Resources
Advocacy
Standing on the Side of Love 2008 (PDF, 18 pages)
Many states have banned same sex marriage in the last few years. As we work to reverse these bans and prevent more from happening check out this resource for tips and contact information that will be helpful to the cause.
Books
Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages, by Patricia A Gozemba and Karen Kahn
When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court granted equal marriage benefits to same-sex couples it provoked a searing public debate over the meaning of marriage and family, civil rights, and the role of religion in law and society. Through engaging storytelling and powerful photographs, Courting Equality takes readers through the volatile public debate following the decision and introduces some of the many lesbian and gay families who have taken advantage of equal marriage laws. In Massachusetts, equal marriage has not destroyed the family but rather has reinforced the importance of love, commitment, fairness, and equality to the functioning of healthy democratic communities.
Gay Marriage, Real Life: Ten Stories of Love and Family, by Michelle Bates Deakin
Ten true stories about same sex couples and their families. Based on interviews with couples and family members across the country, old and young, accepted and alienated, these telling stories capture the powerful and dramatic effect that the legalization of same-sex marriage is having on our families and society.
Coalition Partners
Freedom to Marry
The gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide.
National Black Justice Coalition
A civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Human Rights Campaign
The largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce
A lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender equality organization.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
The nation's premier civil rights coalition, and has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957.
Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
A national support, education and advocacy organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their families, friends and allies.
Last updated on Tuesday, February 3, 2009.
