decisions on two different cases. One case involves California’s Proposition 8 and the second involves the discriminatory federal Defense of Marriage Act […]
By Jason Howe An exploratory brush at the tip of my nose. Half-asleep, I’m barely aware and don’t respond. Once again, more insistent, it makes its way into the opening of my nostril. Still no response. Then it comes: not just an I’m-stopped-at-a-signal-and-I-don’t- think- anyone-is-looking scrape of the septum; not just a I’m-driving-on the-101-and-no-one-is-near-up-to-the-cuticle foray into the nostril; […]
By The Next Family Conservative Ohio Senator Rob Portman, who has voted against gay marriage in the past, has had a “change of heart” about the issue of marriage equality. Why? Because his own son Will, age 21, is gay. Portman tells CNN, “I am announcing today a change of heart….for me personally, I […]
April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, a lesbian couple seeking marriage equality, will have to wait a little longer as Judge Friedman decided not to issue an opinion in the DeBoer case until after the United States Supreme Court has decided both the California Prop 8 and Windsor (DOMA challenge) cases. Friedman felt those decisions […]
By Kelly Rummelhart For years I have been an ally to the gay community. I can’t really even put a date on it but I remember always thinking that gay men and women should have the same rights as everyone else. I remember not understanding, back in 2000, why people would vote yes for Prop […]
Are the federal Defense of Marriage (DOMA) days numbered in America? Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Monday that same-sex spouses of active members of the military will begin receiving protections that were previously denied to them. Protections include the issuance of military identification cards, access to family support initiatives, and joint duty assignments. Panetta […]
By Judge Anne Levinson (Ret.) and David Ward In the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide on two major cases involving marriage for same-sex couples. The Court will hear oral arguments on March 26 and 27, with decisions expected by late June. Many have asked how these cases could affect LGBT couples […]
