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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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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Barbara Taormina interviewed Courting Equality authors Gozemba, Kahn, and Humphries. Her feature appeared in North Shore Sunday on May 27, 2007:
When Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn first got together 17 years ago, they weren’t really thinking about marriage. Part of being a same-sex couple meant breaking free from typical roles and expectations.
“Marriage really wasn’t my […]

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If you missed the fabulous launch of Courting Equality, due to the monsoon rains or other mundane reasons, read Dana Rudolph’s comments on the evening.

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Killian Melloy writes in EDGE Boston (May 15), “MassEquality is gearing up for a celebration of three years of marriage equality in Massachusetts. This week’s events include a book launch, an anniversary party, and civil rights lobby days at the State House.
‘Since May 17th, 2004 the Commonwealth has celebrated over 8,500 same-sex weddings,’ MassEquality […]

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