Houston Elects Its First Openly Gay Mayor
This weekend brought good news for women and members of the LGBT community. On Dec. 12 Annise Parker, an out lesbian, was elected mayor of Huston, Texas.
Category: LGBTQIA Rights
An Activist’s Narrative on the National Equality March
The march went as planned, but having seen the Mall full for marches such as the “March For Women’s Lives” in 2004, the attendance of this march seemed, less than. Less than it should have been for such important causes.
Phone Bank (From Anywhere) to protect equal marriage in Maine
No matter where you live, you can help defeat an attack on equal marriage in Maine by joining a virtual phone bank to speak one-on-one with Maine voters about why it’s so important to vote No on 1 this November. All you need is a phone and a computer with an Internet connection.
NOW Celebrates D.C. Council Vote to Approve Same-Sex Marriage
NOW commends the D.C. Council for acknowledging that the LGBT people of this city have a fundamental right to marry. Same-sex couples should not be denied the protections and benefits that opposite-sex couples have always enjoyed.
NOW Congratulates Massachusetts Primary Winner Martha Coakley, Looks Forward to Feminist Candidate Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling in January
The National Organization for Women congratulates Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley for her overwhelming victory in the Democratic primary in the special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. If Coakley prevails as expected in the Jan. 19 general election, she will be the first woman senator from the state of Massachusetts, and she will double to two the number of women in the state’s current 12-member congressional delegation. The NOW Political Action Committee proudly endorsed Coakley in her run.