October 20, 2014

First-Ever International Trans Military Conference Held in D.C.
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 6:00 PM |Today in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union and the Palm Center held the first-ever international conference of transgender military service members on U.S. soil.Read More

Elvis Won't Marry Same-Sex Couples Because Jesus
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 5:00 PM |In Vegas, some wedding chapels will allow you to get married with Elvis and hula dancers... unless you're a same-sex couple. Because marriage is sacred.Read More

Edie Windsor's Lawyer Sues Mississippi for Marriage
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Roberta Kaplan, who successfully represented Edie Windsor before the Supreme Court, has filed a federal lawsuit to end marriage discrimination in Mississippi.Read More

Advocate Sues FDA Over MSM Blood Ban
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 20, 2014 | 3:00 PM |Is the FDA just nostalgic for the Reagan years or does it see all LGBT people as diseased and unworthy of blood donation? We will soon find out.Read More

BREAKING: Wyoming Marriages Will Start Tomorrow
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 2:25 PM |The state of Wyoming will formally notify a federal court tomorrow morning that it will not appeal a ruling striking down marriage discrimination. Marriages will be able to begin at that time.Read More

Fall Fun: This Kitty Is Excited About Leaf Pile
Filed by Bil Browning | October 20, 2014 | 2:00 PM |The leaves have started to fall off the trees and you know what that means... It's time for a video of a cat playing in a big pile of leaves!Read More

Gay Russian Asylum-Seekers Marry in D.C.
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Bilerico guest blogger and gay Russian asylum-seeker Andrew Nasonov married his fiancé, Igor Bazilevsky, in a private ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Editor-in-Chief John Becker officiated.Read More

Obama: Constitution Guarantees Nationwide Marriage Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 12:00 PM |President Obama told The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin that he believes the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states.Read More

Gay Evangelical Wants to Pay Bigoted Bakers' Court Fine
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Gay evangelical Christian Matt Stolhandske wants to raise $150,000 for Melissa and Aaron Klein, the bigoted Oregon bakers who violated state law by refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple.Read More

Rome's Mayor Defies Government, Registers Same-Sex Marriages
Filed by John M. Becker | October 20, 2014 | 10:00 AM |The mayor of Rome, Italy defied his national government on Saturday by registering the legal marriages of 16 same-sex couples performed abroad.Read More