“Ever since I was 19 or 20, I knew that I would want to give myself over to one person in a formal way,” said Brandon A., who had been in two previous gay relationships lasting more than a year before meeting Brandon L. “And it didn’t even really matter to me if the politics […]
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No Objections: What History Tells Us About Gay Marriage
Many features of marriage that were once considered essential have been remade, often in the face of strong resistance, by courts and legislatures. Economic and social changes have led to increasing legal equality for the marriage partners, gender-neutrality of spousal roles, and control of marital role-definition by spouses themselves rather than by state prescription. Yet […]
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Meghan McCain Will Be Heard
The daughter of the former presidential candidate is proving that you can rally for gay marriage and still be Republican.
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The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
Why same-sex marriage is an American value.
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A Risky Proposal
Is it too soon to petition the Supreme Court on gay marriage?
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Want to Prevent Gay Teen Suicide? Legalize Marriage Equality
Growing up as a gay kid, life is a difficult puzzle. You keep getting crushes on the wrong people. If you’re a girl, you’re supposed to be going all gooey inside for Matt and Jason, the hotties on the lacrosse team. And if you’re Matt, you’re supposed to be pining for Ashley or Jessica — […]
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The Craft of Poetry: A Semester with Allen Ginsberg
An intimate recollection of a Beat legend.
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The Good Girls Revolt
In 1970, Lynn Povich and 45 other women sued Newsweek for discrimination. Here is what the workplace was like for them.
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No Objections: What History Tells Us About Gay Marriage
No Objections: What History Tells Us About Gay Marriage Although gender parity between spouses would have been unthinkable at the founding of the United States, marriage laws have moved over time in this direction. In Anglo-American common law, marriage was based on the legal fiction that the married couple was a single entity, with the […]
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The Craft of Poetry: A Semester with Allen Ginsberg
An intimate recollection of a Beat legend.
