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PA: Lesbian Couple With Daughter Denied Family Discount at Sports Club

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Pennsylvania Sports Club and Marriage EqualityMichelle and Sandy Gladfelter and their five-year old daughter hoped to enjoy the family discount at Green Valley Swimming Pool & Sports Club in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania.

They were turned down, the York Daily Record reports:

Michelle applied for membership at the pool and later received a call from owner Russ Jacobs. Jacobs told her she and her family would be welcome to join, but the discount does not apply to them.

“We don’t recognize same-sex marriages,” Jacobs said in an interview.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Woman Proposes to Partner at Hockey Game in Ottawa

Monday, March 19th, 2012

You just never know when your girlfriend is going to propose to you. In hockey crazy Canada, it just might be on the ice. And on St. Patrick’s Day.

On Saturday night, that’s what happened at the National Hockey League contest between the rival Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators.

A video posted on NHL.com captures the special moment. Alicia, wearing a blue Toronto Maple Leafs hockey shirt, was blindfolded and taken onto the ice at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa by the Senators team mascot, then told to take off the blindfold and look at the big screen.

Full Story from SDGLN

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MD: Supreme Court to Hear Lesbian Divorce Case

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Maryland Lesbian DivorceJessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan had settled on San Francisco as the place to turn their two-year engagement into a marriage, taking advantage of an opportunity in 2008 for same-sex couples to wed there.

They flew from their home in the District of Columbia, had a courthouse ceremony and played tourist in the city for a few days.

Two years later, the relationship in tatters, Port filed for divorce in Maryland, where she had bought a home. The women had already divided their belongings, didn’t hire lawyers, and they remained on terms so amicable that “we sat right next to each other at the divorce hearing,” Port recalled.

Full Story from the Baltimore Sun

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DC: Lesbian Couple Marries at Occupy Encampment

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Washington DC Lesbian WeddingMarina Brown and Laura Potter, two long-time members of the Occupy DC encampment, tied the knot under a statue of General James McPherson in front of a crowd of about 30 fellow occupiers and attendees on Saturday.

The couple, who has been together 15 years, was “the first couple (and, inherently, the first same-sex couple) to be married at Occupy DC.”

Full Story from Think Progress

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VT: US Government Threatens to Deport Married Lesbian

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Vermont Bi-National Lesbian CoupleYet another married binational gay couple is being hit with a deportation threat over DOMA, WCAX reports:

Frances Herbert and Takako Ueda met in college and have known each other for 30 years. They have shared countless dinners, laughs and tears. “I knew that she was the one,” Ueda said.

After college Ueda returned to Japan and started a life with a husband and new home. But after a visit from Herbert in 1999, her life changed again.

“When I die. When I put my one leg into a coffin, I don’t want to regret,” she said.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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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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