Score One For Marriage Rights–Federal Court Strikes Down Prop 8!

Back in the good old days of 2008, same-sex marriage was legal in the Golden State of California for 143 days, and during that time 18,000 same-sex couples legally tied the knot. The existence of ...Read More

New York DA Drops “Self-Abortion” Charges

The New York District Attorney is dropping charges against a woman accused of “self abortion” after a 24-week fetus was found in a dumpster. But that doesn’t mean they won’t ...Read More

Perp Walk for the Pope?

By Bill Frogameni Barbara Blaine wants the pope to be accountable. In September, the indefatigable founder and president of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) teamed with a ...Read More

Penn State and Syracuse May Open Much-Needed “Windows” for Child-Sex-Abuse Survivors

Last week, Pennsylvania lawmakers held informal hearings to discuss legislative action in the wake of the Penn State scandal. One idea was mandating that witnesses report such crimes to police (since ...Read More

Thanks to DOMA, Loving–and Parenting–From 5,000 Miles Away

When massage therapist Inger Knudson and writer Philippa Judd held their Handfasting ceremony on Colorado’s Lookout Mountain a little over two years ago, they knew that their very personal act also ...Read More

Top Three Lessons from the Prop 8 Trial

California’s gay marriage ban, Prop 8, was back in court this week for what is likely to be the last of the many appeals hearings. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals weighed two matters: First, ...Read More

Despite Anti-Gay Graffiti, Media and Police Ask the Wrong Questions in Teen Athlete’s Murder

By Mecca Jamilah Sullivan I didn’t know Tayshana Murphy was gay. I’m from Harlem, and I like to think I’m tapped into important conversations among New York’s LGBTQ people of color communities. ...Read More

BREAKING: Prop 8 Ruling Is Both Bad and Good News for Same-Sex Marriage

It’s been 470 days since Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8, the California constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. But rather than immediately restore legal ...Read More

Penn State Teaches Rape Culture 101

A man sexually assaults children. Witnesses are appalled. But no one tells anyone outside their tight circle. The assailant is eventually accused of attacking eight boys. Yet members of the community ...Read More

Confession, Not Prosecution, For Bishop Who Let Alleged Abusive Priest Off the Hook

Ms. Blog readers will recall the recent indictment of Bishop Robert Finn of the Kansas City (Mo.)-St. Joseph’s Catholic diocese, making him the most superior member of the Roman Catholic Church ...Read More

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