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...

Iceland’s legislature is putting the final touches on a measure that would allow marriage equality for its residents. Iceland, no stranger to progressive politics, was the first country in the world to elect an openly lesbian Prime Minister. Johanna Sigurdardóttir became prime minister last year...

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...

GREENWICH, CT–(Marketwire – March 22, 2010) – With same-sex marriage making headlines across the country, courts and divorce attorneys alike are taking a closer look at problems that emerge as gay and lesbian couples increasingly seek to end their marriages. With little precedent,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Several civil rights groups that campaigned against California’s same-sex marriage ban have lost an attempt to keep internal memos and e-mails from lawyers for the other side. U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Monday that they must surrender the campaign...

Free live streaming by Ustream Tuesday, March 9th marks the first day that same-sex couples in the District of Columbia will be able to marry. The Human Rights Campaign is hosting three ceremonies at our DC headquarters building and will be broadcast here live. Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend Officiant:...

(AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King Jr. During the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington’s black community,...

The final wording of a gay marriage bill approved by Portugal’s Parliament received approval on Wednesday, Portugal’s IOL Diario reported. The government’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs unanimously agreed on the bill’s final language. The measure now heads to the desk of...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has intervened in a first-of-its-kind Travis County same-sex divorce case, arguing that the women involved, who were married in another state, may not be legally granted a divorce because Texas law defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Angelique Naylor, 39,...

This personal reflection on testifying before a Maryland House committee comes from HRC’s Youth and Campus Outreach Associate Director, Candace Gingrich-Jones: Yesterday I had the honor of traveling with my wife to Annapolis to testify against HB 90 in front of the Maryland House Judiciary Committee....