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Finding Your Perfect Partner – life beyond therapy

OIA Staff — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:03:15 +0000

Over the past few years, I have done quite a few workshops on this topic: it appears to be a never-ending challenge for us all. We all have this idea of the “perfect” partner, and many of us feel disappointed and even annoyed when we don’t get him or her. A few questions to get [...]

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Sign the Petition So Antigay Groups Don’t Profit from Sales at 600 Companies

OIA Staff — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:35:02 +0000

Christian Values Network raises money for a wide-range of religious groups from the purchase of over 600 companies’ goods and services. There’s just one small wrinkle: among the groups that CVN funnels money to are five groups so virulently antigay that the Southern Poverty Law Center has declared them hate groups–Focus on the Family, Family [...]

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7 gay couples sue Montana over equal protection

OIA Staff — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:42:14 +0000

The ACLU of Montana may have found a way to force states like Texas that have outlawed same-sex marriage to provide rights to gay and lesbian couples. The lawsuit claims Montana violates its own state constitutional guarantees of rights like privacy, equal protection and due process. The suit seeks equal rights through domestic partnerships. By [...]

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Ireland To Recognize Gay Couples With Civil Partnerships

OIA Staff — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:34:13 +0000

A bill that recognizes gay and lesbian couples with civil partnerships was adopted by Ireland’s governing body Thursday and is expected to become law in the fall. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern’s Civil Partnership Bill grants gay couples most of the rights and obligations of marriage. [ via On Top Magazine ] Read the full article [...]

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The Turkey Count – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:36:01 +0000

It’s that time of year when we think about turkey. Or in my case, turkeys. In honor of the season, I’m highlighting many people, at home and abroad, who’ve recently behaved like turkeys. I realized I didn’t know what to call a group of turkeys, a drawback when writing about multiple foul fowl. I searched [...]

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New study offers first demographic picture of same-sex spouses

OIA Staff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:05:58 +0000

For the first time, the Census Bureau has released data in which same-sex couples who refer to one another as “husband” or “wife” are differentiated from those who refer to one another as “unmarried partners.” This study is the first to examine the difference and similarities among same-sex couples and married different-sex couples in the [...]

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Nadler Says DOMA Repeal Bill Will Not Include DP’s or Civil Unions

OIA Staff — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:44:55 +0000

In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter this weekend, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said that he plans to introduce legislation either this week or once Congress returns from its August recess to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, but that bill will not include extending rights to LGBT couples in domestic partnerships or [...]

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Ireland grants rights to same-sex partnerships

OIA Staff — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:03 +0000

Ireland recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples for the first time Friday in a civil partnership bill that gave people in long-term relationships many of the statutory rights of married couples. But it stopped short of recognizing civil marriage. [ Reuters ] Read the full article @ Ireland grants rights to same-sex partnerships Read [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

OIA Staff — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:21:25 +0000

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Big Victories For Marriage Equality

OIA Staff — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:10:22 +0000

The Issue The state of Vermont made history on this week when it became the very first state to legalize gay marriage through the legislature rather than through a court decision. The Vermont House overturned Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto on gay marriage with a 100-49 vote; the veto was overturned in the Vermont Senate with [...]

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First National CDC HIV/AIDS Communication Campaign in More Than a Decade

OIA Staff — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:59:16 +0000

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Steps Towards Equality

OIA Staff — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:51:57 +0000

Today the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs reviews the nomination of John Berry to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or OPM. Berry, if confirmed, would face an urgent human capital crisis, with almost half of the federal workforce reaching retirement age in the next 10 years. He could use [...]

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PSA: The Difference Between Domestic Partnership and Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:39:51 +0000

Must see, must pass on videos of straight couples denied equality to make the point that domestic partnerships are NOT equal to marriage. via Queers United: PSA: The Difference Between Domestic Partnership and Marriage. H/T to Unite The Fight. Read the full article @ PSA: The Difference Between Domestic Partnership and Marriage Read more articles [...]

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Wedding on a Budget

OIA Staff — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:49:39 +0000

Plan Your Same-Sex Wedding Without Breaking the Bank The average American couple spends $20,000 on their wedding. Serena Freewomyn, the author of the series, is challenging readers to set a budget of $2,000 for their wedding. She interviewed several gay and lesbian couples to hear how they planned their weddings and will be sharing their [...]

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Southwest Airlines & Lesbian Travel Company Sweet Sign Agreement

OIA Staff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:17:06 +0000

Sweet and Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) today launched a new marketing partnership where Southwest will serve as the exclusive domestic airline of the Sweet Caribbean Cruise, (November 8-15, 2009), offering discount airfare to Sweet guests and participating in co-marketing opportunities online and at select gay and lesbian events throughout 2009. “Southwest is a perfect match [...]

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