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"With jority support for ending the exclusion of same-sex 'Domestic Partnership' Options to ples and 38 gay male couples) were studied and the 2011 state legislative sessions underway, we couples from marriage. profiled at three separate times during their first expect an increase in both pro- and anti-LGBT leg­ User Profiles year of adoptive parenthood. islation and we will continue to work closely with Freedom to Marry will be running ads nationwide state LGBT groups and allies in the fight for equal­ featuring gay, lesbian and straight couples talking The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Dr. Goldberg's research indicates that, among ity in communities everywhere." about why marriage matters to them. The organi­ (GLAAD), the nation's LGBT media advocacy and same-sex couples raising adoptive children during zation has pledged to raise and spend $10 mil­ anti-defamation organization, today applauded the first year those who lived in states with anti- Highlights of the report include: lion over the next three years on the Why Marriage Facebook for adding In a Civil Union' and In a Do­ gay laws and social attitudes had more mental Matters campaign, which launched during Free­ mestic Partnership' options to user profiles. The health issues than those who lived in states that Marriage Equality: Marriage equality took efiect in dom to Marry Week on Valentine's Day with an ini­ option is now available for users in the US, provide a more supportive legal and social envi­ both New Hampshire and the District of Columbia tial national cable buy on CNN. Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Aus­ ronment towards gay parenting and parents. In in 2010, while several state legislatures battled tralia. addition, same-sex couples who reported higher back proposals to amend state constitutions to "Across the country the thinking of many Ameri­ perceived workplace support, higher family sup­ prohibit same-sex couples from marrying. The cans, from the president to the people next door, "Facebook sent a clear message in support of gay port and more gay-friendly neighborhoods reported Maryland attorney general issued an advisory continues to - as President Obama put it - and lesbian couples to users across the globe," better mental health than those who reported poor opinion allowing the state to recognize out-of-ju- 'evolve' toward support for same-sex couples join­ said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "By acknowl­ risdiction same-sex marriages. In this election ing in the freedom to marry. Freedom to Marry's edging the relationships of countless loving and workplace, family, and neighborhood support. committed same-sex couples in the U.S. and year, most states shied away from marriage legis­ team has crunched over a decade's worth of abroad, Facebook has set a new standard of inclu­ The full article, Stigma, Social Context, and Mental lation. polling data and field experience to crack the code sion for social media. As public support for mar­ Health: Lesbian and Gay Couples Across The Tran­ on moving the reachable but not yet reached," riage equality continues to grow, we will continue sition to Adoptive Parenthood, is available in PDF Relationship Recognition: Governors played an in­ said Evan Wolfson, Founder and President of Free­ to work for the day when all couples have the op­ format on Dr. Goldberg's strumental part in both moving relationship recog­ dom to Marry. "By engaging friends, families, and portunity to marry and have their relationship rec­ website: httpy/www.clarku.edu/faculty/goldberg/p nition forward and in stymieing progress. The neighbors in personal conversations about why ognized by their community, both online and off." ublications.html legislatures in both Illinois and Hawaii passed civil marriage matters, each of us can help fair-minded union bills, but Hawaii's governor vetoed the legis­ people wrestling with a lack of information and Dr. Goldberg's landmark 2010 book Lesbian and lation. Colorado and New York added to the num­ uncertainty, and change hearts and minds." In October 2010, Facebook partnered with GLAAD Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the ber of benefits available to same-sex couples. and other national LGBT organizations to create Family Life Cycle, also published by the American Freedom to Marry analyzed over 85 data-sets rep­ "Network of Support," an educational initiative Psychological Association, was the first full-length Schools and Anti-LGBT Bullying: Bills addressing resenting 6 years of research to develop messages that works to combat anti-LGBT cyberbullying. analysis of the research on gay parenting, sum­ bullying, harassment and discrimination faced by that are proven to be effective in swaying public GLAAD also worked with Facebook to reshape the marizing research data on the subject from the students made more progress than any other leg­ opinion around marriage. In particular, the data way that the site responds to hateful, anti-LGBT 1970's to the present. That research was consis­ islation with a direct impact on the lives of LGBT showed that people who have had conversations comments posted on public pages. Facebook's tent in suggesting that the outcomes and well- people. Recognizing the particular vulnerability of with their gay and lesbian friends about why mar­ "Network of Support" is comprised of five leading being of children raised by gay and lesbian students subjected to harassment, state legisla­ riage matters to them are more likely to support LGBT advocacy organizations in conjunction with parents were no different than those of children tures across the country adopted anti-bullying the freedom to marry. By shifting the conversation MTV's "A Thin Line" campaign, including GLAAD, raised by heterosexual parents. bills. The new laws vary widely and not all provide from a focus on rights to a conversation about GLSEN, HRC, PFLAG and The Trevor Project. enumerated protections, though all make sub­ shared values of love and commitment, support stantial improvements on the prior laws. for the freedom to marry grows. In partnership with American Psychological Assoc HRC Foundation Releases Comprehensive State-By-State local and state groups, the Why Marriage Mat­ Publishes New Research by Dr. Adoption: While Courts in two states struck down Legislative Report ters campaign will include a variety of mixed Abbie E. Goldberg, Authority on discriminatory laws that had made it nearly im­ media advertising, including TV, radio, and online Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their possible for gay and lesbian parents to adopt, and ads. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the ed­ a new law in New York secured the rights of LGBT Children ucational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, parents, anti-equality legislators in several states "Marriage matters to gay people in similar ways bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, have introduced discriminatory bills that would at­ that it matters to everyone. Gay and lesbian cou­ Stigma, Social Context, and Mental Health: Les­ today released a comprehensive state-by-state re­ tack the rights of all unmarried parents in both ples want to get married to make a lifetime com­ bian and Gay Couples Across The Transition to port detailing LGBT-related legislation in 2010 and adoption and foster care. A new law in New York mitment to the person they love and to protect Adoptive Parenthood, groundbreaking new re­ an outlook for 2011. The report indicates that the secured the rights of LGBT parents as equality ad­ their families," said Thalia Zepatos, Director of search about gay adoptive parents by Dr.

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