We’re so happy for them! Get a sneak peak of their wedding pics from People magazine. What a beautiful couple…
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220057,00.html

Watch Ellen announce their engagement to thousands of viewers on her Emmy winning talk show. We can’t help but want to clap along with the audience every time we see it - a great day in TV history!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmO-WvSyEx8

After officially submitting her retirement, a 15-year Atlanta police veteran may continue serving as a consultant to the force on gay issues. http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/08/gay-liaison-retires-from-atlanta.html

Here’s to hoping gay issues continue to be addressed in law enforcement and kudos to the Atlanta Police Department for recognizing the importance of this issue!

By a unanimous vote, the court rules that CA’s anti-discrimination laws prevent doctors from refusing to treat gay and lesbian patients. http://www.realjock.com/article/1203/

California is really making strides in equal treatment of their LGBT citizens; we hope the rest of the country will quickly follow.

One of 2 openly gay Congress members, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts is looking into a federal policy that disqualifies domestic partners from receiving coverage. http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=20423

Rep. Frank’s courage in confronting these very important issues on the federal level is admirable. Let’s encourage our local elected officials to do the same! Here’s a great place to start: http://www.thetaskforce.org/activist_center/act_locally

Australian athlete made headlines as the only openly gay athlete competing in this year’s Games. http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?ID=20038

We were rooting for you, Matthew! Thanks for being a role model; we look forwarding to cheering you on again in 2012!

A sizable amount is awarded to organizations that support GLBT subpopulations such as youth and seniors.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gamma-mu-foundation-awards-129550/
story.aspx?guid=%7B51005F52-1197-4775-9B82-70392DA64434%7D&dist=hppr

Thanks to everyone who donates and creates community awareness about our issues!

Environmental impacts of a proposed gay and lesbian retirement community in Santa Rosa, California deemed “less than significant” by the project’s consultants
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080725/NEWS/807250403/1337/
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Florida and Arizona face ballot initiatives to ban same-sex marriage in their constitutions. Barbara McCullough-Jones of Equality Arizona is concerned that all the attention and money are going to the California initiative.
http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19881339&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568857&rfi=6

After lawsuit, insurer says it will cover married same-sex couples
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/07/29/6

Interview with Physician Harvey Makadon, editor of the recently published Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health
http://www.gay.com/news/roundups/package.html?sernum=7034&navpath=/channels/health/