30 years ago: a love story in photos
Thirty years ago today Kelley and I met in East Lansing, Michigan. Here’s our story in photos.
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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 moreSCOTUS and same-sex marriage, addendum
My hope is still for Yes, that Kennedy will listen to his conscience. But at the very far reaches of the hope universe there’s a tenuous hint of a wisp of possibility that Roberts and Scalia might say Yes, too…
Read moreSame-sex marriage hearing at the Supreme Court
I’ve been reading analysis for a while on how the Supreme Court might rule on same-sex marriage. The consensus boils down to…
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…
Read moreWife
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 moreSCOTUS, same-sex marriage, and my anniversary
At some point next week the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hand down its decisions on the Defence of…
Read moreThe first same-sex couple Guests of Honour at a major SF convention?
From: Jack HastingsI am curious. Are you and Kelley Eskridge the first same sex couple co-Guests of Honor at a major science…
Read moreThe personal consequences of growing up queer
I just watched this video, the stories of LGBT seniors’ lives : Most people who meet me think I’m lucky to have…
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 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 moreQueer updates
I keep meaning to mention these things as I stumble across them, but then, well, life happens and they fall off my…
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 morePOTUS evolves on same-sex marriage
The money quote is at the end: “I’ve just concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead…
Read moreMarriage equality in Washington for Valentine’s Day
Governor Chris Gregoire signed the Washing marriage equality bill into law today. At some point this year, for same-sex couples it will…
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…
Read moreCrucial vote tomorrow
Last night, the Washington state House Judiciary Committee passed by a vote of 7-6 the bill to extend the freedom to marry…
Read moreWashington marridge about to become marriage?
About an hour from now, the Washington State legislature will open hearings on two identical same-sex marriage bills, HB 2516 and SB…
Read moreMarried in London
No, not me–at least not yet–but a song from the always-fab Janis Ian. I’ve said it before, ad tedium ad nauseum, that…
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