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Don't Touch Gay Marriages SF Says
The city of San Francisco has told the state Supreme Court that it should leave intact the marriages of 4,000 same-sex couples even if it rules that Mayor Gavin Newsom exceeded his authority by issuing their marriage licenses....
Posted: Sun, Apr 25, 2004 11:59pm PDT
GLAAD JOINS CLAIMING THE BLESSING TO SPONSOR "IT¹S ABOUT LOVE,"5/2
Event honors the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New
Hampshire Features celebrities Brooke Adams, Dr. Maya Angelou, Jane
Kaczmarek, Norman Lear, Tony Shalhoub, Dionne Warwick, Bradley Whitford...
Posted: Sun, Apr 25, 2004 11:30pm PDT
Tranny Picnic Goes Autonomous!
Last year's trans/genderqueer/intersex/drag & buddies picnic organizers chose not to host another picnic this year. But the community protested and decided to throw a decentrally organized picnic!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 10:02am PDT
CAL Republicans planning November hijack?
Will California Republicans let same-sex marriage bill pass thru our state legislature -- only to put it on the November 2004 ballot, in order to motivate Republican voters?
Never assume our opponents are too dumb to play skillfully....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 9:33am PDT
Merel Brother's Testimony at Araujo Trial
A man who was at the house where transgender teen Eddie "Gwen" Araujo was killed, testified Thursday he tried to push Hayward man out the door to safety in the chaos that followed the discovery that she was biologically male....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 1:40am PDT
Attorneys in Gwen Araujo Case Try to Discredit Woman Witness
Defense assails Araujo witness
Attorneys in transgender slaying case attempt to discredit woman who says she saw the beginning of fatal attack...
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 1:36am PDT
'Compromise' Nondiscrimination Policy Valid, State Says
Westminster, California) A California school district the balked at the state's nondiscrimination policy for schools because it covered the transgendered will be allowed to keep a "compromise" policy.
State law requires the small school district like all others in California to have a written anti-discrimination policy that includes protections for all LGBT students....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 11:07pm PDT
Landmark Gay Marriage Vote in California
For the first time in US history, a state legislative body has voted in favor of issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 10:55pm PDT
OREGON judge recognizes and halts gay marriages
Oregon ruling, California bill, U-U polyamorists,
Day of Silence, queer events....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 10:10pm PDT
Religious Leaders Descend on Sacramento to Defend Pro-Same Sex Marriage Legislation
RELIGIOUS LEADERS DESCEND ON CALIFORNIA ’S CAPITOL IN SUPPORT OF EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ’S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGISLATION
EQCA-Sponsored Marriage License Bill by Assemblyman Mark Leno Scheduled for Assembly Judiciary Committee Vote on April 20th...
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 1:05am PDT
LGBT COMMUNITY GROUPS REJECT TRANS PANIC DEFENSE IN GWEN ARAUJO MURDER TRIAL
Trying to deflect attention from the actions of their clients, defense attorneys raised questions about what Araujo was wearing on the night of the murder, whether she "deceived" her attackers, and whether revelation of her transgender status caused at least one defendant to become upset "beyond reason."...
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 1:01am PDT
Key Witness Too Upset to Testify at Araujo Trial
Nicole Brown, who began testifying Thursday, had been expected to talk about the chaotic scene that ensued the night she followed the teenager into a bathroom and confirmed the group's growing suspicions that the beautiful girl they knew as "Lida" was biologically male....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 12:57am PDT
Queer elders ponder past, present, future
conference on queer aging issues...
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 9:07pm PDT
Canadian queers less marriage-militant than Yanks?
Are Toronto queers more favorable to civil unions than are U.S. activists? Less militant about accepting nothing other than "marriage-with-an-M" ?...
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 8:32am PDT
4/17: Marriage Media Training 101
Back by popular demand, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) and the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community
Center would like to invite you to an encore marriage media training on
Saturday, April 17 from 1:30-5:30 P.M....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:19am PDT
Queers Nationwide to Protest on Tax Day
On April 15, activists for gay rights will be standing in front of post offices across the country to protest the discrimination in the tax code against same gender couples who cannot get married....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:02am PDT
Anti-Gay Amendment Less Popular Among Conservatives Than Believed
Pushing an anti-gay agenda may be less successful for Republicans than they had imagined. A new poll of white evangelical Christians shows that nearly half of the nation's fundamentalists do not support amending the US Constitution to ban same-sex marriage....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 10:48am PDT
4/21: National Day of Silence to Create Safe Schools
Founded in 1996, the Day of Silence has become the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 1:04am PDT
MARRY-IN activists visit DC?
Will same-sex marriage activists be lobbying Congress in October? Will Congress vote on federal anti-queer amendment(s) this year, or delay until 2005?...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 10:10am PDT