METROWEEKLY (DC)
December 18, 2009
Frank Kameny, a gay-rights pioneer cited as a forebear of the historic marriage equality legislation signed by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on Friday, was absent from the signing ceremony for good reason: he was getting his heating system fixed before a winter storm hit Washington. "I would have liked to have been there, but it got signed just as effectively without me," Kameny said with a laugh. "The important thing is it got signed." [Link]
Showing posts with label Senior Citizens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senior Citizens. Show all posts
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Video: Edie and Thea
In The Life - It's About Time
September 2009
After a 42-year courtship, Edie and Thea are finally getting married. This clip discusses the making of the tender documentary that memorializes a life-long romance set against a backdrop of cultural change and the desire for marriage equality. [Link]
September 2009
After a 42-year courtship, Edie and Thea are finally getting married. This clip discusses the making of the tender documentary that memorializes a life-long romance set against a backdrop of cultural change and the desire for marriage equality. [Link]
Monday, August 3, 2009
Couple that kept relationship secret for decades, celebrating 70 years together
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
July 18, 2009
A party celebrating 70 years together is a big deal for any pair. But a celebration of this couple's love takes on special meaning, considering they had to keep silent about it for decades. [Link]
July 18, 2009
A party celebrating 70 years together is a big deal for any pair. But a celebration of this couple's love takes on special meaning, considering they had to keep silent about it for decades. [Link]
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Marriage Equality
Columbia University
July 28, 2009
According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the freedom to marry has grown substantially in the United States. [Link]
July 28, 2009
According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the freedom to marry has grown substantially in the United States. [Link]
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Coming End of the Culture Wars
Center for American Progress
July 15, 2009
The Progressive Studies Program released a new report Wednesday which demonstrates how shifting demographics are rapidly eroding the mass base for culture wars politics. Nowhere is the influence of demographic change clearer than on marriage equality, which Millennials support much more strongly than do older generations. [Link]
July 15, 2009
The Progressive Studies Program released a new report Wednesday which demonstrates how shifting demographics are rapidly eroding the mass base for culture wars politics. Nowhere is the influence of demographic change clearer than on marriage equality, which Millennials support much more strongly than do older generations. [Link]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Gay rights mean different things to different generations of community
The Seattle Times
June 27, 2009
Forty years after New York's Stonewall Riots launched the gay-rights movement, older gays and younger ones share much the same agenda of equality. But their needs within the movement are also divergent. Young people, who have at times referred to their own post-gay movement, seek the protections of marriage equality as they form relationships and start families, while gays of their grandparents' generation are more concerned about issues of aging — like survivor benefits and long-term care. This weekend, across the country and around the world — including here in Seattle on Sunday — they will join together, young and old, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people to mark the anniversary of Stonewall. [Link]
June 27, 2009
Forty years after New York's Stonewall Riots launched the gay-rights movement, older gays and younger ones share much the same agenda of equality. But their needs within the movement are also divergent. Young people, who have at times referred to their own post-gay movement, seek the protections of marriage equality as they form relationships and start families, while gays of their grandparents' generation are more concerned about issues of aging — like survivor benefits and long-term care. This weekend, across the country and around the world — including here in Seattle on Sunday — they will join together, young and old, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people to mark the anniversary of Stonewall. [Link]
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Gay Generation Gap
New York Magazine
June 21, 2009
Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart? To some extent, a generation gap in any subgroup with a history of struggle is good news, because it’s a sign of arrival. Today, with the tide of history and public opinion finally (albeit fitfully) moving our way, we can afford to step back and exercise the same disrespect for our elders (or our juniors) as heterosexuals do. That’s progress, of a kind. [Link]
June 21, 2009
Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart? To some extent, a generation gap in any subgroup with a history of struggle is good news, because it’s a sign of arrival. Today, with the tide of history and public opinion finally (albeit fitfully) moving our way, we can afford to step back and exercise the same disrespect for our elders (or our juniors) as heterosexuals do. That’s progress, of a kind. [Link]
Monday, November 3, 2008
That Other One Has To Go
Margaret and Helen
October 31, 2008
"The place where Harold and I go to vote is actually an elementary school in the neighborhood. On that particular election day I was appalled to see all the signs that said 'Marriage Should Be Between a Man and Woman Only'. As Harold drove us into the parking lot to vote, I looked out the window at those signs and realized that many parents had driven their kids to school that morning driving past those very signs. I wonder if any of them had the same reaction I did --those signs reminded me of the little signs we used to have back in the day that said 'Whites Only'. " [Link]
October 31, 2008
"The place where Harold and I go to vote is actually an elementary school in the neighborhood. On that particular election day I was appalled to see all the signs that said 'Marriage Should Be Between a Man and Woman Only'. As Harold drove us into the parking lot to vote, I looked out the window at those signs and realized that many parents had driven their kids to school that morning driving past those very signs. I wonder if any of them had the same reaction I did --those signs reminded me of the little signs we used to have back in the day that said 'Whites Only'. " [Link]
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Get Your Grandma to Support Gay Marriage
The Emory Wheel
October 27, 2008
"Call or visit your family, your friends and your loved ones in California and Florida and tell them why it’s important to you. Tell them your story, your friends' stories, or even the story you saw last week on Lifetime. Make it clear that you don't want to live in a society that goes out of its way to prohibit the equal administration of rights to its citizens. Like Silverman says, if calling your grandparents could change the world, wouldn’t you do it?" [Link]
The freedom to marry matters to young people too.
October 27, 2008
"Call or visit your family, your friends and your loved ones in California and Florida and tell them why it’s important to you. Tell them your story, your friends' stories, or even the story you saw last week on Lifetime. Make it clear that you don't want to live in a society that goes out of its way to prohibit the equal administration of rights to its citizens. Like Silverman says, if calling your grandparents could change the world, wouldn’t you do it?" [Link]
The freedom to marry matters to young people too.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
FL: Question asks to restrict marriage
Palm Beach Post
October 1, 2008
Experts in elder law contend that the so-called Florida Marriage Protection Amendment will harm seniors who live together without getting married to protect their assets, including Social Security benefits and pensions that would be reduced if they were to legally wed. [Link]
October 1, 2008
Experts in elder law contend that the so-called Florida Marriage Protection Amendment will harm seniors who live together without getting married to protect their assets, including Social Security benefits and pensions that would be reduced if they were to legally wed. [Link]
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Avoidable Death of Thomas Disch
Advocate
July 29, 2008
On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Renee Perry wonders if marriage equality could have saved him. [Link]
July 29, 2008
On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Renee Perry wonders if marriage equality could have saved him. [Link]
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Gay couples in California get marriage licenses
MSNBC
June 17, 2008
Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a landmark ruling making California the second U.S. state to honor the freedom to marry went into effect.
(Link)
June 17, 2008
Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a landmark ruling making California the second U.S. state to honor the freedom to marry went into effect.
(Link)
Monday, June 16, 2008
In Defense of Marriage
Huffington Post
June 16, 2008
Sherman Yellen writes that he supports marriage for gay couples, and reflects on his own marriage, marriages of politicians, and love. [Link]
June 16, 2008
Sherman Yellen writes that he supports marriage for gay couples, and reflects on his own marriage, marriages of politicians, and love. [Link]
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
S.F. couple ready to be first again
San Francisco Chronicle
June 10, 2008
Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday that Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon's wedding, which he will officiate, will be the only one held in City Hall that day. Martin and Lyon have been together more than five decades, and they were the first couple to marry four years ago.[Link]
June 10, 2008
Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday that Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon's wedding, which he will officiate, will be the only one held in City Hall that day. Martin and Lyon have been together more than five decades, and they were the first couple to marry four years ago.[Link]
Monday, June 2, 2008
Make it a gay-old time
Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2008
Joel Stein, with a tongue-in-cheek tone, writes an open letter to seniors recommending they vote for marriage for gay couples despite any personal discomfort. (Link)
May 30, 2008
Joel Stein, with a tongue-in-cheek tone, writes an open letter to seniors recommending they vote for marriage for gay couples despite any personal discomfort. (Link)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
'We've Come a Long Way, Baby'
Mail Tribune
February 3, 2008
When they fell in love 29 years ago, they were afraid to hold hands in public, worried that their relationship could prompt the loss of their jobs or even physical violence against them. But on Monday, Fanda Bender and Sheila Gam of Talent plan to register as domestic partners, part of what they hope will be a wave of gay and lesbian couples around the state acting on a state law and federal court decision that cleared the way for such partnerships. "We've come a long way, baby," Bender said. [link]
February 3, 2008
When they fell in love 29 years ago, they were afraid to hold hands in public, worried that their relationship could prompt the loss of their jobs or even physical violence against them. But on Monday, Fanda Bender and Sheila Gam of Talent plan to register as domestic partners, part of what they hope will be a wave of gay and lesbian couples around the state acting on a state law and federal court decision that cleared the way for such partnerships. "We've come a long way, baby," Bender said. [link]
Sunday, August 26, 2007
COLUMN: Same-sex and worried about retirement
The Washington Post
August 26, 2007
Columnist Martha Hamilton writes about the financial difficulties many same-sex couples face because they cannot receive the tax breaks and retirement benefits that come with marriage. [Link]
August 26, 2007
Columnist Martha Hamilton writes about the financial difficulties many same-sex couples face because they cannot receive the tax breaks and retirement benefits that come with marriage. [Link]
Monday, June 25, 2007
OPINION: Marriage equality digs roots, gains momentum
The Detroit News
June 25, 2007
An elderly Massachusetts woman felt her opposition to gay marriage melt away after "this lovely couple" moved in next door with their children. "If they can't be married in Massachusetts, they're going to leave — and then who would help me with my lawn?" she asked, urging her state lawmaker to also change and protect gay couples' right to marry by blocking a referendum designed to abolish that right. That lawmaker did change. [Link]
June 25, 2007
An elderly Massachusetts woman felt her opposition to gay marriage melt away after "this lovely couple" moved in next door with their children. "If they can't be married in Massachusetts, they're going to leave — and then who would help me with my lawn?" she asked, urging her state lawmaker to also change and protect gay couples' right to marry by blocking a referendum designed to abolish that right. That lawmaker did change. [Link]
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Senior same-sex couples navigate system that doesn't recognize them
Concord Monitor
April 22, 2007
After 25 years together, Bill Twibill and Casper Kranenburg are linked by love, mutual respect and an inch-thick stack of documents that form a fragile facsimile of marriage they hope will allow them to care for each other as they age. Many gay men and lesbians worry that they'll still face discrimination in nursing homes and retirement communities. Married couples, for instance, are guaranteed rooms together, but that's not the case for same-sex couples. [Link]
April 22, 2007
After 25 years together, Bill Twibill and Casper Kranenburg are linked by love, mutual respect and an inch-thick stack of documents that form a fragile facsimile of marriage they hope will allow them to care for each other as they age. Many gay men and lesbians worry that they'll still face discrimination in nursing homes and retirement communities. Married couples, for instance, are guaranteed rooms together, but that's not the case for same-sex couples. [Link]
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Why marriage matters: Gay elders
QueerSighted
March 27, 2007
Renea enjoys lunch daily at a Chicago senior center serving low income seniors. Her much younger lover who is 59 was laid off from her job of 15 years and after 8 months has still not found employment. Renea supports them both on her Social Security benefits. Among other things, Renea is terrified because she is much older than her lover and if she dies her lover will not be able to continue Social Security benefits the way that straight married couples do. Her lover will be destitute. At the moment her lover is just hungry. [Link]
March 27, 2007
Renea enjoys lunch daily at a Chicago senior center serving low income seniors. Her much younger lover who is 59 was laid off from her job of 15 years and after 8 months has still not found employment. Renea supports them both on her Social Security benefits. Among other things, Renea is terrified because she is much older than her lover and if she dies her lover will not be able to continue Social Security benefits the way that straight married couples do. Her lover will be destitute. At the moment her lover is just hungry. [Link]
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