AltWeeklies Wire
Former NOM head regrets wording of race memosnew
The former head of the National Organization for Marriage said Wednesday that she disagreed with some specific wording in the group’s controversial anti-gay marriage strategies but that she did not find the strategies themselves inappropriate.
The American Independent News Network |
Reilly Moore |
04-06-2012 |
Policy Issues
One Couple Questions the Legality of Straight Marriagenew
If the New York State Senate does not address, or votes down, same-sex marriage before the end of this year, Matthew D'Olimpio and Rachel Murch D'Olimpio, a Brooklyn couple, will seek to have their marriage officially annulled on the grounds that it is "discriminatory and unconstitutional."
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-02-2009 |
Children & Families
The Biz-School Widow's Lamentnew
It's hard to become a full member of the club when you're branded an academic "other."
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman and Kara Baskin |
10-21-2008 |
Education
For Bristol Palin, Abortion Should Be Mandatory
Teen parenthood and marriage have disastrous consequences. Why are even liberals saying that Bristol Palin is doing the right thing?
Pennsylvania Again Trying to Ban Gay Marriagenew
Some state legislators are again trying to pass a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, despite a losing effort in 2006.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
03-10-2008 |
LGBT
Tales of Commitmentnew
Same-sex couples share their stories.
Eugene Weekly |
Jes Burns |
01-12-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: Oregon, gay, ceremony, commitment, marriage, wedding, weddings, Eugene, lesbian, homosexual, Multnomah, Multnomah County, same sex, same-sex
Who's Your Momma?new
Everything was perfect as Becky and Sharon Flynn went through Sharon's pregnancy -- until the local daily paper refused to print Becky's name in the birth announcement.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
12-26-2006 |
LGBT
'I Don't'new
Not everyone in the LGBT community is sold on the idea of same-sex marriage.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
02-15-2006 |
LGBT
Sort of a Winnew
Florida Republicans hoped to outlaw gay marriage by enacting a constitutional ban, but the signature drive to put it on this year's ballot fell short.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
02-09-2006 |
LGBT
Abused Immigrant Women Face Double Bindnew
Immigrant women who fear their abusive husbands hesitate to turn to the police because they fear deportation even more. A relatively recent law intended to help women in their situation expires this fall.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-18-2005 |
Immigration
GLBT Youth and the Stifling of Discussion of Gay Sexualitynew
The queer community's fight for same-sex marriage, combined with revived AIDS hysteria, is shortchanging gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth by stifling discussion of gay sexuality.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
03-28-2005 |
LGBT
To Love, Honor, and Be Gaynew
How Washington state's Supreme Court will decide whether gay marriage is illegal.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-02-2005 |
LGBT
A Lesbian Mom Uses Issue 1 Against Her Exnew
In an early test of Ohio's new anti-gay-marriage amendment, the mother of an 8-year-old boy has filed suit to nullify her former partner's visitation rights.
The Other Paper |
Kristen Convery |
02-24-2005 |
Children & Families
Healthy Equalitynew
In November, Montana voters constitutionally banned gay marriage. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled that the same-sex partners of University of Montana employees are constitutionally due health benefits.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
01-06-2005 |
LGBT
Respected Small-Town Paper Struggles to Survivenew
The Point Reyes Light is among the nation's most respected small-town papers, having won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its work in exposing the Synanon cult. But the inheritance money Editor/Publisher Dave Mitchell used to keep the weekly alive is running out.
