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Pecs and the City

When you step into a boxing ring, you know what’s coming. Trust me. The wet slap of a glove in your eye socket, the jaw-rattling right cross that shakes your teeth inside your mouth guard, the blows that rain across your ribs and abs and the bum of the ropes on your back when you […]

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Analysis of the Fifth Circuit Hearings

There are several great summaries out there about what happened at the Fifth Circuit, which heard marriage equality appeals from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Among others, I recommend the summaries from Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade and Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed. I would like to go one step deeper. I have listened to the

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The 1958 Supreme Court Ruling That Started it All

The road to gay rights at the U.S. Supreme Court began not in San Francisco or New York, but in a small downtown Los Angeles office, where volunteer writers and editors in 1953 launched a new “magazine for homosexuals.” ONE, as it was called, offered thoughtful articles, defiant editorials and none of the racy photos

Marriage News Watch

AFER’s Matt Baume reports on Florida’s marriage status, the Supreme Court’s upcoming meeting to decide whether or not to consider gay marriage cases, Arkansas officials continuing to drag their feet, new poll numbers in Pennsylvania and more.

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Comparing the Sixth Circuit Marriage Equality Rule to The Others

The AP has a great breakdown of the Sixth Circuit marriage equality smack down versus earlier cases. CBS Detroit reports: Breaking ranks with rulings from other federal courts, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Ohio upholds gay marriage bans in four states, including Michigan, saying the courts aren’t the right place to

Grocery shop and make a difference, for FREE!

Just in time for your holiday grocery shopping… If you shop at Save Mart or Food Maxx, they will donate up to 3% of your purchases to support the work of Gay Fresno.  Simply fill out this request form and we’ll get a card right out to you!  No cost and no obligation. It’s a

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Judy and Dennis Shepard on Marriage Equality in Wyoming

WE NEVER thought we’d see marriage equality come to Wyoming in our lifetime. But in a wave of judicial rulings allowing same-sex couples to marry across the country, this week a federal court ruling granted our neighbors the opportunity to make history at the altar. The lives and rights of LGBT people in the “Equality

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The Real Enemy of Marital Bliss

Although there are a few Flat-Earthers out there who still believe gay marriage can be stopped, everyone else has accepted (or celebrated) it as an eventual inevitability. So now the question is: what’s next? Not just what’s next for LGBT equality–but also, what’s next for marriage? Earlier this year, I took up this question and

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New Poll Refutes Purported “Drop” In Marriage Equality Support

A new poll shows strong support for the US Supreme Court action on marriage equality, mirroring an earlier poll by the same organization on marriage equality in general. ABC News reports: Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support the recent U.S. Supreme Court action allowing gay marriages to go forward in several

New Map Shows How Far We Have to Go on Transgender Rights in the US

The fight for marriage equality in the US may be almost over, but the fight for transgender rights is just starting. Vocative has five maps and the story: …as important as visibility is for creating awareness, it’s just one step toward equality. For all the positive changes taking place, transgender Americans are still treated as