Part 1: What’s Next for DOMA and Marriage Equality on Trial? by Scottie Thomaston The past few weeks have seen a flurry of new developments in the courts concerning DOMA and marriage equality cases. The proponents of Prop 8 – in Perry, the challenge to the California constitutional amendment –…
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The Advocate Endorses Obama 2012 By Scottie Thomaston The Advocate magazine, established in 1967, has for the first time endorsed a presidential candidate in an election year. Its current issue features an endorsement of President Obama: “In Obama We Trust.” They write: Never has the substantial progress in equal rights…
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Queer (In)Justice ~ Winner of 2011 PASS Award by…
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From Ebony: Transgender African Americans have been active contributors to history, even though they have often been overlooked. Their presence and contributions are not a recent development, but can be traced back through the centuries. Consider the story of Lucy Hicks Anderson, who was born in 1886 in Waddy, KY.…
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From IndianCountryToday: In Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality (Beacon Press, 2012), author Hanne Blank sets out to demonstrate the ways in which the rigid notions that bind us are just that—fetters. The idea that the only possible love combination is between men and women gets turned on its…
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From Metro Weekly: [T]he U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued its order finding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of marriage — is unconstitutional in Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management, Karen Golinski’s challenge to the denial of her…
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From Metroweekly: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports the 2012 Democratic Party platform including, for the first time, language in full support of marriage equality, her spokesman told Metro Weekly on Tuesday evening, Feb. 14. The former House speaker’s support for the move comes in response to Freedom to…
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From The New York Times: John G. Lawrence, whose bedroom encounter with the police in Texas led to one of the gay rights movement’s signal triumphs, the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, died at his home in Houston on Nov. 20, his partner said on Friday. He…
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