Results for "marriage equality"

Cheers to That! How a Dusty Bottle of Champagne Came to Represent a Father’s Love for Queer Son.

by Peter Pinto

Cheers to That! How a Dusty Bottle of Champagne Came to Represent a Father’s Love for Queer Son.

So my name is Peter Pinto. I’m from Milford, Pennsylvania.  I grew up in a very low income household. My parents were newlyweds, didn’t have a lot of money. We were oWe get to 2005, I’ve graduated. I have gone from being a performer to being a writer, and now I’m just a working fool in Manhattan doing theater when I can, how I want...

Lesbian Activist Recalls Her Fight For Marriage Equality.

by Cathy Marino-Thomas

Lesbian Activist Recalls Her Fight For Marriage Equality.

1970s: Meeting First Girlfriend And Discovering Lesbianism. “She Really Helped Me Start On That Road.” When I was about 17, so that’s in the seventies, I had this friend Je1994: Lesbian Goes From Laughing at the Idea of Same-Sex Marriage to Becoming President of Marriage Equality USA. So it’s maybe 1994. I’ve been living with Sheila, this woman Late 1990s: Lesbian Couple Faces Multiple Challenges In Having a Child. “The Most Joyful Things In Life Are Really Hard To Obtain.” So Sheila, my wife, and I were married a co2006: Children’s Sleepover Conversation About Family Diversity Surprises Mom: “It Was Beautiful And Amazing.” Right so, I guess it was maybe 2006. My daughter was a first gr 2008: Marriage Equality Activist Faces Down Opponent–And Wins. I have doing marriage equality work for a little while. I was Board President, I was speaking. Maybe it was 2008 ...

Two Stories Capture Twenty Two Years of LGBTQ Progress.

by Lynn Currie

Two Stories Capture Twenty Two Years of LGBTQ Progress.

I’m Lynn Currie. I’m from Austin, Texas. Growing up my dad was in the military, so we kind of moved all around. And ended up finishing up high school in a little town called B...

I’m From Palm Springs, CA – Video Story.

by John Buie

I’m From Palm Springs, CA – Video Story.

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can read about the adventure we had and some of the stories we collected. If you havMy name is John Buie and I want to be from Palm Springs, California. I met my husband online, on gay.com thirteen years ago; actually it was Thanksgiving Day, 1997. He was living ...

IFD + ACS: I’m From Levittown, NY – Video Story.

by Gina Bonica

IFD + ACS: I’m From Levittown, NY – Video Story.

This week, in partnership with the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of the LGBT Community, we are sharing stories of LGBT cancer survivors and friends. The LGBT communi...

Satellite overhead image of New Jersey from Google Earth 2022
New Jersey Marriage Equality – Video

This past weekend, Marquise and I sat down with Bob Zuckerman to film a Video Story. Mr. Zuckerman was a 2009 candidate for the 39th New York City Council District, covering severWell this is, this is what’s going on in New Jersey now. Because I don’t know if you’re following it at all, but New Jersey’s about to take up the same-sex marriage bill, ...