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USA Today reporter Andrea Stone (who has previously reported on marriage equality in California and efforts to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell") traveled to Florida last week to look at efforts in that state to defeat Amendment 2, a divisive constitutional amendment to bar state recognition of all unmarried couples, both s, both heterosexual and LGBT.Her story, in this morning's paper, highlights efforts on the ground to build a diverse coalition of allies - including senior citizens, religious leaders and others - to win this critical fight.
"Helene Milman, 68, and Wayne Rauen, 59, of Sunrise are convinced that after 25 years together, nine of them as registered domestic partners, the measure will strip them of protections," Stone writes. "They are featured in a TV ad paid for by the group Say No to 2."
"Milman shudders at the idea that she might have spent five hours alone on a hospital gurney as she awaited breast cancer surgery in 2003. Without his domestic partner I.D. card, Rauen might not have been able to stay by her side. If forced to marry, the widow would lose $13,000 in annual Social Security benefits."
"Why can't they let people live their own lives?" Rauen asks.
In fact, same-sex couples are a minority of those who will have critical legal protections denied if Amendment 2 passes.
"The Census Bureau reports 435,492 unmarried-partner households in Florida," Stone writes. "Nearly nine of 10 are heterosexual, says demographer Gary Gates of the Williams Institute. Many are widowed seniors who would lose Social Security or pension benefits if they remarried."
60% of voters must approve a change the constitution, and USA Today notes that recent polls have found 55% support for the measure, making turn-out critically important on November 4.
"Interviews reveal support for defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman but concern that the measure may go too far," Stone says in her story.
"Haven Eaton, 61, a Tampa handyman, says he will vote no. 'While I may not favor same-sex marriage,' he says, 'I don't think they ought to be denied benefits available to traditional marriage.'"
To read the full USA Today story, visit the paper online. And for more information on Amendment 2 and the campaign to defeat it, click here and here.
On November 8, 2008, the Museum of Broadcast Communications plans to induct James Dobson’s anti-gay Focus on the Family radio program into its Radio Hall of Fame.Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Truth Wins Out are getting the word out about the Radio Halls of Fame's intent to honor and induct a man who has a long track record of defaming LGBT people on topics ranging from gay parenting, marriage equality and so-called "repairtive therapy."
Dobson runs Colorado Springs-based "Focus on the Family," and GLAADBlog reports that:
Dobson has said being gay “has to do with an identity crisis that occurs too early to remember it†and that gay people “have as many as 300 to 1,000 partners in a lifetime.†He has also falsely claimed that committed gay couples “cannot be a family†and that allowing them to get married would “destroy the family.â€
Be sure to check out this video, and read more on the GLAADBlog about how to speak up for our LGBT loved ones. A first step you can take is to contact the Museum of Broadcast Communications and tell them that a man who has spent his career demonizing LGBT people does not deserve to be the the Radio Hall of Fame.
Call: (312) 822-0512
Email: Bruce Dumont (CEO) - brucedumont@museum.tv
Email: Gina Doyle - gdoyle@museum.tv
On Sunday, Kathy Gilleran will fly from her home in New York to Vienna, Austria in search of her son. Last night, ahead of her European trip, she sat down with WTVH, her local CBS affiliate, to talk about her continued quest to learn the truth about what happened to her openly gay son, Aeryn, one year ago this month.From the WTVH report:
This is Kathy Gilleran's second overseas mission to find clues about what happened to her son who vanished one year ago. She has begged and pleaded with Austrian authorities to help her find her son, Aeryn. The 34 year old Groton High School graduate worked for the United Nations in Vienna, and she's made it her vow to travel to the city every single October until she finds out what happened.
Next Wednesday is the one year anniversary of Aeryn's disappearance, and as Kathy packs her own suitcase, she feels nervous, scared, at times hopeful, but there's one suitcase that she just can't bear to open... Aeryn's. The State Department has arranged a meeting for Kathy with Austrian police. While Kathy has chosen to make this journey on her own, she'll be joined by Aeryn's closest friends from Vienna for a candlelight vigil across the street from the sauna where he was last seen. "I need to do this for Aeryn," said Gilleran. "I need to let him know that I will never ever give up on trying to find him and that my love will never ever ever go away."
She's stuck in limbo she says, terrified she might stay that way for the rest of her life. This trip could change that. "I'm really hopeful that after this trip to Vienna that I am able to do a little bit more, that I'm able to open suitcases that I haven't been able to," said Gilleran. At the vigil, Kathy will be holding a single candle, just like the candle she's had lit in her window since last October, a light that she hopes will lead her son home. If anyone wishes to contact Kathy with information or simply kind words of support you can e-mail her at FindAeryn@gmail.com.
From newsamericamedia.org: Last year, students at her high school threw a bottle at Nina Almero, poured soda into her purse, called her names and spread rumors about her. Their bullying and harassment, Almero says, was a result of her high visibility as president of the school’s Gay and Lesbian Student Alliance, and because she is out [...]
It looks as though Lindsay Lohan has reported that her lesbian romance with Samantha Ronson may not go the distance because she “loves men too much.” It’s been rumored she has been sending text messages to Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford. As reeported in the The Sun, “Linds is adamant she’s not a lesbian and still [...]
Justices of the peace in Connecticut say they are ready to perform gay marriages following a state Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that same-sex couples have the right to marry, rather than settle for a civil union. Saul Haffer, the president of the Justice of the Peace Association says the organization does not require its [...]
Make sure you check back everyday throughout the month of October for the GLBT History Month video of the day. You can always find out more at the official GLBT History Month website.
Opie’s early artwork, the “Being and Having” series (1991), her self-portraits and portraits of other members of the LGBT community is a 20th century spin on a traditional art form. The poses and simple arrangement of figures are conventional, while the bold saturated color palate for the background and subject matter is anything but. The [...]
As reported earlier: Darnelle Donerson, the 57 year-oldear-old mother of Jennifer Hudson was found dead earlier today in her home on the South Side of Chicago. Officer John Mirabelli of the Chicago Police Department stated officers were called to the 7000 block of Yale Avenue in the neighborhood of Englewood, where just before 3 p.m. they discovered [...]
Recently, Barbara West of WFTV News in Orlando, Florida interviewed VP Nominee Joe Biden. Watch this feeble attempt at journalism from an obvious McCain supporter. Now, here is a copy of the email I sent her (I just couldn’t help myself): As a reporter, writer and editor (and a member of the NLGJA) I am APPALLED [...]
From pghlesbian.com: Abigail Begandy doesn’t mind marching to the beat of her own drum. Begandy, 16, a junior at Ringgold High School, recently was sworn in as a junior firefighter for the Monongahela Fire Department. She was sworn in Oct. 7 and became the department’s third female firefighter. “All my life, my community and family and friends have helped [...]
The first quirst question you may have about online dating is whether it actually works. The answer to this question is different for everyone, but I can say that online dating has the ability to work well and be very successful in the world of matchmaking. I met my partner online in 1998 and we are [...]
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