In stark contrast to her predecessor Tom Reilly, Attorney General Martha Coakley told members of the Mass Lesbian and Gay Bar Association that she would challenge the constitutionality of a ban on same-sex marriage, should the voters approve it in November 2008. The Boston Globe (5/12/07) reported that in her speech, Coakley noted the success […]

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The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention will now meet June 14 to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. We are still 8 votes short of defeating this amendment. We need your help now to convince legislators to put an end to the marriage debate once and for all. To find out where your legislator stands, […]

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You can listen live to Patricia Gozemba and Karen Kahn, authors of Courting Equality, on Sunday, May 13, at 8:50 pm, on WFNX, 101.7 FM in Greater Boston and 92.1 Southern New Hampshire. They will be featured guests on gay news show, One in Ten.
On Monday, May 14, the authors will be live on […]

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ACLUM’s commitment to Courting Equality is but one example of the pivotal behind-the-scenes role the organization has played in the struggle to achieve and preserve marriage equality in Massachusetts. It’s a commitment that stretches back to the 1990s, when ACLUM lobbyist Norma Shapiro represented the organization in what was known as the “Group of Groups,” […]

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What better way to celebrate the third anniversary of the first legal same-sex marriages in U.S. history than at the release party for Courting Equality (Beacon Press), perhaps the most vivid rendering of the struggle to achieve and maintain marriage equality in Massachusetts — and more importantly perhaps, the profound impact it has had on […]

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Chronicling the battle for romantic rights
Same-sex marriage in words, photos
John Black, jblack@bostonnow.com
 
Sometimes, we are told, things happen for a reason. In the case of authors Patricia Gozemba and Karen Kahn and photographer Marilyn Humphries, they happened for a very good reason.
“For a long time I’d known about Marilyn’s work as a photojournalist covering a number […]

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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Salem couple’s new book chronicles struggle for gay rights
By Alan Lupo
It’s been almost three years since gay people began legally marrying their partners in Massachusetts on a day in May, which happens to be the very month that my wife and I will be celebrating our 45th anniversary.
People with a lot of […]

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