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Real Bad
Real Bad is the name of a fundraising party held annually in San Francisco, California immediately following the Folsom Street Fair. The party, which occurs on the last Sunday in September, has been in existence -
1996 in LGBT rights
LGBT Rights Laws around the world -
Recognition of same-sex unions in Connecticut
of marriage due to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Connecticut became the second state in the United States (following Vermont) to adopt civil unions, and the first to do so without judicial intervention. The -
Consent (BDSM)
Consent within BDSM is an issue that attracts much attention in the field. Practitioners' interests are in ensuring appropriate consent for personal, ethical, and legal reasons. The law also has its own approach to consent -
2002 in LGBT rights
Sweden's registered partnership nearly identical to marriage, with the exception of right to marriage in a church. April[] April 28 - Homosexuality is decriminalized in China, as the newly amended Marriage Law avoids this topic. -
Baker v. Nelson
that Minnesota law limited marriage to opposite-sex couples, and that this limitation did not violate the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs appealed, and the United States Supreme Court, 409 U.S. 810 (1972), dismissed -
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2004 and a week later in the United States, to generally negative reviews -
Cheryl Jacques
Cheryl Ann Jacques (born February 17, 1962) is a United States politician who, beginning in January 2004, served for 11 months as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual -
Gay Pride Parade (New York City)
The Gay Pride Parade (or, less commonly, Gay Pride March) is an annual parade in New York City, usually traversing southward down Fifth Avenue and through Greenwich Village. The parade marches by the site of -
2000 in LGBT rights
January[] 12 January - the ban on lesbians and gay men serving in the United Kingdom armed forces is lifted. March[] March 7 - Same-sex marriage in the United States: California voters approve Proposition 22, a -
Kansas Amendment 1
same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 70% of the voters. The amendment states: (a) The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract. Marriage shall be -
Chip Arndt
of the Harvard Graduate School Leadership and Ethics Forum, Chairman and Founder of the Annual Harvard Business, Law, and Kennedy School of Government Debate, and President of the Harvard Business School Gay and Lesbian Student -
American Civil Liberties Union
rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and community education. Founded in 1920 by Crystal Eastman and Roger -
Patricia Ireland
obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1966 and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1975. She also attended Florida State University College of Law. -
Shannon Minter
Shannon Price Minter (born February 14, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney and the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco. A 1993 graduate of Cornell Law School, Minter -
James Zappalorti
James Patrick Zappalorti (1945–1990), a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, was the victim of a highly-publicized, fatal gay-bashing attack on Staten Island, New York. Born in Brooklyn, Zappalorti moved to Staten -
Richard Socarides
Richard Socarides (born 1954) was a White House adviser under United States President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1999 in a variety of senior positions, including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser -
Terry Baum
Terry Baum (born November 27, 1946) is a playwright who lives in San Francisco. In 2004, she ran for the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Green Party, against House Minority -
Joseph Steffan
law school at the University of Connecticut. His collected papers from the case now comprise the largest collection within the University of Connecticut Law School archives. Steffan is now a lawyer in New York City. -
History of civil marriage in the U.S.
Utah, which were not controlled by Mormons., 1879 - The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Reynolds v. United States, 1882 - Congress passed the Edmunds Act -
Tennessee Amendment 1 of 2006
Template:SSM Tennessee Amendment 1 of 2006 (also known as the Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment) is a "defense of marriage amendment" to the Tennessee State Constitution. The referendum was approved by 81% of voters. It -
Colorado Amendment 43 (2006)
Template:SSM Amendment 43 proposes adding a new section to Article II of the Colorado Constitution that defines marriage in Colorado as only a union between one man and one woman. Creating an amendment is -
Robert Spagnoletti
Robert Spagnoletti is the former Attorney General of the District of Columbia, United States, appointed 2004. He previously served as District of Columbia Corporation Counsel, and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District -
David Catania
Catania was born in Missouri, and attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and School of Law. He was elected to the Council as a Republican in a 1997 special election and was elected -
1993 in LGBT rights
Sodomy laws in the Republic of Ireland were repealed. See Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform April[] April 25 - Third gay rights march on Washington, D.C. starts with an estimated 300,000 participants.
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American Girl is a brand of 18" dolls (originally independent, now owned by Mattel) that initially based characters on pre-teen-girls living in various noted periods of American history. The company's flagship line, the Historical Characters, are multiple characters spanning time…