Boston Review program on the future of marriage available online

In March, I spoke on a panel sponsored by Boston Review. It is now available online here. Harvard historian Nancy Cott, known for her expert testimony in the California litigation challenging the constitutionality of Prop 8, was the primary speaker. (You can read the transcript of her testimony in the Perry litigation by going to this website and clicking on days 1 and 2 of the transcript). If

Lesbian and Gay Families on The Kojo Nnamdi Show

I'll be appearing on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU-FM at noon (EST) tomorrow. I'm appearing with Oakland attorney and author Fred Hertz, who will discuss his book, Making It Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnership, and Civil Unions. I've read Fred's book and it's an easy-to-follow analysis of the various laws across the country that recognize same-sex couples.I'll be discussing

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: The Five Minute Version...and the kindle

Haven't read Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage? Keep meaning to but you can't seem to make the time? Don't have time to watch one of the many full length book talks you can find on the web, like this one on Book TV?Well, the folks at The Center in New York City (that's the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center for long) have put together a five minute clip of my talk there last

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage at Dartmouth and on You Tube

I was honored to present this year's Roger S. Aaron Lecture and the Law Day keynote address at Dartmouth College in April. Here it is on You Tube.

SEIU resolution values all families

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has been reading my book, Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the LawHere is the full text of Resolution # 109 Adopted at the 2008 SEIU ConventionValuing All FamiliesMembers of SEIU work hard every day to provide for their families and build for them a better future. Our members’ love of and commitment to their families

Another award finalist!

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage has been honored for the second time in a week! The Lambda Literary Foundation has named the book a finalist for this year's Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Nonfiction. Award winners will be announced in New York on May 28.

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage chosen as award finalist

The Publishing Triangle has recognized Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law by naming it a finalist for the Judy Grahn award for lesbian non-fiction. The winner will be announced at a reception in New York on May 7, 2009. I was inspired by Judy Grahn in my early days as a lesbian feminist (circa 1973), so I am especially thrilled to be nominated for an award

Creating Change conference coming up

Support of adoption by LGBT individuals and couples on the White House website? It is amazing, but the White House doesn't control adoption law. States do that, and, like Arkansas in the last election, states can decide to limit adoption to married couples, to single people who live alone, or to whomever they want (subject to Constitutional challenge like that of the ACLU to the Arkansas law).

UPCOMING FEMINIST CONFERENCE ON MARRIAGE AT UCLA

I'll be speaking later this month at a conference at UCLA called, "State of the Union: Marriage in the Shadow of Electoral Politics." It's sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, with co-sponsorship by, among others, the Williams Institute, the country's pre-eminent gay rights research center.If you're familiar with my book you don't need to come to hear me, but some of the other speakers

THANK YOU, QBLISS!

QBLISS has named Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law the "Outstanding Book of the Year" and has awarded me the PRIDE in Literature Award. Thank you! I'll be attending Mid-South Pride in Memphis, TN, June 14, 2008 to receive the awards.