In March 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two anti-gay measures, California’s Proposition 8 and the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act,” which was signed by President Clinton in 1996. Both measures ultimately make same-sex couples second class citizens …

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Many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people are undocumented immigrants, and obviously have an interest in genuine immigration reform. But the crossover benefits of immigration reform for LGBT people are far more than that. Tanya Unzueta, an undocumented immigrant, …

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Jamie Moran, a Masters candidate in Women & Gender Studies, leads a discussion of the political and social issues that Transgender people face, including basic living issues like laws relating to gender, public restroom use, to cost and available of …

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Camilla Taylor, senior staff attorney for the Midwest Office of Lambda Legal, is our guest as she discusses the anti-equal marriage rights “Proposition 8” ballot proposition in California, shortly after the oral arguments before that state’s Supreme Court aimed at …

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Missy Lorenzen of Join the Impact-Chicago and Andy Thayer of the Gay Liberation Network discuss the anti-gay federal “Defense of Marriage Act,” also known as DOMA. DOMA was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 and forbade any federal …

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Published on Nov 14, 2013 Many Democratic politicians and their hangers’ on are patting themselves on the back for the recent win for equal marriage rights in Illinois. But with polls showing pro-equal rights Illinoisans far out-numbering opponents, it was …

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