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Catholic Charities vs. Washington DC Gay Rights Supporters
Brooke Baldwin | CNN: The Situation Room | November 17, 2009
posted: 17 November 09
HATE CRIMES, MEDIA AND 'TWO SPIRITS'
The Huffington Post | Gail Binkly, Editor Four Corners Free Press | October 26, 2009
Cortez became the center of a debate that raged on street corners, in coffee shops, and in the pages of the newspaper. Letters to the editor streamed in that variously condemned homosexuality, supported gay rights, questioned the very concept of “hate crimes,” and lamented the brutal death of a gentle and fun-loving boy.
posted: 26 October 09
National Equality March Draws Diverse Crowd to D.C.
AFRO Staff | The Afro American | October 14, 2009
African-American religious leaders such as columnist, Rev. Irene Monroe and the Rev. Graylan Hagler participated in the weekend’s events, leading an interfaith service at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ.
“It wasn’t so long ago that this country justified bigotry against African Americans by hiding behind cherry-picked religious texts. It took strong faith leaders like Dr. King to help overcome religion-based bigotry, then,” said Mitchell Gold, founder of Faith In America. “Now, as we struggle for rights as basic as freedom from violence, or the ability to marry, the next generation of faith leaders is playing a key role in gaining civil rights for LGBT Americans.”
posted: 15 October 09
The Only Out Coach in NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball
By Kathy Belge | About.com
Editor of About.com’s “Lesbian Life” sat down with Portland State University’s women’s basketball head coach, Sherri Murrell to discuss what it’s like to be, as far as we know, the only out lesbian or bisexual coach in NCAA Division One Women’s Basketball.
posted: 9 September 09
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Church Responds to New Law
Kate Boulden | CNN | March 6, 2010
Catholic Charities cuts benefits for new workers’ spouses to avoid D.C.‘s new same-sex marriage law.
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REP. STARK TO HOLD PRESS EVENT ON LEGISLATION TO OPEN MORE HOMES TO FOSTER CHILDREN
Representative Pete Stark | PFLAG | March 10, 2010
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is hosting a panel discussion on the “Every
Child Deserves a Family Act.” Panelists will include foster children who
will discuss their experiences in the foster care system, parents who have
been prevented from adopting their foster children because of state laws
prohibiting gays, lesbians and bisexuals from adopting, and experts on
foster care and LGBT family issues.
WILL STREAM LIVE ON MARCH 11 AT 1:30 PM: click here
D.C. gay couple caps a momentous first by tying the knot
Washington Post | Monica Hesse | March 9, 2010
They met in grad school. Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend were assigned to debate opposing sides of the same issue in a constitutional law class at the University of the District of Columbia, and both were so nerdily over-prepared — typical Washingtonians — that the other member of their group decided the debate was a draw.
Young felt the attraction first. Throughout the semester, she found excuses to pass Townsend fliers for the political activist group that she belonged to on campus; she was devastated when she later found those fliers left behind after class. She would go to watch Townsend shoot hoops, even though she hates sports.
First gay marriages in District performed
Washington Post | Ann E. Marimow and Keith L. Alexander | March 10, 2010
There were yellow roses, champagne toasts and tiered cakes.
There were tuxedos, lace dresses and Pachelbel’s Canon in D.
This D.C. watershed moment was bursting with pride and happiness. Yet it was also tinged with memories of political struggles and legal battles.
On Tuesday, the District for the first time issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples, some of whom married in ceremonies across the city — from a D.C. Superior Court chamber to a Unitarian church in Northwest.
Readers react to photo of two men kissing
Washington Post | Andrew Alexander | March 9, 2010
Powerful photographs can have lasting impact, and a Post photo of two men kissing is an image that many readers can neither forget nor accept.
The photo, which ran on the newspaper’s front page and online last week, captured Jeremy Ames and Taka Ariga kissing outside D.C. Superior Court on the day that the District began accepting license applications for same-sex marriages.
