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A Lesbian Holiday Tradition

Posted on December 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

This is the time of the year when Joe over at Joe.My.God posts his holiday classic, Dance of the Sugar Plum Lesbians. It’s up for the eighth year and it’s still one of my favorites. Wander over and check it out.

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There’s a Decision Coming Down

Posted on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

We’ve recently passed two milestone dates in the history of marriage equality.

May 17 was the five-year anniversary of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, and May 15 was the one-year anniversary of the day the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.

The California Supreme Court’s decision was subsequently overturned by Proposition 8, but not before approximately 18,000 same-sex couples had tied the knot.

Since last May, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, and Iowa have all legalized same-sex marriage. Marriage equality is also close to becoming legal in New Hampshire and New York.

But California is still waiting for the State Supreme Court’s decision in the lawsuit challenging Prop 8.

The decision is due before June 3 and the court has said it will provide one business day’s notice.

Since the announcement will come on a Monday or a Thursday, or on Tuesday, May 26 (the day after Memorial Day), that leaves only a handful of possibilities: Thursday, May 21; Tuesday, May 26; Thursday, May 28, or Monday, June 1.

Mark your calendars.

Meanwhile, if you’re an “opposite sex” legally married couple in Massachusetts who can make a compelling case for why your marriage has been damaged by same-sex marriage in the past five years, I’d like to hear from you.

By the way, “My husband has become obsessed with wanting to watch,” isn’t compelling enough.

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NY’s Governor Vows to Lead Gay Marriage Drive

Posted on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

Just as source predicted, NY Governor David A. Paterson announced today he would introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in his state.

He compared the status of gay men and lesbians to that of African-Americans, Jews, women and other groups who were historically excluded from full political and social equality, Gov. Paterson said he would lead a movement to authorize same-sex marriage. “We have a crisis of leadership today,” he declared. “We’re going to fill that vacuum today.”

Read more in the NY Times City Room blog.

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Same Sex Marriage: It Looks Like New York Is Next

Posted on April 15, 2009 | Leave a comment

newyorkboots2As the same-sex dominoes begin to topple across the nation, it looks like New York will be the next to fall.

The Associated Press is reporting that New York legislative officials say Gov. David Paterson is expected to introduce legislation to legalize gay marriage.

Two officials say he will introduce the legislation tomorrow. They spoke on condition of anonymity because there’s been no formal announcement.

The proposal would revive a bill that died in 2007 and still faces strong opposition despite a new Democratic majority in the state Senate

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says he doesn’t believe there are enough votes in the chamber to pass the bill.

Paterson, however, says he’ll make a brand new start of it – in old New York.

The governor was overhead saying “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere. Its up to you – New York, New York.”

(I was kidding about that last part.)

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Same-sex Parents on NY Birth Certificates

Posted on December 14, 2008 | Leave a comment

A lawsuit by a married lesbian couple about to be parents has resulted in a change in New York’s birth certificate policies.

New York state officials will now let married same-sex couples list both their names on their children’s birth certificates.

The decision, which echoes similar provisions in states that allow gay marriages or civil unions, is one of many changes that has occured since May, when New York’s governor, David Paterson, ordered state agencies respect out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Read more on Newsday.com.

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NYC Subway Vent Art

Posted on September 8, 2008 | Leave a comment

Joshua Allen Harris is a New York artists creating fantastic animals, and other figures, made out of shopping bags. He positions his sculptures on subway street grates. Air blows up through the grates and causes them to periodically inflate and animate. I really this this is some of the most clever and innovative sculpture I’ve seen in a while. Take a look this this video:

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