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MassEquality Nowhere Near Done

April 16, 2013 By massmarrier

No, we're not all set here in Massachusetts on LGBTQ issues, including marriage equality. A decade after Goodridge, MassEquality's Executive Director, Kara Suffredini, is still working a set of big bills. She came on over at Left Ahead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, lbgt, left-ahead, LGBTQ, marriage-equality, massachusetts, massequality, obama, public accommodations, same-sex-marriage, seniors, suffredini, youth

Replenishing Our Coffers!

April 12, 2011 By massequality

MassEquality recruited 62 organizers and 110 volunteers for Gov. Deval Patrick’s campaign, and assigned a dedicated volunteer to work full-time on the Patrick campaign who liaised with the LGBT community. MassEquality also brought in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fundraiser, massequality

Four ways to improve the state’s anti-bullying law

March 1, 2011 By massequality

The law should be amended to include a non-inclusive list of categories of students who are at a disproportionate risk of being bullied. The inclusion of this language would reflect a greater focus on bullying prevention by acknowledging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bullying, lgbt, massequality, schools

Four Ways To Improve the State’s Anti-Bullying Bill

March 1, 2011 By massequality

The law should be amended to include a non-inclusive list of categories of students who are at a disproportionate risk of being bullied. The inclusion of this language would reflect a greater focus on bullying prevention by acknowledging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bullying, lgbt, massequality, schools

View on DADT from MassEquality

December 21, 2010 By massmarrier

Marriage equality advocates would like to think the DADT repeal would foreshadow one for the Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA). While Suffredini sees who can serve in the military and who can marry as closely linked in this issue and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, dadt, doma, leftahead, massequality, military, obama, podcast, suffredini

MassEquality Ready to Rumble

October 12, 2010 By massmarrier

While we at the podcast are sometimes impatient with our local pols, Suffredini was quick to praise Gov. Deval Patrick. She said in terms of support for LGBT issues and aims he is hands down the best governor in the nation for it. Click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-rights, education, elections, left-ahead, legislature, lgbt, massachusetts, massequality, podcast, suffredini, teen-suicide

Michael Cahillane, Candidate for District Attorney is Signer of Anti-Gay Marriage Petition

August 9, 2010 By alexander

KnowThyNeighbor.org which to date lists the names of close to 1 million signers of anti-gay petitions nationwide and was responsible for the Supreme Court Challenge of this strategy known as Doe vs. Reed in Washington State  (June of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: amherst, anti-gay-petition, christine-cahillane, dave-sullivan, david-sullivan, district-attorney, district-attorney-northwest-massachusetts, doe-v-reed, elizabeth-schneibel, erw, gay-marriage, hadley, knowthyneighbor, knowthyneighbor.org, kris-mineau, massequality, michael-cahillane, mitt-romney, northampton, voteonmarriage, wfst

The Protests at DNC Fundraiser Over DOMA

June 24, 2009 By Ryan

Note: the Boston Herald covered the event here. I also posted about this at my Massachusetts political blog, Ryan's Take. Knowthyneighbor wrote about it here, and there are posts about it at Universal Hub, Queerty and Towleroad. Paul … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, democrats, dnc, doma, fenway, fundraiser, massachusetts, massequality, menino, tim-murray

Make History in the Granite State

June 1, 2009 By massequality

Day of Action in New Hampshire, June 3rd, 2009 9am-Vote New Hampshire State House 107 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire For anyone who needs transportation, MassEquality will be providing bus rides from the Boston State House to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: marriage-equality, massequality

Emergency Phone Bank for Vermont!

April 3, 2009 By Laurel

The Vermont House just took it's final vote on the marriage equality bill, passing it 94-52.  This is 6 votes shy of the 100 we need to override the governor's veto.   You can help make the veto override happen!  Scott … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: lgbt, marriage, massequality, s-115, vermont, veto

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