The Mexican newspaper Milenio has produced a 4 minute video capturing the sights and sounds last Thursday as five same-sex couples became the first ones to marry in Mexico City. I won't be translating this one but I wanted to share. ...

Complete instructions here, but these are the relevant bits: How do same-sex couples answer the relationship question? The 2010 Census will be the first to report counts of both same-sex partners and same-sex spouses. The person filling out the form (Person 1) is asked to identify how all other individuals in the household are related to him or her. Census data are based on how individuals self identify and how couples think of themselves. Same-sex couples who are married, or consider themselves to be spouses, can identify one other adult as a “husband or wife.” Other same-sex couples may instead ...

Okay, so we're about to show you a couple of things, and we're not exactly sure what it is that we're showing you. But here are three things that we do know. (1) There's a company called Vemma, which involves the marketing and selling of "health and wellness" drinks: (2) The company, as well as the multi-level marketing plan attached to it, is nothing if not controversial. The internet is filled with sites questioning the legitimacy of the plans, with the words "pyramid scheme" even tossed around by some. Detractors are direct, but so are supporters: Report: Vemma Corporation Is ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: Gay couples begin to wed in Mexico City: QUICK LOOK: Five same-sex couples wed in Mexico Thursday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city... ...

Site: DC Agenda  Article:  ‘Today was like a dream’ and others Author: Lou Chibbaro Jr, Joshua Lynsen DC residents Angelisa Young, 47, and Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, who have been a couple for 12 years, celebrated their wedding Tuesday, March 9 at Human Rights Campaign headquarters. DC Agenda video capture by Steve Fox Lesbian and gay couples have been getting married in the District of Columbia since March 9. Over 100 gay and lesbian couples waited for hours on March 3 to sign up for marriage licenses at a DC courthouse. The city’s LGBTQ newspaper, ...

Anti-gay blogs have taken an innocent competition called "The Ultimate Wedding Contest" being held by Crate and Barrel to urge their readers to make sure only a straight couple wins. The contest is for people to choose their favorite couples story and the grand prize is a 100,000 dollar dream wedding. 18 other couples will also win prizes.Voting is open for a little over two weeks and with so many adorable same-sex couples like (Greg & Jon) and (Emily & Rachel) to choose from lets counter the anti-gay bias from some parts of ...

The first same-sex marriages took place in Mexico City yesterday as their marriage equality law went into effect, the L.A. Times reports: "Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda on Thursday became the first gay couple to marry in Mexico under a new law that allows same-sex couples to wed and to adopt children. The law was passed by the Mexico City legislature in December and applies only to the capital. It is the most far-reaching gay-rights law in Latin America and one of several measures that have put the city and its leaders at odds with the more conservative country. 'This ...

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Earlier this week, Janice Shaw Crouse wrote that marriage equality for same-sex couples constitutes "a sham that will devalue all marriages, and said that gay couples "live together to form a household in defiance of the prevailing moral codes to render meaningless an institution that has been the bulwark of the family and society throughout history." And of course last month we all saw Janice at CPAC, suggesting that progressives' goals should be likened to those who created Hilter Youth. Because as a Concerned Woman For America, she must protect the world by ad hominem denunciations of ...

Without explanation or any commentary beyond a headline, Maggie Gallagher has today used her space on the National Review's "Corner" blog to link to a video of Noam Chomsky. The subject? The one thing that Maggie makes tougher for those same-sex couples who have been lucky enough to find it: A sweet vid, for sure. But why did Maggie, America's most public opponent of gay people's legal lovin', linking to it now? The vid's already several months old, and it's not like Chomsky is a socially conservative ally. And social injustice is a big theme in Noam's clip. ...

Washington D.C. has officially kicked off same-sex marriage recognition this week but more history is to be made in the upcoming days as a mega wedding of same-sex couples seeks to create a world record. Billed as the "Our Time Has Come" celebration on March 20th hundreds of same-sex couples will tie the knot in a mass ceremony that will qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records.To learn more or to register click here. ...

The hubby and I are participating in a Washington Post online chat about marriage in D.C. Come join in! With the issuing of the first marriage licenses to same-sex couples Tuesday, the District follows five states — from Iowa to Massachusetts — in allowing gay couples to marry. Same-sex couples were first able to apply for licenses in the District last Wednesday but, like all couples, had to follow the city’s three-day waiting period before getting hitched. Rick Imirowicz and Terrance Heath, who were married Tuesday, will be online Wednesday, March 10, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the new ...

  Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander today defended a photo by staff photographer Bill O'Leary which appeared on the front page of the paper, with the following caption: "Two happy couples express their enthusiasm as the District begins taking applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples. At top are Jeremy Ames, left, and Taka Ariga. Above are Cuc Vu, left, and Gwen Migita." Alexander said the letters expressing outrage over the photo have not stopped coming: Many threatened to cancel their Post subscriptions, and more than two dozen did. Post circulation vice president Gregg Fernandes said that late last week 27 ...

The Human Rights Campaign requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of Washington D.C. same-sex couples Tuesday, the ninth of March Two thousand and ten at ten o'clock in the morning Send a congratulatory message to the first couples married in Washington, DC [HRC] Now if they could only livestream an open bar. ...

Last week was one for the history books in the movement for gay civil rights worldwide. As of last week, same-sex couples are marrying in the capitals of four of the five most populous countries in the Americas, and each... ...

HRC will post live video of some of the first marriage ceremonies of same-sex couples being performed in D.C. this morning. (via Towleroad) ...

Catholics for Marriage Equality [C4ME] encompasses faithful Roman Catholics throughout the United States who through prayerful discernment are supporting civil marriage for same-sex couples. ...

On December 21st Mexico City's legislative Assembly made history when it passed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The law, which goes into effect on March 4th, became the first such measure to be adopted in all of Latin America.Surprisingly, in the days that followed the vote, there was actually little visible reaction from any of the regular anti-gay forces in the country. Instead, as the new year began, a Twitter-led media frenzy erupted over homophobic comments made by a Mexican television morning show host named Esteban Arce.Now, a week before the law ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: Day One dawns on gay marriage in U.S. capital: QUICK LOOK: D.C. Superior Court officials are expecting scores of same-sex couples to pack the courthouse Wednesday... ...