NCLR, Equality California, ACLU-NC, and Lambda Legal File Amicus Brief in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8 Asking Court to Lift Stay
Yesterday, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Equality California, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and Lambda Legal jointly filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals asking the…
Prop 8 Update
The Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento has refused to force Gov. Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Brown to appeal Judge Walker’s decision to overturn Prop 8 earlier in August. If the Prop…
Frequently Asked Questions About Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in California
The below information was developed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) – http://www.nclrights.org On August 4, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker issued a decision in the case of Perry…
The Prop 8 Nightmare Before Xmas, Target & Cheney’s Anti-Gay Contributions, XBOX Live’s Homophobia Unplugged, and Scott Pilgrim vs. Foxy Roxy
An LGBT activist’s view of entertainment and world news As an LGBT activist, the promotion of queer rights is #1 on my homosexual agenda. This weekly column will serve as a forum for…
What the Ninth Circuit’s Latest Ruling in the Prop 8 Case Means
Here we go again… Confused by the latest ruling in the never-ending Prop 8 Case? The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is here to help (again). From the National Center for Lesbian…
Stay is Granted in California Gay Marriage Ban
In hugely disappointing news for the gay and lesbian community, a federal appeals court has put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely while it considers the constitutionality of the state’s gay marriage…
Lez Review: August 9-15
…a synopsis of the past week’s news, with something borrowed, something blue…and something really gay. Hello, there, Cherry Grrls! Wedding bells aplenty are on the horizon in California. How many of ye plan…
Judge Vaughn Walker Rules – Same-Sex Marriages Can Resume in CA!
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has just lifted the stay, same-sex marriages are now legal in California (beginning on 8/18)! This decision follows Walker’s historic striking down of the state’s ban on…
A History of Marriage Equality
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives is home to the history of the LGBT community’s battle for marriage equality from the 1950s to the present. While the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
AG Brown Files Motion to Oppose Stay in Prop. 8 Case
Today Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a motion opposing a stay of Judge Walker’s decision to overturn Prop. 8. Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors issued the following statement in response: “We are…













