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LGBT Activists to Protest Law Firm King & Spalding for Defending DOMA Cases

Melanie Nathan- April 23-2011 King & Spalding is the law firm that is being paid to defend DOMA even though the President and our Attorney General have decided to agree with the Courts that – The Defense of... (Continue reading)

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UAFA Reintroduction is Counter Productive to Same-Sex Couples seeking Green Cards

Melanie Nathan – April 14-2011 Congressional advocates for LGBT immigration reform launched a ridiculous strategy on Thursday with the reintroduction of the Uniting American Families Act. The only sensible piece of the strategy being  the release of a letter from... (Continue reading)

2011 – Get ready for Tel Aviv’s Annual Pride Parade

Melanie Nathan April 13, 2011 – Save the Date and Book the Tour – for Tel Aviv’s Annual Pride Parade Every June for the last 11 years, the gay community in Israel celebrates gay pride in the streets of Tel... (Continue reading)

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Same-Sex Married Couples Refuse to Lie on Federal Tax Returns

Melanie Nathan April 05, 2011- Some same-sex married couples are refusing to file their federal tax returns separately this tax season, as part of a movement demonstrating that they’re no longer content to quietly comply with the federal law... (Continue reading)

Pressure Increases for Same-Sex Green Cards

Melanie Nathan – April 03, 2011. More Stories Finally Receive Mainstream Press: An example of upping the ante for same-sex green cards  is the publicity and strategy now afforded a  gay Long Island couple who have played by the immigration rules... (Continue reading)

Today is César Chávez Day, a State holiday in Eight US states.

Melanie Nathan March 31, 2011. Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Today is César Estrada Chávez DAY; born March 31, 1927  and lived until April 23, 1993) – an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta,... (Continue reading)

BAD Reflection on President Zuma as ANC Supporters Destroy Meaning of Human Rights Day

Melanie Nathan – March 21, 2011 Cape Town – South African President Zuma entered Athlone Stadium in Cape Town to commemorate the South African  massacre of 69 protesters of the Apartheid pass laws,  at Sharpeville in 1964, to a... (Continue reading)

Where is Pres. Zuma on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Statement on Homosexuality?

Melanie Nathan – March 12, 2011 - Laws criminalizing homosexuality are incompatible with international human rights standards and fuel homophobia CAPE TOWN – In light of the fact that the Ugandan pre-election parliament has been called to a seating on March... (Continue reading)

Grassroots Activists to Meet Minister of Justice to request “Corrective Rape” Commission

Melanie Nathan, March 11, 2011 - CAPE TOWN – This Monday, March 14, 2011,  Ndumie Funda, Melanie Nathan, and a group of activists are heading to parliament to meet with the Ministry of Justice about ‘corrective’ rape, the increasingly common... (Continue reading)

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The FACES of Cape Town Pride

Melanie Nathan March 06, 2011- Happy Birthday HC! Thousands of rainbow people marched through the Streets of the magnificent Cape Town – flanked by its signature mountain the magnificence of which belies any captured image. Table mountain endures ... (Continue reading)

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Thousands turn out for Cape Town PRIDE at Street Parade & World Cup Soccer Stadium

Melanie Nathan- March 05,2011- Today thousands of rainbow people marched through the Streets of the magnificent Cape Town – flanked by its signature mountain the magnificence of which belies any captured image. Table mountain endures beyond the snap shot, in the... (Continue reading)

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EQCA to Honor Kamala Harris at San Francisco Gala Award

Melanie Nathan – Feb 11-2011 To a sold out crowd , Equality California will honor Attorney General Kamala Harris and Alameda County judge Victoria Kolakowski at its annual San Francisco Equality Awards, presented by AT&T. Harris will receive the... (Continue reading)

Divesting Uganda – What would Mandela do – if KATO was Uganda’s BIKO

Melanie Nathan – January 31, 2011. Ironically, in the very week that Ugandan activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, after his face and name was plastered all over a tabloid declaring him gay, President Yoweri Museveni has praised  the South... (Continue reading)

2011: CPAC, GOProud and my Kidney – Thriving Civil Society

MAYHEM Melanie Nathan; nathan@privatecourts.com Dec 29-2010; – A creditor called me one particularly bad month asking me to pay a debt I could not afford at that time. I told him I had  no money to pay the amount needed... (Continue reading)

California, Spectrum Pioneering Programs for LGBT Seniors and Youth

Melanie Nathan,  Dec 28-2010:- MARIN COUNTY-  Spectrum, an LGBT organization in Marin County, California, may well be described as pioneer when it comes to providing social service programs for LGBT youth and seniors. A life line for elder seniors in... (Continue reading)

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