Watch Misleading Nom Like Video By Melanie Nathan, April 29, 2012 “Actually, very few same-sex couples are raising children and many if not most of those couples involve children from a prior heterosexual relationship.” So says the anti- gay group, “Minnesota for Marriage” in its subversive attempt to sway Minnesotans to vote for an amendment [...]

Act Today to Help LGBT Families Access Fertility Services Make a call today to help this legislation Melanie Nathan, April 27, 2012 NCLR needs your help to pass important legislation. AB 2356, authored by Assembly Member Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and co-sponsored with Equality California, would ensure that same-sex couples can access fertility services on the [...]

Until ALL youth are loved and accepted in their homes, able to attend school without fear of bullying, and know that their lives are worth living, this community will continue to demand change. Melanie Nathan, April 26, 2012, On Monday, April 23, 18-year-old Alex Smith spoke on a community panel at a screening of  “Bullied,” [...]

Kristina Lapinski and Melanie Nathan of GAY U.S.A. the Movie will be at the NCLR Annual party to film the young awardees from the Anoka-Hennepin School District.  Kristina has just returned from a visit to Minnesota where she met and filmed events, activists, representatives, parents and students from the district. The NCLR annual bash is [...]

Watch powerful video as Senator Dibble fights  state “Pray the Gay Away” therapy funding and is defeated by religious zealots on MN amendment | would have prohibited state funding of harmful sexual orientation therapy By Melanie Nathan, April 24, 2012. Monday, Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis) offered an amendment to a larger omnibus health policy bill [...]

Urgent Calls for Donations  | Having noted the lesson from Prop 8 in California, the need to get the message out cannot be underestimated Melanie Nathan, April 17, 2012 “Stand With Us” is the message at Equality North Carolina (ENC) as they welcome the generosity of  Todd and Diana Stiefel, a straight couple who have [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA – Last week,  Fred Karger, a Republican Party Presidential candidate, filed a formal complaint with the California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for failing to report a $10,000 contribution which was made to it on October 14, 2008 by then Governor Mitt Romney. Fred Karger issued [...]

San Francisco • 16 April 2012 ― As millions of Americans file their income taxes, the local chapters of Marriage Equality USA will participate in the annual National Tax Day Protest at local post offices around the country on April 17, holding signs like “Twenty-Five Years Together, Still Filing Single” “No Taxation with Discrimination” and [...]

“Until the Bitter End” Today GAY U.S.A. the Movie launched a marriage equality ad , and who better to depict the necessity for equality than Carol and Nan, a featured couple in the film. Watch the video ad to get a glimpse of their story; Nan and Carol had been together for 38 years, when [...]

“If the district back pedals or falls short or refuses to implement these changes in good faith, we will be back in court.”  Kate Kendell, NCLR in exclusive comment to GAY U.S.A. the Movie’s Blog post By Melanie Nathan, April 12, 2012 Tom Heidemann, Chairman of the Anoka-Hennepin School District Board has written a letter [...]