NC: Openly gay State Sen. Julia Boseman will not run for re-election

Julia Boseman did fabulous, difficult work on the School Violence Protection Act in our state Senate, earning her Equality NC's Legislative Award this past weekend.
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Rhode Island Governor: Even Dead Gays Have No Rights

In Rhode Island, even dead gays have no rights. Gov. Donald Carcieri vetoed a bill that would have allowed gay and lesbian domestic partner the right to make funeral arrangements.
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Rhode Island Governor Won't Even Give Rights to Dead Gays

If you're gay and you die in Rhode Island your domestic partner won't be able to make funeral arrangements for you because Governor Donald Carcieri just vetoed a bill providing for that .
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RI Gov. Don Carcieri: Dirty Queers Do Not Have The Right To Bury Their Partners

Saying it was a "disturbing erosion" of the "principles surrounding traditional marriage," today Rhode Island Gov.
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RI Governor Donald Carcieri Vetoes DP Funeral Rights Bill

Unbelievable-that we are even HAVING these votes on peoples' rights in this country is shameful.

An opponent of same-sex marriage, Governor Carcieri has vetoed a bill that would have added "domestic partners" to the list of people authorized by law to make funeral arrangements for each other.
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Health Care Bill Seeks End to D.P. Penalty

A proposal to end the tax on employer-provided domestic partner health benefits was included in the bill that passed the house on Saturday night.
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Why the U.S. House’s Health Reform Bill is Good News for Gay Rights

Rep. Nancy Pelosi made history this weekend, doing something that no politician has been able to do in the United States since.
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Help Ensure Health Care Reform Includes LGBT Families!

We are at an unprecedented point in the process of national health care reform: the House of Representatives plans to vote TOMORROW, November 7, on its reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.
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Wisconsin Court Rejects Gay Rights Challenge

On Tuesday, Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that challenged the state’s domestic partner registry, but has yet to offer an explanation for the decision.
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State Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Domestic Partnership Registry

The state Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's domestic partner registry.
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Razor thin margin still favors partner rights in Washington

While voters in Maine rejected a law offering full equality in marriage rights to gay and lesbian Mainers, voters on the opposite side of the continent appeared to give tenuous support to a measure that would give slightly more limited rights to gay and lesbian Washingtonians.
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Victory for Wis. Domestic Partnerships

The Wisconsin state supreme court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Badger State’s domestic-partner registry.
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Voter turnout will be key in three vital LGBT equality votes

Source: Maine Today, Washington Post, Olympian, OPB, Seattle Gay News, Kalamazoo Gazette

In Maine, Washington, and in Kalamazoo, Michigan, volunteers worked the phones, knocked on doors, rallied, and visited businesses this weekend to urge supporters of LGBT equality in Tuesday’s election.
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'No On 1' Press Release: 'Yes Campaign Ad Promoting Domestic Partnerships A Sham"

'No On 1' held a press conference today and issued the following release- many thanks to Joe Sudbay for this clip.
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Corvino: The work left to do

Less than a week before the election, polls continue to show close races in both Washington State, where voters may substantially expand domestic-partner legislation, and Maine, where they may rescind marriage-equality.
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Court allows release of domestic partner petitions

(Seattle) Washington's secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state's expanded benefits for domestic partners, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
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Many Maine Catholics Supporting Marriage Equality, Despite Bishop's Efforts

If Bishop Malone can ask for repeated donations, so can I! ;)

Among the attendees at last night's EQME annual meeting was an elderly couple from Fort Kent.
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On Oct 11th: Take Action in DC or Take Action Locally

On Oct 11th: Take action in DC or take action locally.

We stand at the brink, at a moment of unprecedented possibility in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality across America.
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Nevada Domestic Partnership Law Probably Won't Be Recognized By Other States

[Cross-posted at the Gay Couples Law Blog, which discusses same sex family law and estate planning.
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Groups Support Wisconsin Gay Partner Law

On Top Magazine Groups Support Wisconsin Gay Partner LawOn Top MagazineBy On Top Magazine Staff Gay rights groups have urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the state's gay-inclusive domestic partnership .
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