Myanmar gay marriage documentary gets world premiere at IDFA

Irrawaddy Mon Amour, a documentary about a forbidden gay marriage in Myanmar, will have its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) this month. The directors are now running a crowdfunding campaign. Irrawaddy Mon Amour has been selected for the mid-length competition of IDFA, the most important documentary festival in Europe. The festival…

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John Waters: ‘I support gay marriage not for myself, but for straight gay people’ (VIDEO)

Iconic filmmaker John Waters sat down with HuffPost Live and shared that he supports gay marriage not for himself, but for “straight gay people.” Waters: “I campaigned with Governor O’Malley to make gay marriage legal, even though I’m certainly not going to get married. But for straight gay people, they like to do that kind…

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Nelson De La Nuez releases new art celebrating the right to gay marriage at Palm Springs Fine Art Show

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Bruce Lurie, owner of Lurie Gallery, will show brand new, exciting work from Nelson De La Nuez, the King of Pop Art at booth # 109 at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Feb. 12-15 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. International pop artist Nelson De La Nuez is well known…

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With Fox News sitting out gay marriage fight, Social Conservatives lose their loudest voice

On Monday when the Supreme Court let stand appeals court rulings that allowed for same-sex marriage in five additional states, the right-wing media outbursts were predictably swift, reports Media Matters for America. Radio talker Mark Levin blasted the ruling as “judicial tyranny,” while Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro attacked the ruling and suggested the Court was wrong…

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Americans’ ideology and age drive gay marriage views

Ideology and a vast age gap mark public attitudes about gay marriage, supported in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll by 77 percent of adults under age 30 – vs. just half as many seniors. Most Americans overall, 56 percent, support allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, not significantly different from the all-time high,…

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ASA Amicus Brief supports suit to overturn Virginia’s gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON, DC,  — The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today supporting the fight to overturn Virginia’s gay marriage ban and continuing its now 14-month effort to highlight the overwhelming body of social science research that confirms “children fare just as well” when…

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‘SHE4ME’ marriage equality PSA selected for International Women’s Film Festival in Rome: May 31 (VIDEO)

SHE4ME, the Marriage Equality PSA, has been officially selected to screen at Immaginaria A day of independent lesbian movies (Rebels, Lesbians, Eccentrics…”) at the International Women’s Film Festival in Rome, Italy May 31. The organizers of the event Screening the Girls, Lista Lesbica Italiana (LLI) and Fuori Salone delle Lesbiche/Lesbians Outhall n.4, were thrilled to…

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