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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 31, 2011
Utah – We are definitely a wacky bunch here in Utah. Many of our Democrats are progressive, many are conservative, and more still are moderate and in the middle. So how can we possibly make this work with half the crowd clamoring for the party to move in one direction, while the other pushes for [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 31, 2011
Washington – The State Senate voted yesterday to recognize all civil partnerships performed in other states. This includes marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships etc. It was voted in by a margin of 28-19. Washington does not currently offer full marriage for gay couples, meaning that if you have a marriage currently and move to Washington, [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 30, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah – In the last chapter of this amazing (and horrible) story, it looks like we get to end on a positive note. The Salt Lake Drivers License Division sat down with the victim of last week’s Trans-Discrimination and pledged to do everything they can to improve, with the hopes that this [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 30, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah – The Utah Pride Center, along with their transgender advocacy program “TransAction” have released a press release concerning the incident at the Fairpark Drivers License Division where a Transgender Woman reported that she was humiliated and mocked. See below. The incident last week has stirred up strong feelings among the LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 29, 2011
Indiana – The Senate just finished voting this afternoon to create a constitutional amendment which bans not only same sex marriage, but also civil unions and anything else which could possibly be misconstrued as being “similar to marriage.” Vote passed 40-10. After several months of debate, the State Senate has finally sided with bigotry and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 29, 2011
UPDATE: Utah DMV Sits down with victim of trans-discrimination, pledges improvement. See HERE Salt Lake City, Utah – Over the weekend, PRIDEinUtah brought you the story of a Transgender woman who was mocked and ridiculed at a local DMV. Now the Drivers License Division is claiming that no such discrimination or humiliation happened, but the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 26, 2011
UPDATE: State denies the discrimination happened, but the victim speaks out and says otherwise. See here. Salt Lake City, Utah – Not a highlight of our state. On Thursday this week, a transgender woman entered a local DMV to renew her license only to find half the staff mocking and ridiculing her, including security forcing [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 25, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland – A House Committee has passed a bill by a margin of 15-8 which adds both gender identity as well as gender expression to the State Non-Discrimination laws for employment and housing. If it passes the full House, it will then head over to the Senate. Press Release from Equality Maryland, via JoeMyGod: [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 24, 2011
Hey folks, as many of you know I’ve been brought on to help on a few campaign for the next few months! This is truly a 24-7 gig which is making the blogging pretty damn difficult. There may be some days (like today) where I’m busy from 6am to 11pm, so here’s all the news [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 23, 2011
Denver, Colorado – The full State Senate has just passed a bill legalizing Civil Unions for gay couples. This is one of two votes required by the Senate, and if it passes again will go on to the House before being signed into law. If you live in Colorado, NOW would be the time to [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.