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New Landmark Survey of 50 States Finds Broad Support for LGBT Rights
- WASHINGTON — A landmark national survey of over 40,000 Americans, including results for all 50 states, released today by PRRI finds approximately seven in 10 (69 percent) Americans support nondiscrimination ...
Marriage Equality around the world
- The world is changing for the better! Since Marriage Equality officially became the law of the land in 2015, other nations have followed suit, granting marriage rights to their LGBTQ citizens. Here are a few of ...
Donald Strzepek on jewelry business, early Lgbtq activism
- Lifelong Chicagoan Donald Strzepek has been in the jewelry business for more than 30 years and is currently the owner of Tucker Inc., in the heart of Jeweler's Row in the Loop. "I grew up on the Northwest Side of Chicago, ...
Happy anniversaries, some marriages older than marriage itself
- Even before gay marriage became official, some couples did it anyway. One couple celebrates a marriage older than gay marriage itself. The path toward marriage equality was unpredictable at times, frustrating at others. As policy shifted ...
Hiring a Wedding Consultant/Coordinator/Planner: How it all works
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By Frank J. Andonoplas, MWP, Frank Event Design
- Many couples know that hiring a wedding consultant is the right thing for them from the very start. Other couples think this is an unnecessary expense and that they can do it all on their own. ...
Wedding photos
- David Parker and Dale Roberson were married on August 11, 2018. The ceremony took place on the terrace overlooking the Chicago River cityscape of the Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront Hotel. The weather was perfect and the ...
Methodists retain ban on pro-LGBT measures
- During a special session of its General Conference on Feb. 26, leaders of the United Methodist Church rejected the One Church Plan—a measure that would have eased restrictions on gay and lesbian clergy as well as ...
After landmark decision, ABA issues guidance for judges performing same-sex marriages
- CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2019 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released today a formal opinion giving judges guidance related to their options for performing same-sex marriages under the Model Code ...
Gay couple talk relationship, new Oak Park bookstore
- When gay couple Bill Fletcher and Don Moss moved from suburban Seattle to a 100-plus-year-old house in Oak Park, Illinois, six months ago, they brought thousands of books with them. There were so many books the ...
Chicago Sky players wed
- Chicago Sky teammates Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley got married in Seattle Dec. 27, according to the women's basketball website SwishAppeal.com. Seattle is just north of Vandersloot's hometown of Kent, Washington. This past season ...
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WORLD Historic marriage, anti-trans attacks, Jamaica fire, Latin America news
- Two women tied the knot just minutes after midnight in Austria—making them the first same-sex couple to get married on the day it became legal, Gay Star News noted. Nicole Kopaunik and Daniela Paier, both 37, ...
Lambda Sues Social Security for Same-Sex Widower Denied Survivor's Benefits
- (Las Cruces, NM, December 13, 2018) — Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration's denial of spousal survivor's benefits to him, on the grounds ...
WORLD Marriage news, HIV prosecution, Cuba travel
- The president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on Dec. 5, reiterated her support of marriage rights for same-sex couples, The Washington Blade noted. "There's only one race in the world and that's the human ...
David Orr reflects on four decades of politics
- Outgoing Cook County Clerk David Orr, whose last day on the job will be Nov. 30, admitted that he couldn't help but be bittersweet about stepping down from the office he's worked in since 1990. "I ...
Marriage equality remains in Bermuda, falls in Taiwan
- It was a mixed weekend for same-sex marriage advocates as they won a legal battle in Bermuda Nov. 23 after the country's government attempted to have the Court of Appeal define marriage as between a man ...
Illinois marks five years of marriage equality
- Five years ago—on Nov. 20, 2013—Illinois became the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage when marriage equality legislation was signed into law. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling requiring all states to issue same-sex ...
Marriage equality remains in Bermuda
- ame-sex marriage advocates won a legal battle in Bermuda Nov. 23 after the country's government attempted to have the Court of Appeal define marriage as between a man and a woman only, The Royal Gazette reported. ...
Illinois marks five years of marriage equality Tuesday
- SPRINGFIELD — Illinois became the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage when marriage equality legislation was signed into law five years ago on Nov. 20, 2013. Illinois was ahead of the nation in the fight for ...
WORLD Taiwan marriage, Tanzania's loss, queer rap group, rugby player
- In the lead-up to Nov. 24 referendums in Taiwan in which marriage equality and inclusion of LGBTQ issues in school curricula are on the ballot, 27 Taiwanese and multinational companies operating in Taiwan released a statement ...
PFLAG's Northern Illinois chapter holds 'Positivity' conference
- PFLAG Northern Illinois held its fall conference, "Power of Positivity: Time to Thrive," Nov. 10 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights. Among the events of this day-long conference were remarks by Diversity and Inclusion Consultant ...
CELEBRATIONS Wanda B, Stephanie Green renew vows after 25 years
- On Oct. 12, Wanda B—found of the social club Stud ("Solidarity, Trustworthiness, Understanding and Dependability") 4 Life—and wife/First Lady Stephanie Green renewed their vows after being together for 25 years. ...
WORLD Another bakery case, Austrian marriage, Mapplethorpe situation
- Britain's highest court ruled that a Northern Irish bakery's refusal to make a cake bearing a pro-gay slogan was not discriminatory in a ruling condemned by the customer, a gay-rights activist, but hailed by the province's ...
WORLD Tokyo tackles bias, ex-Vietnam ambassador, confab shut down
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government passed a bill to tackle discrimination against the LGBTI community ahead of the Olympics in 2020, Gay Star News noted. "This act upholds the goal of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to make ...
LGBT HISTORY MONTH: LDS ancestry database to add same-sex families
- During Pride Month in June, LGBT people interested in family history received interesting news: beginning next year, the world's largest genealogy organization, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...
WORLD Hong Kong, Theresa May, concentration camp
- The Hong Kong government conceded that seven local laws targeting sexual activities involving gay men were inconsistent with the city's mini-constitution that provides that all residents are equal before the law, The South China Morning Post ...
Federal Court in Michigan Allows Challenge to Discriminatory Adoption to Continue
- DETROIT — A federal district court in Michigan ruled today that a challenge to the state of Michigan's practice of allowing discrimination against same-sex couples in the public foster care system can move forward. The American ...
Kavanaugh refuses to confirm Obergefell correctly decided
- NCLR Statement by Legal Director Shannon Minter, who was on the team of attorneys to win Obergefell: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last night, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, declined to ...
India court rules gay sex not a crime
- On Sept. 6, India's supreme court unanimously struck down a colonial-era law that made same-sex acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison—a landmark victory for gay rights in this country. The five justices ruled ...
NATIONAL Calif. bill, gay child dies, electoral news, marriage ruling
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 2719, authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) and co-sponsored by Equality California (EQCA) and SAGE, according to a joint press release from Irwin's office as well as EQCA and ...
WORLD Report on LGBTQ groups, Costa Rica marriage, Kenyan HIV lab
- A report has found that nearly half of the world's countries do not allow LGBTQ groups to organize without threat of arrest or state violence, NewNowNext.com noted. Only 56 percent of countries—109 out of 194—freely allow ...
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