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Separate is not Equal

New research findings support same-sex marriage

United We Mourn, United We Stand

This article was originally posted on the National Center for Lesbian Rights' website.

The Court Could Not 'Just Say No'

Tragedy compounded. That is what this ignoble decision of the court means for me. The people have been heard and the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 in a decision that will long remind me of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead’s criticism: There is nothing worse than a pseudo-democracy presented to outsiders as the real thing.

Fight for Marriage Equality Wages On

In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state law that bans same-sex marriage. By 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, when the decision was announced, hundreds of marriage equality supporters had gathered in front of the state courthouse in San Francisco, some chanting, "Marriage is a civil right."

Why 'Separate Is not Equal'

Three 2008 studies from NSRC's Sexuality Research and Social Policy reveal that the denial of marriage harms the health of lesbians and gay men, even those who are not interested in marrying.

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

San Francisco, September 16, 2008—As pregnant teens take the national stage and the merits of sexual education are suddenly being debated by pundits across the country, the latest research findings from the National Sexuality Resource Center’s Sexuality Research and Social Policy journal leave no room for doubt: abstinence-only

I Now Pronounce You Married

On May 15, 2008 the California Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. The first same-sex marriages were performed almost a month later on June 16, 2008. Bonnie celebrates with the happy couples at San Francisco City Hall.

California's Marriage Equality

Click here to see Gil Herdt talking about 'Gay Marriage Acceptance' with ABC7 News!

The Sex in 'Sex Trafficking'

I don’t believe there are national sexualities. But our language reflects vague impressions of how people in other cultures do sex—a tongue-kiss, “French”; anal penetration, “Greek”; penis-between-the-breasts, “Cuban”. They are stereotypes most of us don’t take seriously, and the national

Who is The Other Woman?

Sometime in late 2005 I heard the phrase the other woman and nothing has been normal since. Not because I had ever been the other woman, or even had my life affected by the other woman, but because of the thought that flashed through my head: What a great anthology this could be!

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