Beatie Complication
The Beaties were just trying to get divorced. Thomas and Nancy Beatie are eager to end their nine-year marriage, but their divorce plans stalled when Maricopa County Family Court Judge Douglas Gerlach...
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Why Trans Partners Should Tell Their Stories
The other day I published a brief interview with Christine Benvenuto, who wrote a book about her marriage to and divorce from a trans woman. I blurbed her book, let me admit up front. I blurbed it...
View ArticleMr. & Mr.
I so love that this guy wrote to the AP to let them know that he & his husband use the term “husband” with each other. Apparently the AP is supposed to not use the terms for same sex couples unless...
View ArticleHoward University Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Same Sex Marriage
Wow, this is cool news. Howard University’s Law School has filed an amicus brief in support of same sex marriage. (An amicus brief is filed by an amicus curiae, or “someone who is not a party to a case...
View ArticleWhy Trans People Need Marriage Equality, Too
So it turns out that Thomas Beatie is not being granted his divorce, for the worst possible reason: his marriage has been declared invalid, and a marriage that never existed can’t end in divorce. This...
View Article#13?: NZ
New Zealand has made same sex marriage legal. They’re the 13th country in the world to do so. & Guess what? The US isn’t one of them. (I can’t quite sort if they are the 13th or 14th. Seeing...
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SCOTUS: DOMA Sucks and So Does Prop 8
Which many of us knew already, but which the SCOTUS has now, finally, ruled on. So DOMA is no longer Constitutional – equal protection and all that – and the previous ruling that Prop 8 was...
View ArticleDomestic Partner Benefits Considered By WI State Supreme Court
So this happened in Wisconsin today: arguments were made to & for Wisconsin’s domestic partner benefits & registry. At issue is whether domestic partnerships create a legal status that is...
View ArticleTrans Marriage Precedent
I was so excited to read this I got shivers. A couple in Indiana got divorced after the husband transitioned to female, and were working out an amicable agreement when a circuit court judge rejected...
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Why Trans Partners Should Tell Their Stories
The other day I published a brief interview with Christine Benvenuto, who wrote a book about her marriage to and divorce from a trans woman. I blurbed her book, let me admit up front. I blurbed it...
View ArticleMr. & Mr.
I so love that this guy wrote to the AP to let them know that he & his husband use the term “husband” with each other. Apparently the AP is supposed to not use the terms for same sex couples unless...
View ArticleHoward University Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Same Sex Marriage
Wow, this is cool news. Howard University’s Law School has filed an amicus brief in support of same sex marriage. (An amicus brief is filed by an amicus curiae, or “someone who is not a party to a case...
View ArticleWhy Trans People Need Marriage Equality, Too
So it turns out that Thomas Beatie is not being granted his divorce, for the worst possible reason: his marriage has been declared invalid, and a marriage that never existed can’t end in divorce. This...
View Article#13?: NZ
New Zealand has made same sex marriage legal. They’re the 13th country in the world to do so. & Guess what? The US isn’t one of them. (I can’t quite sort if they are the 13th or 14th. Seeing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SCOTUS: DOMA Sucks and So Does Prop 8
Which many of us knew already, but which the SCOTUS has now, finally, ruled on. So DOMA is no longer Constitutional – equal protection and all that – and the previous ruling that Prop 8 was...
View ArticleACLU Files Lawsuit Seeking Freedom to Marry for Wisconsin Couples
The ACLU has set the ball rolling: MADISON, Wis. – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin and the law firm of Mayer Brown filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of four same-sex...
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