Defending Our Families

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2016

• D.C. Council passes bill to end 25-year ban on surrogacy agreements 12/22/16
• After 25 Years, D.C. Moves To Undo One Of The CountryÕs Last Surrogacy Bans 12/22/16
• Surrogacy bill, death certificate bill pass second reading at D.C. Council 12/20/16
• D.C. surrogacy bill passes first reading 12/7/16
• D.C. surrogacy bill passes Judiciary, heads to full Council on Dec. 6 12/4/16
  

  2015

• D.C. Council backs domestic partner termination bill 11/06/15
• GLAA Secretary Cruz testifies on domestic partnership termination bill 10/08/15
• DOH Director Nesbitt testifies on domestic partnership termination bill 10/08/15
  

  2014

• GLAA testifies for marriage dissolution equality amendment 07/09/14
• Suggested Reading on Marriage Equality 1/23/14
  

  2013

• 4 Years Later: Lessons from D.C. Marriage Equality Victory 12/27/13
• Rosendall, Summersgill support ending 3-day waiting period for marriage licenses 12/19/13
• Rosendall, Summersgill support Domestic Partnership Termination Amendment Act 12/19/13
• GLAA praises passage of birth certificate, marriage officiant bills 07/10/13
• GLAA supports legalization and regulation of surrogacy parenting agreements 06/20/13
• GLAA to Council: Please defend expanded list of marriage officiants 06/19/13
• Rosendall testifies on Marriage Officiant Amendment Act 03/14/13
• Summersgill testifies on Marriage Officiant Amendment Act 03/14/13
  

  2012

• Suggested Reading on Marriage Equality 11/28/12
• GLAA testifies for Judicial Declaration of Parentage Amendment Act 02/09/12
  

  2011

• GLAA endorses civil marriage dissolution equality amendment 12/08/11
• Summersgill endorses civil marriage dissolution equality amendment 12/08/11
• Polikoff to lesbian couples in D.C.: sign the Consent to Parent form 08/03/11
• CMs Mendelson, Bowser, and Catania hit Sibley Hospital for discrimination against same-sex parents 07/28/11
• Rosendall slams one-sided Post story on MD ministers 03/09/11
• March 9 – Support Maryland Marriage Equality – HRC Phone Bank 03/07/11
  

  2010

• City files marriage brief against Jackson 12/17/10
• Summersgill testifies on Marriage Officiant Amendment Act 10/14/10
• Winning at home 09/30/10
• D.C.’s prospects in a GOP Congress 09/16/10
• Ruling in Perry v. Schwarzenegger 08/04/10
• Judge Walker rules Proposition 8 unconstitutional 08/04/10
• D.C. Court of Appeals ruling in Jackson 07/15/10
• NOM is losing in D.C., and boasts about it 06/24/10
• More gay panic from Perkins and FRC 06/17/10
• Rev. Willie Wilson endorses Clark Ray 06/16/10
• Would you accept an endorsement from this man? 06/15/10
• Dept. of Labor issues LGBT Pride poster featuring Harvey Milk 06/15/10
• OMG! Prostitution! 06/15/10
• Gray wins Stein Club endorsement 06/14/10
• More Expensive Failures for NOM in D.C. 06/14/10
• NOM pays $61K to D.C. anti-gay organizer Bob King 06/11/10
• Defending D.C. Marriage Equality (PDF) 05/30/10
• Defending D.C. Marriage Equality (HTM) 05/30/10
• Malawi couple pardoned by President 05/29/10
• Indecent Practices 05/27/10
• Notes on marriage initiative arguments at D.C. Court of Appeals 05/04/10
• The Legitimacy Lie 04/15/10
• Homework before saying ‘I do’ 04/09/10
• Anti-Gay Marriage Diehards Keep Losing 04/09/10
• Hold that tax advice 04/09/10
• Summersgill corrects the record on D.C. marriage equality victory 03/26/10
• City’s appeals brief in marriage case 03/19/10
• GLAA defends Del. Norton from Barras 03/15/10
• A news photo that says it all 03/10/10
• A fine day for a wedding (or three) 03/09/10
• How We Won (Rosendall, Metro Weekly) 03/04/10
• The beautiful sight outside Room 4485 03/03/10
• District Court denies Jackson motion 03/02/10
• Chief Justice denies stay 03/02/10
• Press Statement: True Radicals Defeated as Marriage Equality Reaches D.C. 03/02/10
• Nickles shreds Jackson SCOTUS appeal 03/02/10
• Appeals court denies stay 02/26/10
• Norton hosts marriage equality celebration Mar. 2 02/25/10
• Jackson appeals stay denial 02/22/10
• Judge Holeman denies Jackson stay request 02/20/10
• The Archdiocese of Washington — not a victim, but a bully 02/20/10
• The Jackson Jive
  Harry Jackson argues for direct democracy, but fights “home rule” on the hill (Metro Weekly) 02/18/10
• Report on Board of Elections hearing 02/16/10
• Flowers opposes latest initiative 02/16/10
• Mendelson opposes latest initiative 02/16/10
• Rosendall slams latest initiative 02/16/10
• Witness list for BOEE hearing on proposed referendum on D.C. marriage law 02/10/10
• Summersgill slams latest initiative 02/09/10
• Nickles opposes “One Man One Woman” initiative 02/09/10
• Jackson requests stay of law date 02/05/10
• Board of Elections and Ethics rejects D.C. marriage referendum 02/04/10
• Additional testimony on marriage referendum 01/28/10
• Rosendall testifies against marriage referendum 01/27/10
• City responds to latest referendum 01/22/10
• Judge rules against D.C. initiative 01/14/10
• Referendum proposed against marriage bill 01/06/10
• Campaign for All D.C. Families files brief 01/06/10
• Another initiative filed, BOEE hearing set 01/05/10
• Inhofe et al. file marriage brief 01/05/10
• Nutjob watch: Marriage equality as a gentrification ploy 01/05/10
  

  2009

• Gay marriage foes deserve to be heard, even on Metrobuses (Colby King, The Washington Post) 12/26/09
• D.C. files brief in marriage initiative case 12/21/09
• D.C. brief in marriage initiative case 12/21/09
• Pro-LGBT advocates oppose censorship of Metro ads 12/18/09
• Signed. sealed and delivered 12/18/09
• Mayor Fenty signs marriage equality bill 12/18/09
• Victory for Marriage Equality in D.C. 12/15/09
• Poised to mark a milestone 12/15/09
• Rally for marriage equality Dec. 14 12/14/09
• Web site targets closeted Catholic priests 12/03/09
• Gary Imhoff gets nuttier and nuttier 12/03/09
• Odd couple after marriage-equality vote 12/01/09
• Answer to anti-marriage-equality op-ed 11/29/09
• 12 groups answer archdiocese, urge marriage bill fix 11/20/09
• Correcting WaPo on the Catholic Church’s opposition to marriage equality 11/19/09
• Anti-gay lawsuit against BOEE ruling 11/18/09
• BOEE ruling against marriage initiative 11/17/09
• WaPo’s discordant editorial on the Catholic Church and marriage equality 11/15/09
• After Maine: Turning the Tables 11/12/09
• Committee print of Bill 18-482 11/10/09
• Committee report on Bill 18-482 11/10/09
• Committee passes marriage bill 4-1, defeats conscience clause 11/10/09
• Aravosis launches all-or-nothing boycott of DNC 11/10/09
• Continuing the struggle, state by state 11/05/09
• An opening against the right (Rosendall, Metro Weekly) 10/29/09
• GSDC files reply brief on initiative 10/28/09
• Rosendall delivers GLAA testimony for marriage equality bill 10/26/09
• Summersgill testifies on marriage equality bill 10/26/09
• Rosendall testifies for GLAA against proposed initiative 10/26/09
• Testify for Marriage Equality in D.C. 10/19/09
• Summersgill testifies on joint filing bill 10/15/09
• Nickles: proposed initiative improper 10/05/09
• Marriage Equality: 10 Talking Points (pdf) 09/30/09
• Marriage Equality: 10 Talking Points 09/30/09
• Time to Act (Rosendall, Metro Weekly) 09/17/09
• Another initiative supporter denies opposing same-sex marriage 09/08/09
• Ten ways Chris Crain was wrong 08/21/09
• GLAA alert: meeting set on proposed anti-gay initiative 08/19/09
• ANC commissioner sets meeting on anti-gay initiative 08/12/09
• GLAA to ANCs: Please oppose ballot initiative on marriage 08/14/09
• GLAA defends public funding for DC Center 07/22/09
• New Law Protects Children Born to Same-Sex Parents in the District of Columbia 07/22/09
• Board of Elections informs Jackson of residency challenge 06/30/09
• GLAA Forum on marriage ruling 06/30/09
• Court rules against referendum 06/30/09
• Nickles opposes Jackson stay request 06/24/09
• BOEE opposes Jackson stay request 06/24/09
• Anti-gay ministers file suit against Board of Elections 06/17/09
• Anti-gay coalition will appeal Board of Elections decision 06/15/09
• Board of Elections rules against referendum 06/15/09
• Nickles opposes proposed referendum 06/11/09
• DC for Democracy opposes referendum 06/11/09
• Rosendall testifies for GLAA against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Summersgill testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• ACLU/NCA testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Levine/Stein Club testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Phil Mendelson testifies against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Jack Evans testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Brian Flowers (General Counsel, D.C. Council) testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Pannell testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• McCoy testimony against proposed referendum 06/10/09
• Mendelson writes BOEE on referendum 06/09/09
• D.C. clergy declare support for marriage equality 06/02/09
• GLAA to Board of Elections: Proposed Referendum Invalid 06/01/09
• Kameny and Rosendall on marriage at DCwatch.com 05/27/09
• Igualdad de matrimonio: 10 puntos 05/27/09
• Igualdad de matrimonio: 10 puntos (pdf) 05/27/09
• Alert: D.C. DOMA introduced in Congress 05/22/09
• Examiner reports “racial divide,” ignores Ward 8 vote 05/18/09
• Pannell statement to Ward 8 Dems on Marriage Equality 05/18/09
• Talking points on D.C. marriage equality – pdf format 05/17/09
• Ward 8 Democrats endorse civil marriage equality 05/16/09
• Where They Stand: D.C. Officials on Defending Gay Families 05/13/09
• Summersgill: DHR rulemaking omits DPs from other jurisdictions 05/11/09
• GLAA: 10 Points for D.C. Council Members on Marriage Equality 05/11/09
• Previous idle threats from Rev. Anthony Evans 05/06/09
• Victory on marriage recognition 05/05/09
• Anti-gay radio ad running in DC 05/04/09
• Action Alert: Urge D.C. Council to reaffirm marriage recognition on May 5 04/30/09
• GLAA Report: Marion Barry opposes marriage equality at anti-gay rally 04/29/09
• Wood presents award to Nancy D. Polikoff 04/22/09
• A Timeline on Marriage Recognition in D.C. 04/18/09
• Clarification & fact check on Marc Fisher column 04/12/09
• GLAA thanks Councilmembers for marriage recognition vote 04/07/09
• Nickles endorses DP parentage bill 04/03/09
• OCSE green lights DP parentage bill 03/31/09
• NCLR to Fenty: withdraw request for federal review on DP bill 03/19/09
• Nickles calls in feds on DP bill 03/16/09
• Nickles again threatens DP parentage bill 03/16/09
• Summersgill slams Nickles on DP parentage bill 02/20/09
• GLAA rebukes Nickles, urges markup of DP parentage bill 02/20/09
• Nickles slams DP parentage bill 02/22/09
• Action Alert: Urge Mayor to certify DPs from other jurisdictions 02/16/09
• Summersgill testifies on Safe Families bill 02/11/09
• Summersgill presses Mayor’s office on DP recognition 01/28/09
• GLAA Member Alert: Disinformation from The Washington Times on GLBT families 01/28/09
  

  2008

• GLAA makes case against Nickles as D.C. Attorney General 10/17/08
• Polikoff responds to OAG, HHS on parentage bill 10/07/08
• HHS, prompted by Nickles, comments on D.C. Parentage bill 10/03/08
• OAG response on Domestic Partnership bill 09/03/08
• Summersgill backs Polikoff critique of OAG letter 07/25/08
• Polikoff refutes Office of Attorney General on parentage bill 07/24/08
• GLAA endorses domestic partnership, parentage bills 07/11/08
• Polikoff testifies on parentage bill 07/11/08
• Zavos testifies on parentage bill 07/11/08
• Summersgill testifies on parentage bill 07/11/08
• D.C. Office of Attorney General objects to DP parentage bill 07/10/08
• Marriage Equality Advocates: Make Change, Not Lawsuits 06/09/08
• D.C. Council repeals marriage license tests 06/07/08
• GLAA urges passage of Safe Marriage Amendment Act without amendments 05/29/08
• Rosendall discusses CA marriage victory, implications for D.C. 05/15/08
• California Supreme Court marriage ruling 05/15/08
• Rainbow Response Forum on Intimate Partner Violence April 8 04/06/08
• Summersgill: pre-marital blood test outdated 02/14/08
  

  2007

• Williams Institute releases DC Census Snapshot 12/05/07
• Summersgill updates summary of rights and responsibilities of DC Domestic Partners 12/05/07
• Community forum on marriage equality set for Dec. 6 12/05/07
• Rosendall counters ‘ex-gay’ advocate 12/02/07
• GLAA flyer: Civil Marriage Equality — a Marathon Effort 12/01/07
• Summersgill testifies on Domestic Partnership Amendments Act 10/19/07
• Polikoff testifies on Domestic Partnership Amendments Act 10/19/07
• GLAA endorses Domestic Partnership Amendments Act 10/19/07
• Polikoff testifies for GLAA, urges strengthening of Paid Sick and Safe Days Act 07/09/07
• Summersgill charts completion of domestic partnership project 06/29/07
• GLAA endorses two domestic partner-related bills 06/29/07
• Bush Issues Veto Threat for D.C. Appropriations Bill Over Domestic Partner Registry (Human Rights Campaign) 06/27/07
• GLAA Alert: Rep. Goode targets DPs in DC Appropriations bill 06/27/07
• GLAA celebrates as new domestic partnership joint filing law takes effect 03/21/07
• GLAA Applauds Pepco for Adopting Domestic Partner Benefits 03/19/07
• Cheh thanks PEPCO for adopting domestic partner benefits 03/15/07
• PEPCO agrees to provide domestic partner benefits 03/15/07
• Pepco writes to Cheh on new Domestic Partner policy 03/14/07
• GLAA thanks Washington Gas for domestic partner benefits 02/27/07
• GLAA amends testimony on Kane confirmation to PSC to reflect advances at Washington Gas 02/27/07
• GLAA Withdraws Protest of Proposed Rate Increase for Washington Gas 02/26/07
• Cheh urges PEPCO to adopt domestic partner benefits 02/23/07
• GLAA endorses Betty Ann Kane for Public Service Commission 02/21/07
• GLAA protests rate increases by PEPCO and Washington Gas Light 01/03/07
  

  2006

• Gay-rights activists contemplate strength of D.C. Council’s same-sex marriage bill (The Washington Examiner) 12/04/06
  (Note: this article is misleading. No such bill is pending in the D.C. Council.)
• Brick to Blade: Sustainable Progress, Not Instant Gratification 11/17/06
• GLAA endorses Domestic Partnerships Joint Filing Act 11/02/06
• New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in Lewis v. Harris 10/25/06
• GLAA urges Danaher Corporation to adopt DP benefits 10/20/06
• GLAA writes South African ambassador urging marriage equality 10/16/06
• GLAA urges PEPCO to adopt DP benefits 07/17/06
• GLAA urges Washington Gas Light to adopt DP benefits 07/17/06
• GLAA endorses two domestic partnership bills 06/15/06
• GLAA to Blade: Winning marriage requires strategy 01/06/06
  

  2005

• GLAA endorses DP health care benefits tax exemption bill 09/28/05
• Rosendall speaks at Democracy for DC rally
  “We cannot allow others to pick our fights for us.” 09/15/05
• GLAA endorses Domestic Partnership health insurance bills 07/07/05
• ACLU endorses Domestic Partnership enhancement bill 05/16/05
• GLAA Testifies on Domestic Partnership enhancement bill 05/12/05
• GLAA update on gay couples, Congress, and the District 05/04/05
• OCFO Releases Tax Ruling on Question of Married, Same-Sex Couple Income Tax Filing Eligibility Under DC Law 05/03/05
• Update to GLAA members on marriage fight in D.C. 04/20/05
• GLAA Statement on Domestic Partnership Equality Act of 2005, Bill 16-52 01/31/05
  

  2004

• Open letter to the community:
  Preparing to oppose an anti-gay ballot initiative 12/19/04
• GLAA opposes proposed anti-gay D.C. marriage initiative 11/10/04
• GLAA endorses Human Rights Marital Status Clarification Amendment Act 10/25/04
• Saunders testifies on Human Rights Marital Status Clarification Amendment Act 10/20/04
• GLAA Celebrates Expansion of the District of Columbia Domestic Partnership Law 09/21/04
• Medical Assistance Administration responds to GLAA 08/23/04
• Evans presses city administrator on DOH rulemaking 08/10/04
• Comments on DOH Rulemaking Ignored 08/05/04
• GLAA follows up on fiscal impact of marriages and domestic partnerships 07/15/04
• HRC Talking Points on Marriage Recognition in D.C. 07/12/04
• D.C. DOMA Introduced in House 07/07/04
• GLAA urges inclusion of domestic partners in bill on surrogate decision-making 06/21/04
• GLAA writes Patterson on fiscal impact of domestic partnerships 06/10/04
• GLAA testifies for two bills amending domestic partners law 05/20/04
• Defending Gay Families in Washington, D.C.
  Talking points for meetings with members of Congress 05/16/04
  Talking points in brochure format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• Where D.C. Officials stand on equal marriage rights compiled 05/15/04
• Where D.C. Officials stand on Vermont-style civil unions compiled 05/16/04
• Where D.C. Officials stand on recognizing relationships from other jurisdictions compiled 05/16/04
• Invitation to gay marriage forum on April 28 04/26/04
• GLAA seeks inclusion of domestic partners in foster parents rulemaking 04/05/04
• GLAA urges equal treatment for domestic partners in program for workers with HIV 03/17/04
• How to Get from Here to Marriage in One Easy Step: You Can’t
  (Memo to GLAA members on DC and the fight for equal marriage rights) 03/16/04
• Rosendall Speaks at Rally Against Marriage Discrimination 03/03/04
• GLAA applauds DC Council for unanimously introducing anti-FMA resolution 03/02/04
• GLAA identifies 212 rights and responsibilities of marriage in the District of Columbia 02/09/04
• GLAA Report: Marriage Law in the District of Columbia 02/09/04
  

  2003

• GLAA endorses deed recordation tax bill for tax equity, suggests improvements 12/10/03
• Website launched to oppose Federal Marriage Amendment 07/16/03
• GLAA to Chairman Frelinghuysen: Please oppose social riders to DC Appropriations bill 07/06/03
• GLAA celebrates as new health care decisions law takes effect 06/25/03
• Thinking of Getting Married in Canada?
  Joint Advisory From Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, National Center for Lesbian Rights, ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Project, and Freedom to Marry 06/13/03

  2002

• GLAA endorses Health-Care Decisions Amendment Act 12/05/02
• Evans urges correction of DP regs 06/12/02
• GLAA demands DP regs be corrected to recognize couples already registered 05/10/02
• GLAA comments on proposed Domestic Partnership rulemaking 04/15/02
  

  2001

• HRC writes House/Senate conferees on DC Appropriations 11/09/01
• Catania congratulates Congress for lifting domestic partnership ban 11/07/01
• Mayor appeals to key Senators on domestic partners, needle exchange 11/07/01
• Schwartz appeals to Senators on domestic partnership, needle exchange 11/01/01
• HRC Talking Points on DC Domestic Partnership Program 10/30/01
• Statement from Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund on Proposal for Anti-Marriage Amendment 07/12/01
• ACLU analyzes proposed anti-marriage amendment 07/11/01
• Summersgill defends Mayor’s record on same-sex marriage 04/20/01
  

  2000

• Schwartz writes Speaker Hastert in defense of Domestic Partners 02/29/00
  

  1999

• Talking Points in Defense of a Clean D.C. Appropriations Bill 07/28/99
  

  1996

• Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Condemns Defense of Marriage Act 07/11/96
• GLAA joins “Call to Conscience” after DOMA passes in House
• GLAA, Rep. Kolbe exchange good netiquette
  

  1994

• Coudriet details complaints against Office of Corporation Counsel 05/16/94
  

  1991

• Daniels protests to Mayor Dixon on Corporation Counsel brief 09/26/91