In the September episode of “In The Life,” GetEQUAL was featured as one group among many that is working toward full legal and social equality. Watch the episode below, and feel free to share it with friends!
What an amazing feeling of justice! While we are by no means out of the woods in California or in other parts of the country, Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision yesterday that overturned Proposition 8 definitely offered renewed HOPE. Overturning Prop 8 doesn’t give us job protections, the right to serve, relational security for bi-national couples, Read More »
I feel as anxious right now as I did nearly two years ago as I waited for the election results regarding Proposition 8. Tonight, I might be even angrier. Or, hopefully, I might be elated and have renewed hope. Almost two years after Proposition 8 passed in California – allowing the rights of a minority Read More »
This afternoon, eight DC-based GetEQUAL activists were detained while demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the House floor for a vote. Those activists wrote a letter to the Speaker, which can be found below.
This timeline is intended to give a sense of the history and back-story behind the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). It pulls from many different sources, and highlights the promises made and broken by elected officials to pass ENDA into law. We have pulled out specific broken promises from several particular elected officials, but what is Read More »
Which Democratic leader should we hold accountable next for workplace protections for LGBT people? Dear friends- Congress is leaving town at the end of July to go back to their home districts and campaign for re-election. Unfortunately, just this week, the Washington Post reported that the Democratic leadership has no plans to make good on Read More »
This morning, a group of Missouri residents delivered more than 3,500 signatures from GetEQUAL to Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), demanding he apologize for recent homophobic comments. They also delivered a letter from a Missourian soldier currently serving in Iraq who is being discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Read the letter from the Missouri soldier Read More »
This letter was written to Speaker Nancy Pelosi by Samantha Ames, a DC law student and GetEQUAL activist. Samantha was also one of the four arrested in DC (and six in San Francisco) on March 18th for occupying the Speaker’s office in an attempt to bring a floor vote for a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act Read More »
On a bustling Saturday afternoon at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis Hotel, there was a strange disturbance at the check-in counter. A seemingly innocuous gay couple had approached the front desk to inquire about checking in to the hotel. After speaking with the receptionist for moment, one of the women suddenly shouted frantically to her Read More »
Watch Howard Dean speak at the May 2 Queer Rising/GetEQUAL rally at the White House. Dean calls for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), and speaks out for full equality for LGBT people.