Today GetEQUAL, the headline-making, pro-equality social justice advocates staged a peaceful, ardent protest near the White House to urge President Obama to sign an Executive Order to ban workplace discrimination by fed contractors. Fifteen activists came from around the country to participate in the demonstration, staged the day after the President declared his support for [...]

Note from Laurel: On Valentine’s Day 2011 my fellow Washingtonians Ben Crowther and Danny Canham joined dozens of other LGBT couples in over 13 states taking part in GetEqual’s direct action “drawing attention to the fact that loving couples – some of whom have been together for decades – are still living as second-class citizens [...]