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Whiteside: Stop deporting the immigrant spouses of gay Americans

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:00:47 +0000

Henry Velandia and Johsh Vandiver had been together for more than four years before they tied the knot this summer in Connecticut. They have spent the months since fighting to save their(...)

Charlie Crist now supports some gay rights

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:00:29 +0000

Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as in Independent candidate for the US Senate, will issue a document supporting gay rights this week, according to RawStory.com.

The document, below, voices(...)

Weekend Watercooler: Miss New York has our backs

rayhunt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:17:58 +0000

• Beauty and Guts. Move over anti-gay Miss USA contestant, Carrie Prejean, there’s a new queen in town. The newest Miss New York, Claire Buffie, is the first Miss America contestant, in it’s(...)

Brazilian man, Mass. husband rejoin in asylum case

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:00:47 +0000

(Boston) A Brazilian man was reunited with his Massachusetts husband this week after U.S. Sen. John Kerry pressed federal officials to temporarily allow the 31-year-old gay man back into the(...)

Lawmakers urge end to gay immigration discrimination

logointern1 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:48:27 +0000

A group of 60 senators and representatives, led by U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., signed a letter urging President Barack Obama and members of Congress to end discrimination against LGBT(...)

Mass. man says Brazilian husband denied US asylum

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 +0000

(Boston) The Massachusetts husband of a gay Brazilian man says his spouse has been denied asylum that would allow them to be reunited in the U.S.

Tim Coco said Monday that the Obama(...)

Wash. man gets 18 months in gay immigration fraud

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:26 +0000

(Seattle) A man accused of advising straight immigrants to claim homosexuality – and potential persecution in their home countries – when they applied for asylum has been sentenced to 18(...)

Gay couples forced to flee US over immigration law

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:25:51 +0000

(San Angelo, Texas) The mayor of this West Texas sheep ranching town offered a stunning explanation when he suddenly resigned: He was in love with a man who was an illegal immigrant and had gone(...)

Together – but apart: the challenging world of same-sex, binational couples

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:00:36 +0000

“I fell in love with America because of the Declaration of Independence, with the idea of a right to the pursuit of happiness,” (...)

Lesbian mom wins deportation delay

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:06:49 +0000

(San Mateo, California) Shirley Tan has won a temporary delay so that she can appeal the deportation order that would have torn her from her life partner and their 12-year-old twin sons.

The(...)