When Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd cut into their wedding cake at city hall in Cambridge, Mass., on May 17, 2004, after becoming the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to complete a state-sanctioned ...
In a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under constant threat, “Love: The Heroic Story of Marriage Equality” arrives as both a powerful reminder and a call to action. This compelling new book, rich in ...
Through most of Western civilization, marriage has been more a matter of money, power and survival than of delicate sentiments. In medieval Europe, everyone from the lord of the manor to the village ...
The Catholic Church used to allow Same Sex Marriage. Learn more in The Magic Closet, A Sip of LGBTQ History: “Thousands of years of Marriage Equality”. Mainstream media leaves out our stories. We ...
Twenty years ago this week, seven Massachusetts couples made history as the first same-sex partners in the nation to get legally married. Those marriages began on May 17, 2004, six months after the ...
Marriage began as a system tied to property, dowries, and social control—not romance. Here’s why more younger adults and ...
Ten years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for nationwide marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. The ruling sparked celebrations around the country. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news ...
Marriage is linked to better financial, social, and emotional outcomes for children, men, and women—and many of these effects appear to have a causal dimension. Many social scientists have discovered ...