This is the first time two brides won the marriage license lottery and tied the knot. Two men won back in 2022.
Chicago's Pride Parade is back after being canceled for two years because of the pandemic. But as we celebrate, we're also looking at the work that still needs to be done to insure equity and access for LGBTQ+ people.
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin could easily be called the mothers of the lesbian rights movement. They spent most of their adult lives fighting for recognition and equality. They founded the Daughters of Bilitis, the first organization for lesbians in the United States in San Francisco in 1955.
A 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalized gay marriage. But 25 years ago today President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman
"The fact that we don't have access to things that other people have equal access to is discrimination in my eyes."
Many see the FDA blood donation policy as discriminatory against the LGBTQ community.