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Australia: Queensland Lesbian Couple Plans Civil Union Celebration

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Lesbian Couple and Civil UnionsWHEN the Michaels’ first child is born in April, they want it to know it came into the world as part of a loving family. A loving, legally recognised, family.

Suzanne, 29, and partner Shannon, 30, were married in Canada a little more than two years ago, but their union was not recognised by Australian authorities.

Now, after yesterday’s announcement that the February 23 start date for the Civil Partnership Act had been approved by the Governor, their relationship, already accepted by family, friends and society, will finally be recognised by Queensland law.

Full Story from smh.com.au

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CA: Judge Appears Sympathetic to Anti Prop 8 Case

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

Prop 8 LawsuitA U.S. judge appeared sympathetic to a lesbian federal employee’s bid to strike down a law denying health-insurance benefits to her spouse, in the first hearing since the Obama administration decided to quit defending the statute.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White heard two hours of arguments on Friday at a hearing on a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.

“The court is faced with enforcing the equal protection clause in the context of a fundamental right – that is marriage,” White said. The judge did not make any rulings from the bench.

Full Story from the Vancouver Sun

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NY: Women Proposes to Partner at Standing on Ceremony Play

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Lesbian Couple Gets EngagedPeter James Zielinski captured this photo at the Minetta Lane Theatre this week at the end of a performance of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which closes on December 18.

Playbill writes: “Jenny Greenstein received a special encore surprise when she attended the Dec. 9 performance of Standing on Ceremony. Following curtain call, her partner Dina Weisberger got down on one knee and proposed in front of the cast and packed crowd at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Greenstein said yes.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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HI: Lesbian Couple Sues State for Marriage Equality

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Lesbian Couple Sues Hawaii for Marriage EqualityA local couple is suing the state in order to get marriage rights. They say a civil union is not enough and they plan to fight the constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage.

In 1998 State voters passed a constitutional amendment keeping marriage between a man and a woman. But the couple isn’t worried citing the U.S. constitution is on their side.

Former radio DJ Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid have been a couple four years. They wear wedding rings and want to make their commitment legal. But when they went to get a marriage license at the state Department of Health they were denied.

Full Story from Hawaii News Now

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IA: Lesbian Couple Just Wants Wedding Cake Debacle to End

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Iowa Wedding Cake DebacleAfter Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers were denied services by Victoria Childress, the owner of Victoria’s Cake Cottage in Des Moines, Iowa, last week — and were chastised about their sexual orientation and their upcoming wedding — firestorm or protest broke out from LGBT folks and allies. Childress has since made multiple local and national media appearances.

Yesterday, Vodraska and Sievers issued a statement with hope that they can “move on from this hurtful experience and continue planning their wedding” with family and friends.

“We have been a loving, committed couple for 8 years and on the day the Iowa Supreme Court granted us the freedom to marry, we got engaged. Ever since, we have been looking forward to our wedding day and have enjoyed making our wedding plans. What happened on Thursday was both disappointing and painful experience. We remain saddened by this incident and are grateful for the support we have received. We wish to put this situation behind us.

Full Story from The Advocate

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IA: Baker Refuses to Make Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Iowa Lesbian Wedding CakeLesbian couple Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers went to Victoria Childress for their wedding cake. At a taste-testing appointment they were told that she wouldn’t do it for them because it conflicts with ther Christian beliefs.

Said Childress: “I didn’t do the cake because of my convictions for their lifestyle. It is my right as a business owner. It is my right, and it’s not to discriminate against them. It’s not so much to do with them, it’s to do with me and my walk with God and what I will answer (to) him for.”

The couple says it was degrading: “It was like she chastised us for wanting to do business with her. I know Jesus loves me. I didn’t need her to tell me that. I didn’t go there for that. I just wanted to go there for a cake.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Profile: Lesbian Couple on Mercer Island Wants Full Marriage Equality

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Washington State Marriage EqualityIn 2009, Washington voters showed their support for same sex couples by expanding the domestic partnership laws in Washington.

Recently, supporters of gay marriage have formed a coalition made up of gay rights, labor, civil rights and even religious groups to send a message to state legislators that “Everything but Marriage” is just not enough.

Robin and Stephen Boehler of Mercer Island have been happily married for 32 years. “Getting married to my wife Robin may have been the best thing that ever happened to me,” said Boehler.

Full Story from My Fox Spokane

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Lesbian Couple Wins Dream Wedding, But Marriage Illegal in Home State

Friday, November 11th, 2011

On Friday — 11-11-11 — Sheila Barnett and Melissa Patrick will walk down an aisle and stand in front of a giant, crescent-shaped window at the Crowne Plaza in Manhattan, look each other in the eyes and say, “I do.”

The same-sex couple from Florida was one of 11 couples to win the hotel’s “Marry Me 11-11-11 Wedding Contest” on Facebook, which gave away dream weddings on that once-in-a-century day that’s supposed to be lucky for love: Nov. 11, 2011.

Yet as Barnett and Patrick packed their nearly identical dresses for the ceremony (Patrick will wear white, Barnett, purple), they tried not to think about one fact: when they return home, their marriage won’t be legal in Florida.

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UK: Transgender Lesbian Couple Marries

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

UK Transgender Couple MarriesIt’s a story of lifetime commitment that crosses gender lines: Two British trans lesbians married after one of them had gender reassignment surgery, reported British newspaper the Daily Mail on Oct. 27.

The couple had been living as a lesbian pair for years, but neither had undergone gender reassignment surgery until now, the newspaper account said. Both Jenny-Anne Bishop and Elen Heart had previously been married to women and had fathered children before beginning to live and dress as women.

When they first met in 2004, Jenny-Anne, now 65, and Elen, now 68, were both gay men. Later, they both identified as transgender and began to live as women, considering themselves to be lesbians. Jenny-Anne eventually had gender reassignment surgery, and the two wed.

Full Story from Edge Boston

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NC: Lesbian Couple Arrested in Marriage Equality Sit-In

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

North Carolina Gay Marriage FightA lesbian couple twice refused a marriage license by the Buncombe County Register of Deeds refused to leave the government office today and initiated a sit-in. The two were arrested.

Rev. Kathryn Cartledge and Elizabeth Eve, her partner of 30 years, were among the first couples to request a license last weekas a part of the Coalition for Southern Equality’s “We Do” Campaign. They were the last couple [to] request a license for a second time today and refused to leave the office after their denial.

The two were arrested at about 4 p.m. after being asked to leave and continuing their sit-in. They have been charged with trespassing and were immediately released by local law enforcement.

Full Story from LGBTQ Nation

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