Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Arrive, Ready for Business

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 Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Arrive, Ready for Business
  See the four people who could change history this week. The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld will be in the courtroom on Tuesday and Wednesday to share what happens. 
   
 Neal Broverman 
          
          Mar 25, 2013
          
Neal Broverman
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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Hollingsworth v. Perry plaintiffs Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier (left) and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo (right) climb the steps of Washington, D.C.'s National Archive on Monday, a day before the Supreme Court hears arguments against California's Prop. 8. Behind them is HRC president Chad Griffin and screenwriter and director Dustin Lance Black.
 
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Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Arrive, Ready for Business

See the four people who could change history this week. The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld will be in the courtroom on Tuesday and Wednesday to share what happens.

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Ace Rios has already started setting up his classroom before a 2-2 split vote by the school board meant he had to leave.

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Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Arrive, Ready for Business

See the four people who could change history this week. The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld will be in the courtroom on Tuesday and Wednesday to share what happens.

FROM OUR SPONSORS

The Latest

Russell Kingsland is seeking $1.5 million, alleging years of homophobic harassment and retaliation inside the state Attorney General’s Office.

The GayVN winner was a successful adult performer who made a name for himself on OnlyFans.

Ace Rios has already started setting up his classroom before a 2-2 split vote by the school board meant he had to leave.

These teen girls just wanted to participate, but the Trump administration decided to wage war on them rather than address other vital issues in this country.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

More For You

Most Popular

The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.

Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

The Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”

The Louisiana Republican's Obama and Colbert antigay smear campaign surely earned Trump’s undying love.

Two Black gay men share how conversion therapy rooted in religious teachings shaped their lives—and the lasting trauma these practices continue to cause in Black communities.