Gay Marriage Massachusetts

Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Irene Monroe

On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

Kerry Seeks Asylum For Gay Brazilian Wed In Mass.

AP | MELISSA TRUJILLO | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


BOSTON — Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U...

Married Same-Sex Couples Sue US For Federal Benefits

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living


BOSTON — Mary Ritchie, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, has been married for almost five years and has two children. But when she files her...

Armageddon in California

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living


Sara Whitman

I am a suburban lesbian mom. I live in Massachusetts. Last I checked, the end of the world has not occurred. No plagues, no locusts, no hell fire and damnation.