by Pat Gozemba
 
Karen and I were excited to be on one of our favorite shows this week, GAY USA. You can catch us on the web or on a variety of Cable and Dish Network TV sites. See info below.
Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn, co-authors and spouses
photo by Bill Bahlman
 
 
Hosts Andy Humm and […]

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Thank You, Mary Bonauto and GLAD for Four Years of Equality!
 
Four years ago today at a press conference in Boston, on November 18, 2003, Mary Bonauto of Gay Lesbian Advocates&Defenders and the Goodridge plaintiffs taught me an important lesson in American democracy. Their visionary leadership and commitment made me see that marriage equality for LGBT […]

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Take a look at Beacon Broadside, where Karen reflects on the fourth anniversary of the Goodridge decsion, and late summer adventures in Tennessee, Gerogia, and North Carolina (below, a photograph of Karen & Pat with Laurel Scherer and Virginia Balfour, in Asheville, North Carolina). 
 
As we approach the fourth anniversary of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the […]

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If you are in the Boston area, pick up the November/December 2007 copy of Boston Spirit or go to the website to order your free subscription http://www.bostonspiritmagazine.com/   In this month’s issue, Pat Gozemba has a feature article on Marilyn Humphries’ two-plus decades photographing Boston’s LGBT community. Lots of pictures tracing LGBT activism since the early 1980s.

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On July 28, we celebrated marriage equality with Denise, a parent participant in Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE). Denise read Courting Equality in one afternoon, after her neighbor Orlando Del Valle lent her a copy. She was among many lesbian and gay families who gathered for Family Pride Week. Courting Equality drew a […]

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The City of Cambridge honored Pat Gozemba, Karen Kahn, and Marilyn Humphries with a special proclamation at their May 7, 2007, meeting. The proclamation notes that Courting Equality includes a photo of the first couple married in Cambridge, Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish, and City Clerk Margaret Drury. The Council congratulated the authors on a […]

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Since the 1980s, photographer Marilyn Humphries has been documenting progressive movements. Her camera has brought Bay Windows readers to the front lines of the fight for LGBT equality from the early days of the AIDS epidemic to the advent of civil marriage rights. The photos of the latter — her award-winning photographs of the struggle […]

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It’s hard to deny someone their happiness.That’s the thinking behind Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn’s new book “Courting Equality,” which uses the photos of Beverly photographer Marilyn Humphries to tell the history of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. The Salem couple will be at Cornerstone Books this Thursday to sign copies.
“The photos really inspired us to […]

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Three local women have collaborated to create a comprehensive book that traces the gay marriage movement in Massachusetts. “Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America’s First Legal Same-Sex Marriages” was released on the third anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts.
Written by Salem activists Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn, with pictures by Beverly-based photojournalist Marilyn Humphries, […]

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Hitch your wagon to a star.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Society and Solitude”
It’s the faces which impact you most directly.
The book’s text is by turns informative, thought-provoking and challenging. The narrative is well-crafted. The political machinations and the constitutional arguments engage your intellect and the human interest stories kindle that little hearth in your heart. […]

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