Marriage Equality and LGBTQ+ Rights News
The fight for marriage equality didn’t end in 2015, and we don’t pretend it did. The latest legal news, the cultural shifts, the legislation worth tracking, and the stories of love and resistance shaping LGBTQ+ rights right now.
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Loving Out Loud: Exclusive Interview with Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage
Read Article: Loving Out Loud: Exclusive Interview with Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Celebrating 10 Years of MarriageHow Lance Bass and Michael Turchin used their wedding to champion marriage equality and how, 10 years later, they’re still fighting.
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Do This Paperwork to Protect Yourself in the Event Marriage Equality Gets Turned Over
Read Article: Do This Paperwork to Protect Yourself in the Event Marriage Equality Gets Turned OverSame-sex couples must complete essential legal paperwork now to safeguard their rights in case marriage equality is reversed.
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The Playbook: Evan Wolfson Shares Next Steps on the Road to Equality
Read Article: The Playbook: Evan Wolfson Shares Next Steps on the Road to EqualityMarriage equality architect Evan Wolfson shares the strategy we need in the battle for democracy.
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Queerly Beloved, We Gather You Here Ahead of Inauguration Day
Read Article: Queerly Beloved, We Gather You Here Ahead of Inauguration DaySame-sex couples rush to the altar before Donald Trump takes office.
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Idaho’s Dangerous Step Backward on Marriage Equality
Read Article: Idaho’s Dangerous Step Backward on Marriage EqualityIdaho’s attempt to roll back marriage equality sparks outrage and raises alarm for LGBTQ+ rights.
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Washington Wedding Caterer Refuses Lesbian Couple’s Catering Request (Plus a Roundup of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Wedding Vendors in Washington)
Read Article: Washington Wedding Caterer Refuses Lesbian Couple’s Catering Request (Plus a Roundup of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Wedding Vendors in Washington)LGBTQ+ couples continue to be discriminated against, with the most recent being a caterer in Washington that refused to cater a same-sex couple’s wedding due to “religious beliefs.” Love is a universal language, but unfortunately, not everyone speaks it fluently.
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New Trump Policy Denies Visas to Unmarried Same-Sex Couples Working for the UN
Read Article: New Trump Policy Denies Visas to Unmarried Same-Sex Couples Working for the UNOn Monday, the Trump administration, who promised to be an ally to the LGBTQ community during the 2106 campaign, began denying G-4 visas to foreign diplomats, officials and United Nations staff members who are in unmarried same-sex relationships.
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Supreme Court Sides with Anti-Gay Wedding Cake Baker
Read Article: Supreme Court Sides with Anti-Gay Wedding Cake BakerThis morning, the Supreme Court announced their decision in a case that had gay rights going up against claims of religious freedom and, religion won, 7-2. A couple had filed a claim against Colorado bake shop Masterpiece Cakeshop when the owner Jack Phillips, refused them service based on their orientation, claiming that he would not use his talents to promote same-sex marriage. The case has been navigating through the court system since 2012, before landing on the SCOTUS desks’ in 2016, and after months of oral arguments, the decision siding with the baker comes as quite a shock.
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An LGBT Couple Is Taking on Marriage Equality in the Cayman Islands
Read Article: An LGBT Couple Is Taking on Marriage Equality in the Cayman IslandsWhen the United Kingdom legalized gay marriage in March of 2014, the impact was felt far and wide throughout the country.
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This Collection of Wedding Songs Has Been Reimagined for LGBTQ Couples
Read Article: This Collection of Wedding Songs Has Been Reimagined for LGBTQ CouplesThe love song is getting a modern makeover, and in our opinion, it’s about time!
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Popular Stationery Company Sends Couple Anti-Gay Pamphlets Instead of Wedding Programs
Read Article: Popular Stationery Company Sends Couple Anti-Gay Pamphlets Instead of Wedding ProgramsExpecting their carefully designed wedding programs, decorated with blue hydrangea illustrations and lyrics of their processional song, the morning of their wedding day, Stephen Heasley and Andrew Borg, an Australian couple who were married in Pennsylvania, opened a package from the popular printing company Vistaprint and were horrified to find 80 copies of a pamphlet entitled, “Understanding Temptation: Fight the good fight of the faith.” The literature reads, “Satan entices your flesh with evil desires” and “sin is the result of your failure to resist the temptation.” The couples has sued the company in a federal lawssuit, were both emotionally devastated…
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These Social Media Photos from Australia’s Marriage Equality Win Will Give You All the Feels
Read Article: These Social Media Photos from Australia’s Marriage Equality Win Will Give You All the FeelsThe results of a two-month national postal survey on marriage equality in Australia were announced yesterday, proclaiming 61 percent of voters were in favor of same-sex marriage, ushering in the celebratory new law which is expected to go into effect before Christmas.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Tie The Knot Launches Wedding Bow Tie Collection
Read Article: Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Tie The Knot Launches Wedding Bow Tie CollectionWhen Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband, Justin Mikita, founded Tie The Knot in 2012, an organization dedicated to the pursuance of marriage equality in the U.S., their efforts appeared victorious when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. But the fight didn’t end there.
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Texas Bills Allow Discrimination Against LGBTQ Families
Read Article: Texas Bills Allow Discrimination Against LGBTQ FamiliesIf there’s one thing we’ve learned nearly six months into 2017, it’s that we live in an era of alternative facts, where it’s becoming increasingly more common (and dare we say acceptable) to assert false claims as the truth.
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Time to Fight! We’re Donating 100% Vendor Guide Funds to Equality Organizations
Read Article: Time to Fight! We’re Donating 100% Vendor Guide Funds to Equality OrganizationsAny vendor who joins our equality-minded vendor guide between now and March 1st will have their money go directly toward Freedom for All Americans to fight for LGBT rights.
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LGBT Page Removed from White House Website
Read Article: LGBT Page Removed from White House WebsiteNot even two hours after President Trump took the oath of office, his scrupulous administration went to work in an attempt to erase the freedoms that our Constitution promises.
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Join Our #LoveInclusive Social Media Campaign to Prove Love Still Wins
Read Article: Join Our #LoveInclusive Social Media Campaign to Prove Love Still WinsShare your equality-minded stories and photos with us using the hashtag #LoveInclusive, and show your fellow Americans there’s reason to keep fighting — the true test begins today.
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What a Trump Presidency Means for LGBTQ Rights and How We Can Fight Back
Read Article: What a Trump Presidency Means for LGBTQ Rights and How We Can Fight BackThe future looks pretty grim, and it’s easy to simply give up and accept the fact that with a Republican-dominated House, Senate and White House, there’s nothing we can do.
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Vice President Joe Biden Officiates Wedding in His Home
Read Article: Vice President Joe Biden Officiates Wedding in His HomeVice President Joe Biden proudly tweeted a photo yesterday, excitedly telling the world that he had the honor of officiating the nuptials of two longtime White House staffers, Brian Mosteller and Joe Mahshie.
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“The Bachelorette” Season 12, Episode 7: The One with all the Horses
Read Article: “The Bachelorette” Season 12, Episode 7: The One with all the HorsesSeason twelve, episode 7 and we’re moving at full steam ahead.
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YouTube Celebrates Pride with Powerful #ProudToBe Video
Read Article: YouTube Celebrates Pride with Powerful #ProudToBe VideoEach year to celebrate Pride, YouTube pulls LGBTQ videos from the year into one themed montage.
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What Does Pride Mean to You?
Read Article: What Does Pride Mean to You?The official Pride Week kicked off here in New York City last night with the fourth annual Family Movie Night at Hudson River Park and our friends at NYC Pride have a packed calendar of events for the week, wrapping up on Sunday, June 26th in what will be NYC’s largest March ever, and I am absolutely honored to be one of this year’s official judges!
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Freedom to Marry: The Movie
Read Article: Freedom to Marry: The MovieAward-winning filmmaker Eddie Rosenstein gives an emotional, behind-the-scenes view of the Freedom to Marry campaign and strategy that ended marriage discrimination nationwide.
