• Monday, June 22, 2009 - 10:57am By Chris Hall
    Dear same-sex couples: you may not exist—officially speaking, anyway—in California and 43 other other states, but at last, there's some good news. The 2010 census will no longer class you with Sasquatch, the Chupacabra, or Nessie. The...
  • Friday, June 19, 2009 - 7:44pm By Tim McElreavy
    It became quietly official on May 27 with the publication of an addendum to the State Department's Foreign Affairs Manual: Gay and lesbian couples can now use their married names on their U.S. passports if they reside in a state that allows same-sex...
  • Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 10:49am By Chris Hall
    At 5:45 pm EDT today, President Obama has said that he will sign a presidential memo that will give benefits to the same-sex partners of federal workers. Considering all the Obama administration's problems with the gay community, that should be...
  • Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 12:03pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Associated Press reports that the District of Columbia Council unanimously voted today to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The District joins New York in recognizing same-sex marriages but without actually allowing them to...
  • Monday, March 23, 2009 - 9:00am By Tim McElreavy
    The New York Daily News reports that in a reversal of his original stance on the issue of same-sex marriage, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has announced that he now supports gay marriage and the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. The Senator's...
  • Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:48am By Tim McElreavy
    The Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws, and provides that states need not recognize a marriage from another state...
  • Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 10:00pm By Tim McElreavy
    The New York Times reports that President Obama is in a tight spot. Two judges of the federal appeals court in California have ordered that employees of their court are entitled to health benefits for their same-sex partners under the same program...
  • Monday, March 9, 2009 - 10:10am By Chris Hall
    Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), a nonprofit legal group in Massachusetts, filed the first major challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) last week. GLAD's lawsuit specifically targets section 3 of DOMA, which prevents the...