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Joining the Impact?

Going to one of the nationwide protests today? Join the Impact is collecting your stories, photos, and videos. If you post something there, please leave a link in the comments here, so we can go see what your experience was like.

Our Families Are Equal

In lieu of our “She Got Me Pregnant” vlog, which I will post tomorrow, here’s a video compiled by the Family Equality Council from images sent in by LGBT parents around the country, “declaring their families equal.” It’s become the eighth most-viewed video on YouTube this week in the Nonprofits & Activism category.

LGBT Parenting Roundup

[Our “She Got Me Pregnant” vlog will be posted tomorrow. Stay tuned. Back to Thursdays next week.] A few items of note from hither and yon: Thomas Beatie, the transgender man whose pregnancy made headlines, is expecting a second child, ABC News reveals. Beatie will be talking with Barbara Walters on 20/20 tomorrow night at

Weekly Political Roundup

So nothing much happened in politics this week . . . . You know the key points: Obama won; Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Florida all passed anti-LGBT measures. Connecticut voters, however, shot down the idea of holding a constitutional convention that would likely have tried to enshrine a ban on same-sex marriage into the state

Hope and Disappointment

Barack Obama has made history. I am thrilled beyond belief at this. He will be the first president my son remembers, and I can think of no better. And yet . . . . Marriage of same-sex couples is now not only illegal but unconstitutional in Arizona and Florida. Same-sex couples can no longer adopt

Bloggers Against Props 8, 2, and 102

As Election Day nears, bloggers are ramping up their efforts to raise money and awareness for the three state ballot measures that would make it unconstitutional for same-sex couples to marry. California’s measure, Proposition 8, is arguably the most important, since it would take away a right already held by citizens of the state, but

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