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Gay and Lesbian Relationships

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Gay-Bashing Massachusetts Macho Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime After Attack On Gay Queens Man Backfires

    Cristian Flores must have thought he was pretty tough when he and a few of his buddies decided to hassle a gay couple in Queens last year. However, Flores wasn't such a tough guy when one of the gay men tackled him to the ground and held him until police showed up -- and that was only after Flores a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Washington State on the Road to Same-Sex Marriage Equality, Perhaps Within a Week

    The Washington State Senate passed a bill paving the way for same-sex marriages last night. Before the vote was taken, same-sex marriage watchers believed that it could be a very tight vote. However, it ultimately passed comfortably 28 to 21. It will now move on the Washington's House, where it is e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Fuck You, Dancing With The Stars!

    ​The show is including Chaz Bono, which is a welcome addition of a transgender person to the ballroom. But will they ever incorporate a same-sex couple already? The show came closest to actualizing a gay duo just moments ago, when they considered putting Carson Kressley with a man. But they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    10 Reasons Why Same-Sex Couples Want to Wed on the Very First Day

    Forget the fear of laws changing - people lined up to see him the first day he came out! So why not their spouse?​Some people have asked us: If same-sex marriage is here to stay, just why exactly do couples have to get married the first day, anyway? Isn't it a waste of money for the cash-strap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Same-Sex Sunday: City Marriage Bureaus to Open Specially on July 24 for Gay Weddings

    Erica Carpiniello​When Governor Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act into law, it was set to go into effect 30 days later on July 24, a Sunday. As we reported yesterday, just when same-sex couples could actually get married was up for debate, because government offices are closed on Sundays ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    How Will the Law Recognize Your Same-Sex Marriage? The NYCLU Explains

    After July 24, no one​The New York Civil Liberties Union has created an excellent guide to what same-sex couples can expect legally after they've tied the knot. The Marriage Equality Act creates a certain level of legal equality for same-sex couples under New York State law, but in no way does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    First Comes Loves, Then Comes Gay Marriage (After Societal Pressure), Then... Divorce!

    ​Since late Friday night, much has changed for gay couples who are now free to get married in New York state; may everyone who wants to eat plain pizza and Baskin Robbins while looking "miserable." But seriously, it's a huge step, and as after every bit of forward progress, there's the impatie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Gay Marriage Gets an Ad Campaign, May Fix the Economy

    ​Following Friday's passing of same-sex marriage in Albany, the office of the mayor has already updated NYC.gov to provide some new info on nuptials, including the heartening headline: "New York City to Welcome All to Marry Here." It continues, "We look forward to welcoming all couples who wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Dean Skelos Calls For a Gay Marriage Vote; Religious Exemptions Finally Come Out

    ​Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has just announced that the Marriage Equality Bill will get a vote in the Senate. This comes moments after the Senate released proposed language for a "religious exemptions" amendment to the billl, which will allow religious groups and their affiliate busin ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2011

    Girl-on-Girl Action Becomes Passé

    With lesbian sex not only accepted but boring, what's left to outrage?

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Marjorie Hill (GMHC) Responds to Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s Anti-Gay March Plans

    In response to Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s plan to hold an anti-gay marriage march at the same time as the AIDS Walk, Marjorie Hill, the CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), has responded:

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Dixie is So Gay: Surprising Census Info About Gay Parents in the South

    The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for creative demographers. Despite the lack of any question about sexual orientation (hence, no info on s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    California's Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

    U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The long awaited decision was just released from the U.S. District Courthouse for Northern California in San Francisco. The case, Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, was a lawsuit in which two gay couples sued that Propo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Gay-Marriage Rights Are Dealt Setback by Jersey High Court

    Marriage-equality advocates have been dealt another blow, and this one came Monday in neighboring New Jersey, where the state's Supreme Court declined to hear an equal-protection case involving six gay couples.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    Paterson "Backpedaling" Gay Marriage, or Peddling It?

    The status of Governor Paterson's gay marriage bill is garbled, possibly by the Governor himself. "Paterson backpedals on gay marriage," says Newsday, claiming he will "go along with a plan by State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith not to put a same-sex marriage bill to a vote without knowing i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Giuliani Calls Paterson's Gay Marriage Stand Good -- for the GOP

    Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani sees daylight for the New York GOP in gay marriage. He tells the Post's Fred Dicker that "I think gay marriage will obviously be an issue for any Republican next year," and that the marriage equality support of high-level Democrats like Governor Paterson and Kirsten Gil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Diaz Says "Billionaire-Master" Bloomberg Backs Gay Marriage As He "Humiliates" the Disabled

    Rev. Ruben Diaz, the anti-gay-marriage Democratic state senator, has released a statement denouncing Mayor Bloomberg for supporting marriage equality, and as always finds a fascinating way to make his point: Diaz links Bloomberg's tolerance of gay couples with his treatment of disabled reporter Mich ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Paterson Puts In Gay Marriage Bill

    Gay Socialites is twittering Governor Paterson's introduction of his gay marriage bill at his Manhattan office. The Times has Paterson's comparison of the gay marriage movement to prior civil rights battles ("We have all known the wrath of discrimination, we have all felt the pain and insult of hat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Rev. Diaz Says Paterson Should Let Cuomo Take Over, Pass Gay Marriage Bill (Which He Opposes)

    photos by John DeSio While Governor Paterson made it official that he would introduce a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in New York State, Albany's most outspoken opponent of the bill is lashing out at the governor, calling his proposal a political gimmick and demanding that he not run for r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Vermont, D.C. Keep the Same-Sexiness Coming

    The Vermont legislature approved same-sex marriage. The Governor vetoed it. Now the legislature has overridden his veto, making Vermont America's first legislatively-decided gay state. Hurrah! Iowa made us feel inadequate with its unanimous Supreme Court gayness, but Vermont has struck back for coas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    A Ban On Mormon Marriage And Their "Religious Fascism"!

    This had to happen! The Universal Free Church is calling for a national petition drive to allow gay marriage and to ban Mormon marriage! (That should even things out. Otherwise, the chapels will be way overbooked.) Like so many people out there, they feel the Mormons have a right to say whatever t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Obama Used To Back Gay Marriage!

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2008

    Wanda Sykes Comes Out

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Thousands Protest Prop 8 at Mormon Temple

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Obama Win Bittersweet for Gay Rights Supporters

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Writer Eileen Myles on the Election, Gay Marriage

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2008

    LGBT New Yorkers Put Muscle Behind Obama

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Michelle Obama Woos Gay Democrats in Midtown

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2008

    NY's Highest Court Upholds Lesbian Couple's Canadian Marriage

    It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

  • NYC Life

    June 12, 2007

    The Queer Agenda 2007

    An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    It Only Seems Like the New York Times Is in Charge

    An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2006

    Mixed Marriage Ruling in New Jersey

    An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2006

    Verbatim: NY Gay-Marriage Ruling

    An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2006

    Your Turn: Bloomberg on Gay Marriage?

    An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

  • News

    December 6, 2005

    Same-Sex Nups Squeeze Mayor Again

    Bi-positional Bloomberg and the gay-marriage ruling

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2005

    Mike & Freddy Woo Gays

    Bi-positional Bloomberg and the gay-marriage ruling

  • News

    September 13, 2005

    Marriage of Two Minds

    Gay nups may have become inevitable, but for now it's a world of pain

  • People

    June 14, 2005

    Diff'rent Strokes

    Mixed-race loving in the gay community turns the rainbow into a reality

  • News

    February 8, 2005

    Odd Man Out

    With his fancy footwork over gay marriage, Bloomberg could be stepping on too many toes

  • News

    February 1, 2005

    Same-Sex Marriage Case Wins in New York City

    With his fancy footwork over gay marriage, Bloomberg could be stepping on too many toes

  • News

    July 13, 2004

    Off the Court

    New bill would block federal judges from hearing key gay-marriage cases

  • News

    June 15, 2004

    My Big Fat Funky Queer Marriage

    Forget the rice. (We're on Atkins.) No his-and-his towels. (Nothing matches in our house.) Just give us Viagra—and wish us well

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Separate Still Not Equal

    If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer

  • News

    December 9, 2003

    Standing on Ceremony

    A Rites Issue: Straight Couples Who Refuse to Marry Because Gays Can't

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    No Time To Celebrate

    Same-Sex Marriage in the Court of Public Opinion

  • News

    July 22, 2003

    Stop the Wedding!

    Why Gay Marriage Isn't Radical Enough

  • News

    July 1, 2003

    Love and War

    Gay Americans Won a Court Victory. Now Comes the Fight to Wed.

  • News

    August 7, 2001

    Nation

    Gay Americans Won a Court Victory. Now Comes the Fight to Wed.

  • News

    February 22, 2000

    Lesbian, Gay, and Binational

    Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Queer Couples

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