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Captain Planet Reminds Australia, “The Power is Yours” to Legalize Gay Marriage

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In the 90s, Captain Planet was a cartoon TV hero who worked to protect the world’s environment with the help of “planeteers” or a group of diverse youth who had special powers with the help of elemental rings. Though the show has long since been canceled, Captain Planet is still working to protect the people […]

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Australia Plans to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage — Here’s What to Know

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Australia is the only developed English-speaking nation that hasn’t legalized same-sex marriage, but that could soon be changing. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put forward a plan for the country to vote on same-sex marriage. The country will hold a non-legally binding voluntary public postal vote before an official parliamentary vote in November. The […]

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Same-Sex Foster Parents Changed the Mind of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced earlier this week that she favored a vote on same-sex marriage, a surprising statement to some as Merkel had always stood for marriage between a man and a woman as she claimed it was in the “best interest” of children. Many in Germany were pressuring Merkel to change her stance […]

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Arkansas Birth Certificate Law That Discriminates Against Same-Sex Couples

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On Monday, June 26th, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a discriminatory ruling by the Supreme Court of Arkansas. The state ruling in Arkansas allowed for the state to refuse to list both individuals of married same-sex couples on the birth certificates of their children. Arkansas had allowed for husbands of new mothers […]

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Taiwan Becomes The First Place in Asia to Legalize Gay Marriage

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LGBT activists in Asia are celebrating a wonderful win yesterday — Taiwan legalized gay marriage, and in doing so, they made history by becoming the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. The Taiwanese constitutional court declared on Wednesday that the current marriage laws are “in violation of both the people’s freedom of marriage […]

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Native American Osage Nation Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage!

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As of June 26, 2015, most Americans were given the right to same-sex marriage in the United States, but not all. Native American tribes have their own federally recognized tribal government that makes their own laws. On Monday, the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe mostly focused in Oklahoma, voted to recognize same-sex marriage. There’s […]

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A Gay Dad’s Lesson About Discrimination

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  By Henry Amador-Batten “You’re going to have to come with us sir” was a phrase I had grown accustomed to hearing each and every time I was boarding a flight. This was the late 1980’s and I travelled a lot on business. While mostly from Miami to New York, work often took me to […]

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New Judge Strikes Down Puerto Rico Marriage Ban Hours After Lambda Legal Victory

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By The Seattle Lesbian Just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed for the second time that Puerto Rico’s ban on marriage for LGBT people is unconstitutional and ordered the case be reassigned to a new judge, District Court Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí issued a judgment striking down that ban. […]

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A Gay Dad’s Grown Up Christmas List

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By Henry Amador-Batten We just took my son to see Santa yesterday. It was his fifth time sitting on Old Saint Nick’s lap and we were once again surprised by what he asked Santa for. Regardless of ALL the things he asks for leading up to Christmas and Hanukkah, his MO has become to ask […]

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