Charlene Strong’s wife Kate drowned when a flash flood inundated their Seattle home in 2004.  This was pre-domestic partnerships, and the hospital and later the funeral home refused to recognize Charlene as Kate’s partner or wife. Out of the ashes an activist was born.  Charlene has since released the documentary “for my wife…” about her [...]

You lucky folk in DC!  LGBT advocate Charlene Strong is in town this week meeting with President Obama and Senator Patty Murray before screening her award-winning documentary film, FOR MY WIFE.  Charlene suffered the loss of her wife of 10 years, Kate Fleming when a storm flooded their home in 2006, causing her to experience [...]

Following is a message from Courage Campaign Equality Program.  Below the fold are details on how you, no matter where you live, can help make Nov. 3rd a day of triple delight in Washington, Michigan and Maine.  If you are a blogger, grab this code from Courage Campaign and run with it yourself. Help WA, [...]

The second Approve 71 television ad is on!  Take a look right here.  We’re almost half way to our goal of raising $40,000 to keep this powerful and effective ad on the air.  A large donor ban is now in place in Washington that prevents donations of over $5,000.  We now rely completely on small [...]

Equal Right Washington Education Fund has launched the new community education ad “Am I Protected?”. Every day, LGBT people face inequalities that just don’t make sense, from small acts of discrimination to ones with tragic consequences. The hard reality is that we find out what rights we don’t have when we need them the most. [...]