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National Center for Lesbian Rights

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Do Unmarried Same Sex Couples Get Inheritance When Partner Dies?

    You're in a committed, same-sex relationship, but you can't get married in California. And suddenly your partner, who intended to write you into his will, dies. Then his sister steps in, and you get nothing. That actually happened, according to an L.A.-based legal claim made by Brent Beckwith, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Prop. 8 Ruling: Los Angeles, West Hollywood to Host Celebration Rallies Tonight

    Surely you've heard the good news by now: Proposition 8 was just overturned by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. And, though the religious zealots at ProtectMarriage will inevitably appeal that decision, it's definitely time to take this Internet party to the streets. LGBT advocates and city o ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    Mission Drift at Gay Inc.

    Is the most powerful gay lobbying group in California becoming irrelevant?

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Are 'No on 8' Leaders Geoff Kors and Kate Kendell Off the Hook?

    EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors​With closing arguments for the Proposition 8 federal trial wrapped up, honchos at Equality California and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, who were major players in the disastrous "No on 8" campaign, are touting a so-called "groundbreaking" study on P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Queer Town: Equality California Pushes State to Collect Gay Data

    With the 2010 U.S. Census soon underway, it's always been a sticking point with us that the gay community has been barely, if at all, counted. People are asked about their race on the short, census questionnaire, for example, but there's nothing about sexual orientation.EQCAEquality California Exec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Queer Town: Proposition 8 Trial Set for January, Gay Groups Told to Butt Out

    While gay rights groups in California continue to clash over which year to push forward with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure (check out this Queerty post), Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker announced during a San Francisco hearing yesterday that a federal Proposition 8 lawsuit will go to tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Overturning Proposition 8: In 2010 or 2012?

    Proposition 8, last year's successful ballot initiative overturning the existing right of gays to marry in California, was largely financed by out-of-state money and represented a resounding defeat for the cause of same-sex marriage here. Precisely, however, when Prop 8 opponents finished licking th ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

    Wiser, more diffuse, battle-savvy gay-rights groups craft a 2010 ballot measure for California

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Waiting for a Decision: Will State Court Overturn Prop 8?

    California's State Supreme Court begins hearing arguments for and against overturning Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November. The state's high court will issue its decision within 90 days. The San Francisco proceedings, based on three separate cases challenging the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Queer Town: "No on 8" Executive Committee Revealed

    Late yesterday, gay rights activist and blogger Michael Petrelis accomplished the seemingly impossible--he found and published the 16 "principal officers" of the "No on 8" campaign's executive committee. If you think that kind of information would have been easily available, you are very, very wrong ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Prolonged Battle over Proposition 8

    It looks like the gay marriage ban won, but activists could upend the victory

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2008

    Queer Town: Let the Gay Times Roll...

    "Ring them bells St. Catherine/ From the top of the room, Ring them from the fortress/ For the lilies that bloom. Oh the lines are long/ And the fighting is strong And they're breaking down the distance/ Between right and wrong." "Ring Them Bells," Bob Dylan Gay marriage is a r ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    All Families Created Equal

    The responsibilities of gay parents

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Openly Rational

    A straight, Republican judge rules for the home team

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    A Think Tank for Gays

    The Williams Project is at the center of sexual-orientation law

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Lesbian in the Locker Room

    To be young, gay and outcast in Banning

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Asleep for Knight

    Proposition 22 foes are napping when they should be attacking

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