All Posts Tagged With: "same sex couples"

Thousands march for gay right to marry

Source: Irish Independent THOUSANDS of people took to the streets yesterday to demand civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. Up to 3,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people — from teenagers to seniors — marched from Dublin City Hall past the Dail to the Department of Justice on St Stephen’s Green. Waving rainbow-coloured banners [...]

23Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

First gay marriage in Argentina set for August 13

(AFP) BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s first gay marriage under a law passed this week was set for August 13 between a 61-year-old man and his 60-year-old partner, officials said Friday. The first union was authorized by municipal officials in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires for actor Ernesto Rodriguez Larrese, 60, and Alejandro Vanelli, 61, [...]

17Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays, lesbians show pride in European capitals

(AFP) LONDON — An estimated one million people thronged the streets of London on Saturday for the annual Pride celebrations celebrating lesbian and gay culture, with events also held in other European capitals. In London, the parade snaked through the city to the throbbing beat of techno music and in balmy mid-summer temperatures, with many [...]

4Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Annual LGBT parade has political meaning this year

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community took part in a 20-year old tradition in Waikiki Saturday, but their focus is on the future. It was the annual Honolulu LGBT pride parade and celebration. The theme this year is “Justice Means Equality.” Organizers say the event is a lot of fun, but [...]

6Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Bureau wants same-sex couples to check the ‘married’ box on census form

By ERIC ADLER The Kansas City Star Legally, the federal government, Kansas, Missouri and 43 other states do not recognize same-sex marriages — the union of two men or two women. But one curious aspect of the 2010 U.S. Census? It does — whether gay marriage is legal or not. In fact, representatives of the [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

GLBT community pressing for census question to declare sexual orientation

By Tom McGhee The Denver Post They’re here. By their own description, they’re queer. And a gay advocacy group wants the U.S. Census Bureau to ask them about it. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has launched “Queer the Census,” attempting to petition the census to start counting members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]

17Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples

By JESSICA GRESKO (AP) WASHINGTON — It’s a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington. Couples who applied for marriage licenses on the first day they were available last week can pick them up Tuesday and tie the knot. Three weddings are planned at the city’s Human Rights Campaign office. The advocacy [...]

9Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

By VANESSA HAND ORELLANA (AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that [...]

17Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

What If You’re Gay? A New Feature.

By Tara Siegel Bernard – New York Times Last month, we explored the many extra costs that same-sex couples incur because their unions are not recognized by the federal government. But we’d like that story to serve as a conversation starter. Now that we know the issues — extra health insurance costs, potentially higher tax [...]

10Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay, transgender persons could be in future census

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year’s national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next. Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pride Parade puts emphasis on activism

By Jeff McDonald – Union-Tribune Staff Writer HILLCREST — So there was John Anderson, by himself for a moment among thousands of others on University Avenue yesterday, taking inventory of the extravagance rolling past and pondering all of the changes he’s seen over his 50 years. The San Diego Pride Parade was crawling by with [...]

19Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

FedEx delivers the goods for transgendered

Jim Brown – OneNewsNow Without a vote from shareholders, one of America’s largest corporations has decided to grant its transgender employees special protected status. Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to implement a shareholder resolution proposed by Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman that would add “gender identity” to the company’s non-discrimination policy. Whitman is a self-proclaimed “married [...]

14Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

JASMYN holds alternative prom for gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths

Gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths get to be themselves at annual event. By Christy Whitehead – NewsJacksonville.com Corey Holloway missed out on his high school prom, but he’s making up for it now that he’s 20 and out of school. Decked in a short white dress with little polka dots on a recent night, [...]

4Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay welcome to a bold new beginning

Jen Carswell – Indian Express Drums kept up the tempo as painted bodies danced in the streets around Vakola market, rainbow streamers waving ecstatically through the air. Men were gyrating with other men, and women, and men dressed as women. Gay and transsexual men celebrated the Delhi High Court ruling: their lifestyle and partner choice [...]

2Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

By ABBY GOODNOUGH – New York Times BOSTON — The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday, and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth to let gay couples wed. The bill had been through several permutations to satisfy Mr. Lynch and certain legislators that [...]

4Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued