1. What were doing 10 years ago? 10 years ago was about the time I "came out".2. Five snacks that you enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world. Popcorn, ice cream, pistachio nuts, chips & salsa, kettle chips.3. Five things you would do if you were a billionaire: Donate to food banks, take a gay cruise (hopefully with someone special), take a family vacation, open a real diner, not worry about expenses.4. Three of your habits: insomnia (is that a habit?), blogging, jumping to conclusions.5. Five jobs that you've have had: Gas station attendant, Woolworth cashier, bookkeeper for a ...

The National Organization for Marriage has been robo-calling D.C. residents this week and polling them on same-sex marriage. With, as DailyKos reports, a trick question:  Ordinarily, I hang up on all telemarketing calls, but today I got a robocall survey from the National Organization for Marriage. It consisted of two questions. First "Are you a registered voter" Answer -- Yes Second -- Do you believe that marriage between only one man and one woman should be legal? My answer -- No Now this is obviously a trick question. Take out the word "only" and the answer is obviously "yes". But stick in ...

Site: DC Agenda  Article:  ‘Today was like a dream’ and others Author: Lou Chibbaro Jr, Joshua Lynsen DC residents Angelisa Young, 47, and Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, who have been a couple for 12 years, celebrated their wedding Tuesday, March 9 at Human Rights Campaign headquarters. DC Agenda video capture by Steve Fox Lesbian and gay couples have been getting married in the District of Columbia since March 9. Over 100 gay and lesbian couples waited for hours on March 3 to sign up for marriage licenses at a DC courthouse. The city’s LGBTQ newspaper, ...

NYC has an out City Council Speaker. That's pretty inspiring for local LGBT kids, letting them know that they can be whatever they want to be, and that nobody's biases against them are allowed to stop their dreams. Especially since virtually nobody in the five boroughs has ever turned Christine Quinn's seat into a controversy simply because of her sexual orientation. That's just not the spirit of New York City. But leave it to the self-appointed moral authoritarians on the religious right to take what the vast majority of Big Apple residents have come to know as benign, easy, peace, and ...

NJ: Patrick Murray of Asbury Press writes about gay marriage and attitudes towards in from a poll. Read more  Edward Fizpatrick writes for Providence Journal about how same-sex marriage would be progress. Read more  According to DC Agenda 300 peopls showed up to Lobby Day to support and advocate for LGBT bills. Read more  CA: Former lesbian partners [...] ...

Janice Shaw Crouse writes about the five myths of same-sex marriage. Read more  The US Census allows same-sex couples in New Jersey to identify as married. Read more  In Minnesota Officials are debating gay marriage. Read more  First openly gay US House reading clerk relishes role. Read more  South Carolina House votes to cut ALL HIV/AIDS funding. Read more  HIV [...] ...

Article in Maryland Community talks about how a child knows that gay marriage ban is unfair. Read more  New Hampshire voters have signaled a desire to vote on same-sex marriage. Read more  California gay congressional candidate Steve Pougnet made the list for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s ‘Red to Blue’ program. Read more  Mexico enacts Latin America’s first gay [...] ...

Washington D.C. has officially kicked off same-sex marriage recognition this week but more history is to be made in the upcoming days as a mega wedding of same-sex couples seeks to create a world record. Billed as the "Our Time Has Come" celebration on March 20th hundreds of same-sex couples will tie the knot in a mass ceremony that will qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records.To learn more or to register click here. ...

  Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander today defended a photo by staff photographer Bill O'Leary which appeared on the front page of the paper, with the following caption: "Two happy couples express their enthusiasm as the District begins taking applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples. At top are Jeremy Ames, left, and Taka Ariga. Above are Cuc Vu, left, and Gwen Migita." Alexander said the letters expressing outrage over the photo have not stopped coming: Many threatened to cancel their Post subscriptions, and more than two dozen did. Post circulation vice president Gregg Fernandes said that late last week 27 ...

Washington Post Staff Writer, Ylan Q. Mui, reports that same sex marriage stands to benefit the local economy in the Metro DC area. According to the Williams Institute, the legalization of same-sex marriage in Washington DC will create 700 jobs... ...

In California, the ‘outing’ controversy has resurfaced, following the outing of a prominent Californian State Senator who has a consistent record who opposed LGBT rights initiatives. State Senator Roy Ashburn (Republican) was elected in 2002. The divorced conservative Catholic (??) senator has a profoundly conservative antigay voting record, including voting against state recognition of out of state same-sex marriages, opposed a state legislature resolution condemning Proposition 8 (which repealed the right to same-sex marriage in that state), the expansion of state anti-discrimination laws and the declaration of Harvey Milk Day, commemorating the life of the slain San Francisco city supervisor and ...

This from Concerned Women For [Ignoring the considerable polling data that shows majority support for marriage equality in the District]: "CWA not only joins with many citizens of Washington, D.C., and other like-minded organizations in denouncing the legalization of same-sex 'marriage,' but pledges to work closely with them in bringing this issue to the ballot so the people of D.C. have their say. When the issue of same-sex 'marriage' is put to a vote of the people, it loses every time. "Marriage has been upheld in statewide votes in 31 states, including supposedly liberal bastions such as Maine, Oregon, Michigan and twice ...

On December 21st Mexico City's legislative Assembly made history when it passed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The law, which goes into effect on March 4th, became the first such measure to be adopted in all of Latin America.Surprisingly, in the days that followed the vote, there was actually little visible reaction from any of the regular anti-gay forces in the country. Instead, as the new year began, a Twitter-led media frenzy erupted over homophobic comments made by a Mexican television morning show host named Esteban Arce.Now, a week before the law ...

From a Washington Post article about gay wedding wedding planners in DC, where the first same-sex marriage licenses will be issued tomorrow:"No one knows for sure what the economic impact of last Wednesday's legalization of same-sex marriage will be in the District, but a 2009 report by UCLA's law school projected that the Washington region would see a $52.2 million revenue bump over the next three years." ...

Image via WikipediaSource: change.org - Feb 28 by Prerna Lal Try convincing a bunch of (mostly) white gay bloggers that they should jump on the bus to immigration reform-ville -- even though said bus is driven and funded by an anti-same-sex marriage equality coalition that is hardly good friends with same-sex binational couples. It's obviously not about to happen. This weekend, Four Freedoms Fund funded yet another blogger briefing aimed at mainstream LGBT bloggers, set in the snowpocalypse of New York City. I thought I would have to miss the event due to a pneumonia diagnosis, but weighed down by ...

This is going to be a significant week in marriage equality. Earlier today we saw the first gay and lesbian couples in Washington, DC receive their marriage licenses. Tomorrow comes an arguably bigger milestone when both marriage and adoption by same-sex couples become legal in Mexico City, the capital of a very religious and very conservative country. But gays are already worried that their rights might be taken away from them by the hands of the country's politicians. The Washington Post reports:Gay rights activist Mariana Pérez Ocaña said she fears conservative provincial leaders will chip away ...

The Christian conservative group The New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has released a new promotional video advertising their  conference next month which will, according to their site, allow the group's members "to be trained in confronting the culture, interacting with elected officials, and organizing others in a more meaningful way." The video is a hoot. It includes hokey copy ("In 2010, we're throwing a counter-punch; for every same-sex marriage bill; there will be a pro-family response") and some eye candy. If you can stomach it, watch the video at Good As You. ...

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The Supreme Court denied haters' request to postpone DC's same-sex marriage law, which begins today.  That means same sex couples can start registering for a marriage license today and can get married after 3 full days, so I believe that the first actual marriages will be on Tuesday, March 9.  The AP reports that 200 couples are expected to apply today.  I'm not sure how they know that.  Shane and I do play to get married in DC.  I was hoping we could get married on May 2, which is the date we celebrate as our anniversary.  I thought ...

Remember the government’s 63-page guide for new immigrants? Intended to teach potential citizens the ins and outs of Canadian culture, the guide was mysteriously missing any meaningful mention of GLBT rights. Soon after, Canada’s largest gay rights group, Egale, arranged a meeting with Jason Kenney, the Tory minister for Immigration and Citizenship in November. At the time, he told the group that gay rights had simply been “overlooked” during the design of the guide. Interestingly enough, the Canadian Press revealed yesterday that not only were gay rights not overlooked in early drafts of the guide, but they were actually ordered ...