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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
"TAX us? Then MARRY us!" 33 Cities Join Tax Day Protests for Equal Marriage Rights
33 cities will be demonstrating for equal marriage rights at post offices around the country on Tax Day, Thursday, April 15th. The protests will highlight the fact that marriage is a civil contract issued by the government which should be available to all consenting adults,...
Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2004 9:08pm PDT
Same Sex Marriage: A Queer and Feminist Perspective (audio/mpeg 9.2MB)
Tommi Avicolli Mecca presents radical alternatives to marriage for the "same sex" marriage debate in a March 25th forum sponsored by Radical Women/Freedom Socialist Party in the Mission...
Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2004 4:45pm PDT
S.F. MARRY-IN producing art
Photos, creative nonfiction, blogs, songs, exhibits, books? Do you know of creative projects related to the Marry-Ins? Tell the world on IndyBay.org...
Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2004 12:56pm PDT
LGIRTF is now Immigration Equality
The Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force has officially changed its
name to Immigration Equality...
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 1:41pm PDT
Statewide Tax-Day Marriage Protests
Please join us along with other voices across the country on April 15,
to demand an end to marriage discrimination: NO TAXATION WITH DISCRIMINATION!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 1:35pm PDT
U.S. straights becoming more tolerant
Good news; plus SF events....
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 8:03am PDT
This Sunday: Jesus Resurrected as Gay Sex Object!
This Sunday in Dolores Park:
Sunshine! Sacrilege! Pastels! Perverts!
Following Star Turn in Snuff Film, Jesus Resurrected as Gay Sex Object!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 11:03pm PDT
Lockyer should remove himself from Cal Marry-In cases
By not removing himself from the gay-marriage lawsuits, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer loses credibility with all California voters -- right, left, and center....
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 10:51pm PDT
Report Finds Denial of Marriage Rights Costs MA Couples Thousands of Dollars Per Year
Disparities in Wide Range of Areas Including Income Tax, Survivor Benefits, and Estate Taxes...
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 12:05am PDT
Oakland Supports Marriage License Non-Discrimination and Opposes FMA
"Marriage, Anything Less Is Less Than Equal"...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 11:34pm PDT
NEW YORK lawsuit for equal rights
In New York state, ACLU and NYCLU sue to get equal marriage rights for same-sex couples....
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 9:54am PDT
5/17: CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIONS FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS AND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION,
NATIONAL CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIONS FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS AND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, BIGOTRY AND RACISM ON MAY 17, 2004:...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 1:19am PDT
MASS. "compromise" splits voters 47-47
Massachusetts "compromise" would amend state constitution to legalize same-sex civil unions while banning same-sex marriages. Only 47 percent support it, so far....
Posted: Wed, Apr 7, 2004 8:21pm PDT
OREGON Republican Party leading anti-equality campaign
Oregon's Republican Party takes leading role in movement against equal rights for same-sex couples.
+ info on Mass. and California. + comment....
Posted: Tue, Apr 6, 2004 8:45am PDT
Oklahoma Backs Down, Issues Birth Certificate To Baby With Two Dads
"The Health Department does not have authority to decide who gets a birth certificate or who is a legal parent," said Brian Chase, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal.
Within hours the department said it had begun issuing the birth certificates to same-gender couples in other states who adopt children in Oklahoma....
Posted: Tue, Apr 6, 2004 12:12am PDT