As many of you may have already figured out, we hear at Speak Equal took a bit of a blogging recess this past summer. Nothing horribly and dramatic happened, merely several of our teammates and moving parts had a summer chock full of classes, work, training, and travel. With that being said, it’s...

A nearly 20-year study following 78 lesbian parents through their pregnancy and into their children’s adolescent lives has found that their children are doing fine. That is, they’re doing fine socially, psychologically, and academically. In fact, they even show signs of being less prone to...

Ask Gov. Lingle To Sign The Civil Unions Bill! In a stunning and courageous move, the Hawaii House of Representatives passed HB444 by a 31-20 vote April 29, sending the civil unions bill to Gov. Linda Lingle’s desk. Take three minutes to visit Equality Hawaii’s web-site today and tell Gov....

BOSTON — An attorney for married gay couples has argued that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it treats same-sex married couples differently than heterosexual couples. Mary Bonauto, an attorney with Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, said in federal court in...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Supporters of gay marriage have called for Nebraska to join the few states that have legalized the unions. A rally was held Saturday at the midpoint of a pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River linking Iowa and Nebraska. Participants celebrated last April’s Iowa Supreme...

The following article was not written by an of the volunteers associated with Speak Equal. This letter to the editor was written by a Flint resident, and published first via the Flint Journal. Voice: Kristen Fedeli, Flint It is official, gay and lesbian individuals gained their equal rights once again....

About 50 schools in the U.S., including a few Ivy League campuses and several in California, are allowing men and women to room together. Participation is still relatively low. They weren’t looking to make a political statement or to be pioneers of gender liberation. Each just wanted a familiar,...

(CNN) — A Mississippi lesbian Tuesday won a judge’s backing for her contention that her First Amendment rights were violated when her high school refused to allow her to attend her prom with her girlfriend. But U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson refused to order the Itawamba County School...

Southern states are notoriously red, unapologetically conservative, and not necessarily touted as popular hot spots for social reform. That being said, it came as no surprise to the nation when a Mississippi school district made national news for cancelling its senior prom rather than letting a young,...

NEW YORK — New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said “it is unacceptable” that 85 countries...