IN THE NEWS
May 17, 2004: Massachusetts became the first state
to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Read more at the Human
Rights Campaign...
Feb
2004: President Bush did something no other president in U.S.
history has ever done: he demanded a constitutional amendment to require discrimination
in America. This amendment would ban same-sex marriage and could invalidate
civil unions or other legal protections for same-sex couples and their children...
See
photos from the local protest of
Bush here on L.I. ....To date, San Francisco officials have issued over 4,000
marriage licenses to couples from 46 states. Locally, mayors of New Paltz
NYand Nyack NY have officiated same-sex marriage ceremonies
The Laramie Project
Trembling Before G-d
Boys Don't Cry
Philadelphia
If These Walls Could Talk
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Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink)
A graduate of the School of Social Welfare, Andy Peters has been a true advocate for LGBT youth on Long Island at Pride for Youth and the Long Island Crisis Center.
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE SYMPOSIUMS
The
symposiums held on April 21 and 29 on the SUNY Stony Brook campus were a great
success! Panelists debating the issue were affiliated with a wide variety
of organizations. Read more here...
One
event was taped and will be available to the School of Social Welfare students
and faculty for viewing.
Click here for more INFORMATION
about the symposiums
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