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CONTACT: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force |
Task Force Hails istoric Iowa Supreme Court Ruling Granting the Freedom to Marry to Same-Sex Couples
WASHINGTON - April 3 - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force hails today's Iowa Supreme Court unanimous ruling in Varnum v. Brien saying that same-sex couples are legally entitled to marry. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was a signatory to a larger amicus brief supporting the marriage equality position. Additionally, Task Force organizers were recently sent to Iowa where they worked with One Iowa's field staff to grow the group's volunteer base that was active with One Iowa's legislative advocacy in support of the freedom to marry.
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CONTACT: Freedom to Marry |
Iowa Ends Gay Couples' Exclusion From Marriage
Iowa Joins Connecticut and Massachusetts as the Next State to Uphold the Freedom to Marry
NEW YORK - April 3 - The Iowa Supreme Court today handed down a unanimous decision in favor of the freedom to marry, bringing marriage equality to America's heartland. Iowa now joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. The high court decision in Varnum v.
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CONTACT: Human Rights Campaign |
Iowa Becomes First Midwestern State to Recognize Marriage Equality for Gay and Lesbian Couples
Human Rights Campaign Hails Unanimous Iowa Supreme Court Decision as Part of Growing Trend Towards Marriage Equality Across the Country
WASHINGTON - April 3 - The
Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauded the Iowa state
Supreme Court's unanimous 7-0 decision today ruling that the equal
protection provision of Iowa Constitution guarantees gay and lesbian
couples the same right to marry as heterosexual couples. As a result
of the court's decision in Varnum v. Brien, Iowa becomes the
first state in the Midwest and the third in the nation to now recognize
marriages for gay and lesbian couples.
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CONTACT: Equality California (EQCA) |
EQCA’s LGBT Prisoner Safety Act Passes Committee by Unanimous Vote
Bill to Prevent Violence Against Vulnerable Population Advances in Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - March 31 - The LGBT Prisoner Safety Act, AB 382, came one step closer to becoming law today, passing the Assembly Public Safety Committee with a unanimous 7-0 vote, winning the endorsement of the entire committee including five Democrats and two Republicans. Sponsored by Equality California (EQCA) and introduced last month by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D - San Francisco), the bill is designed to prevent violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the state prison system.
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CONTACT: Equality California (EQCA) and Transgender Law Center Vicki Estrada,
Host Committee Chair,
2009 Transgender Leadership Summit |
California Activists Explore Transgender Civil Rights at San Diego Conference
SAN DIEGO - March 19 - More than 200 transgender community members and allies will meet in San Diego on March 27, 2009 for the 4th annual Transgender Leadership Summit. The Summit comes at a critical time for the transgender rights movement, as the current economic crisis has made transgender people even more vulnerable to un- and under-employment, lack of health care access, discrimination, and violence.
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CONTACT: Human Rights Campaign |
Human Rights Campaign Applauds Obama Administration for Supporting UN Declaration Affirming Human Rights of LGBT People
Bush administration had previously refused to sign
WASHINGTON - March 18 - The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued a statement today on the Obama administration's announcement that it formally endorsed a United Nations declaration calling for an end to discrimination and other human rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The move is a reversal of the Bush administration's refusal to sign the statement, which made the United States the only western nation not to support the measure when presented by the U.N. General Assembly in December.
The Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that then-President George W. Bush had refused to sign, The Associated Press has learned.