Here are all the ways marriage equality has been 'unambiguously positive' for America
The study from the RAND Corp. comes 20 years after the first legal marriages for same-sex couples took place in Massachusetts.
May 17, 2024
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Study: Same-Sex Marriage Improves Health of Gay and Bi Men
New findings from Vanderbilt University offer a good reason to tie the knot and fight to protect marriage equality.
July 10, 2018
Sens. Baldwin, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Provide Fairness to Domestic Partners
The Democratic senator from Wisconsin and the Maine Republican are among the bipartisan sponsors in both chambers of Congress who've signed on to support the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013.
September 19, 2013
Gay S.F. supervisor gets blowback for proposing to scrap domestic-partners law
The law requires city contractors to offer same-sex domestic partners the same benefits as married straight couples, and Matt Dorsey says marriage equality means it's no longer needed.
July 30, 2025
Justices Thomas and Alito and the Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality
Justices Thomas and Alito want marriage equality overturned. Even if that doesn't happen, we'll still have to fight off efforts to chip away at it.
February 23, 2021
Support for Marriage Equality Bodes Well for Iowa Justices Facing Retention Vote
The three up for retention this year are in a different environment than those voted out in 2010, a year after the state's marriage equality ruling.
October 30, 2016
Op-ed: 5 Questions to Ask Before Tying the Knot
Just because the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages doesn't make everything easier.
September 25, 2013
From legitimacy to uncertainty, Advocate readers reflect on 10 years of marriage equality and what comes next
The Advocate asked the community to tell us how the Obergefell ruling impacted them and their relationships. Here's what they said.
June 26, 2025
'You're Going to Hell' and Other Emails to Iowa's Only Out Sen.
Iowa state senator Matt McCoy compiled a ton of hate mail (and a few nice letters), so we can truly remember an Iowa on the brink of marriage equality.
January 28, 2015
A Cross-Country Journey for Equality
Frank and Joe Capley-Alfano recall the personal and painful pilgrimage they made in the name of LGBT rights.Â
July 9, 2018
WATCH: Mich. Suspends Rights of Gay Married Couples
Michigan governor Rick Snyder confirmed that the more than 300 same-sex marriages performed in the hours when they were allowed are legal, but the couples won't have access to benefits.
March 27, 2014
Connecticut Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage
The Connecticut supreme court Friday issued a 4-3 decision in favor of eight gay couples who were the plaintiffs in Kerrigan and Mock v. the Connecticut Department of Public Health, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. Connecticut will now become the third state in the country behind Massachusetts and California where gay couples are allowed equal access to marriage. As in California and Massachusetts, out-of-state couples will be eligible to marry in Connecticut.
October 11, 2008
Hong Kong Court Rejects Marriage Equality, Orders 'Alternative' Recognition
The ruling from the city's highest court falls short of equality but represents progress, activists say.
September 5, 2023
Pentagon Will Treat Married Same-Sex Couples Equally
The Department of Defense and Social Security offered clarifications on how each federal agency will treat married same-sex couples in light of the Supreme Court's historic ruling striking down section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
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August 9, 2013
HHS Orders Insurers to Cover All Married Same-Sex Couples
If insurance companies provide family benefits to married opposite-sex couples, they must offer the same benefits to legally married same-sex couples, the Department of Health and Human Services said today.
March 14, 2014
Half The Country's AGs Ask SCOTUS to Rule on Marriage
Attorneys general from 32 states filed briefs Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a definitive ruling on marriage equality.
September 5, 2014
ACLU Seeks Recognition for 300 Michigan Marriages
For less than 24 hours, marriage equality was the law of the land in Michigan. Now the ACLU is suing the state to make sure the same-sex couples who married get the rights they're entitled to.
April 14, 2014
Greece approves marriage equality
The approval came despite opposition from the Greek Orthodox Church and makes Greece the 16th country in the European Union with marriage equality.
February 15, 2024