Each letter/word associated with the acronym LGBTQ IA+ will be explained. In addition, conversations about biases, same sex marriage, and DMV gender markers will occur. The function of an LGBTQ IA+ Liaison, pol
Loving v. Virginia: A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races, holding that these anti-miscegenation statutes violated both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendmen
They provided marriage counseling and gave couples “guidance in adequate methods of contraception.” Local governments trained midwives and nurses to encourage family planning. Employers, unions, and nonprofits pushed the idea of smaller families and helped spread information about how to achieve them....
A legislative body works best when it consists of individuals of good will who recognize their differences—political as well as regional—and yet are willing to work together to hammer out viable compromises that address the needs of all Virginians. In November, I hope the voters elected to ...
To end on a more hopeful note, is a song from World War II, written in 1942, in fact. The United States had been at war less than a year, though it had been a long war in Europe already. I didn’t recognize this one from the title, “When the Lights Go On Again (All Over ...
The kidnapped woman was a striking, moonfaced beauty namedYut Ho. Evidence only recently brought to light by historianScott Zeschindicates she was a properly married woman who was kidnapped by a company to be sold into marriage. That company was led by a master manipulator named Yo Hing, who...
declared his purpose to take her in marriage. At this scene, Madame de la Tour, recalling the desolate situation in which she had been left by her relations, her widowhood, and the kind reception she had met with from Margaret, succeeded now by the soothing hope of a happy union between...
A September 2011 Public Policy Polling survey found that 19% of West Virginia voters thought same-sex marriage should be legal, while 71% thought it should be illegal and 10% were not sure. A separate question on the same survey found that 43% of West Virginia voters supported the legal ...
I happened upon your site while researching my own first cousin lines of the marriage between John Thomas Ballard (b. 1/6/1834) m. (9/7/1854) Effie Winlock (b. 5/13/1833). Her grandfather, General Joseph Winlock is my 4G grandfather. I believe we share many ‘allied’ family crossov...
He stood before me; I knew something was off, but I didn’t recognize him in time, and Malik managed to send me to a dark place before they could stop him. Logan’s rage was the only thing that brought me back. But now that he has discovered my location, how can I escape him ...