28th Anniversary
Today is the 28th anniversary of the day I met and fell in love with Kelley at the Clarion Writers’ Workshop. And the first anniversary of marriage equality.anniv
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Marriage equality will change the world
I have too many thoughts and feelings, coming too thick and fast, to write a thoughtful piece about the US Supreme Court’s opinion on same-sex marriage. So here’s an edited repost of something I wrote a couple of years ago about why it will change the world.
Read moreNational marriage equality
So. The Supreme Court will hear four same-sex marriage appeal cases in (probably) April and issue their ruling in (most likely) late…
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Last year, two and half months before the publication of Hild, I emailed my editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux: “I hope it’s…
Read moreImmigration and same-sex couples
From: Isabelle in the EU The reason I am getting in touch is that I have fallen in love with an American…
Read moreMarriage equality hearings at the Supreme Court
Tomorrow the Supreme Court hears arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Proposition 8 case regarding the legality of same-sex marriage in California. On…
Read moreWhat the SCOTUS announcement means for marriage equality
Last month I wrote: In all likelihood, the case SCOTUS will take up will either be the Prop 8 case, or that…
Read moreSame-sex marriage in the US is inevitable
Same-sex marriages will begin in Washington State on December 9, 2012. So now there are nine states–Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New…
Read moreMake my year: vote to approve Referendum 74
Ballots are hitting mailboxes this week in Washington State. We have ours. (And when I say ‘we’ I’m speaking loosely: Kelley got…
Read moreA step forward: same-sex couples are ‘family’ for immigration purposes
My immigration story was difficult, stressful, and expensive. Which is the understated English way of saying, Nightmarish, terrifying, and financially crippling. Kelley…
Read moreDOMA is going down: but when, and what then?
Yesterday I read this article from The Advocate New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn filed a…
Read moreUpdate on same-sex marriage in Washington State
As I’ve said previously, Referendum 74 made the ballot. But Initiative 1192–which could have proved confusing to those voting on same-sex marriage–has…
Read moreMarriage equality in Washington, update
Last time I posted about marriage equality here in Washington, it was Valentine’s Day: Gov. Gregoire had just signed same-sex marriage into…
Read moreWashington marriage equality passes the state House
As expected, the Washington House passed the same-sex marriage bill (55-43). The Governor will sign it. Then we wait and see. If…
Read moreProposition 8 ruled unconstitutional. Now what?
Yesterday, California’s Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote…
Read moreWashington state senate votes Yes on marriage equality
This evening the Washington State Senate voted 28-21 for marriage equality. The House will most probably vote early next week. Most observers…
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