Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state to embrace marriage equality, following a procedural vote in the House of Representatives and independent governor Lincoln Chafee’s signature on the Marriage Equality Act today. It is  the last state in New England to establish marriage equality and the 10th state in the nation, in addition to Washington, [...]

A dangerous bill racing through the Florida legislature would overturn several of Florida’s strongest local LGBT rights policies and would block future policies statewide. SB 726 by Senator Simmons is a way to eliminate requirements on what kind of benefits businesses must offer their employees. The bill has already passed the House of Representatives and [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – , Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, attended the Supreme Court oral arguments in the case of U.S. v. Windsor, a landmark challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  DOMA defines marriage for purposes of federal law as “only [...]

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry, AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Two couples, Kris Perry & Sandy Stier and Paul Katami & Jeff Zarrillo, are represented by Ted Olson and David Boies, who argued that Prop. 8 violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of [...]

The Amicus Brief which makes the argument for why – with thanks to Howard University, Prof. Aderson Francois and his team and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Ayesha N. Khan, Legal Director and her team. The anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM) says in its talking points against marriage equality that if [...]

Same-Sex Couples File Lawsuit Seeking the Freedom to Marry in New Mexico Marriage equality is coming to New Mexico! Albuquerque, NM, March 21, 2013)—Today, two same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry filed a lawsuit in Albuquerque’s district court after they applied for and were denied marriage licenses by the Bernalillo County Clerk. The lawsuit [...]

Will their Rally be a flop?  If you value your equality help ensure it is! If you have yet to be persuaded to come out maybe this will help: WHY you must come to D.C. to Rally for marriage equality: Arch enemy NOM, the anti-gay group founded by Maggie Gallagher, is begging for money and [...]

All Americans should be able to marry. Yes we should and Gay U.S.A. the Movie says Thank you Mr. President. As we converge on D.C. for the Marriage equality Rallies, we have a lot to thank this President and his administration for. We have come a long way as we march hopefully toward full equality, [...]

‘That more perfect union promised to us all” Hillary Clinton   Former Secretary of State speaks out about marriage equality and respect for LGBT Americans, through her international experience and as a mother. Now that she has left office and can speak publicly about the issue that is so important to all of us, Hillary [...]

SEE THE EVENTS – You MUST come OUT and join GAY U.S.A. at the Rally for Marriage Equality On March 26th and 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases, respectively, which are fundamentally about whether same-sex couples, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans should have the same rights and freedoms [...]