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Immigration Equality

U.S. Immigration Law: Tearing Apart Life, Love & Home

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Families, Reuniting-Families-Act, Congress, National Equality March, Immigration, Immigration Equality, Uniting American Families Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Organizers say they are expecting tens of thousands -- if not hundreds of thousands -- of members of the LGBT community and their supporters on Sunday. But one couple will be notably absent.

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Comprehensive, Inclusive Immigration Reform: The Most Important Gift of All

Steve Ralls | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Mike Honda, Immigration Equality, Patrick Leahy, Jerrold Nadler, Immigration Policy, Gay Issues, Uniting American Families Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Steve and Joe, despite the life they have built together, face separation before year's end because of the country's blatantly discriminatory LGBT immigration policies.

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Bush Justice Department Blacklisted LGBT Groups

The Washington Blade | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Attorney General Gonzales, Lesbian, Immigration, George Bush, Gay, Immigration Equality, Lgbt, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, White House, Justice Department, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush admi...

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A "Penultimate Step" in the Fight to End the HIV Travel Ban

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Rachel Tiven, Andrew Sullivan, John Kerry, President Obama, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Politics News
Steve Ralls

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued regulations that would end the United States' decades-old HIV travel and immigration ban.

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We Are Tearing Families Apart, When We Should Be Uniting Them

Steve Ralls | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Rachel Tiven, Barbara Boxer, Shirley Tan, People Magazine, Jay Mercado, Dianne Feinstein, Gay Couples, Immigration Equality, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Why is the United States government spending so much time - and so much taxpayer money - tearing this family apart? Simply put, because Shirley and Jay are a lesbian couple.

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When Your Ex Sends the Vacation Video After the Break-Up

Mike Alvear | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Binational Couples, Breakups, Vacation Video, Immigration Equality, Relationships, Romance, Gay Marriage, Living News
Mike Alvear

After 5 years, we agreed not so much to break up but to stop trying to get back together. It was mutual. But the pictures hurt. Not because of what could be, but what once was.

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Congress to HHS: End the HIV Ban, Once and For All

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Health, John Kerry, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration, Hhs, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Michael Leavitt, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Earlier this year, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, led a successful and histor...

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