WASHINGTON – The Senate’s so-called Gang of Eight today introduced its new immigration bill, and LGBT binational couples are not mentioned.

LGBT groups and allies said they are hoping that the bill will be amended to include protections for binational couples who are gay and lesbian.
Of the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, about 267,000 identify as LGBT. Of that total, about 40,000 are binational couples.

WASHINGTON -- GetEQUAL today announced a national leadership transition.

Two of the national civil rights group's leaders, Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez and Heather Cronk, will become co-directors and Robin McGehee, co-founder and current director, will shift into the role of movement-building strategist.

These new responsibilities are effective immediately.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and many members of Congress today attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast hosted by The Fellowship Foundation, a conservative Christian organization more widely known as "The Family."

This secretive organization is known for its global connections to homophobic violence and for supporting legislation around the world that would kill or imprison LGBT people.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Same-sex couples and their friends and family will hold a “Free the Tapes” and “Motion to Marry” rally on the steps of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals building at 1 pm PT on Thursday, Dec. 8, immediately preceding the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s hearing on two key Proposition 8 motions.

The three-judge panel will hear motions on whether videotapes of the Prop 8 trial should be made public and whether the trial court’s exhaustive decision invalidating Prop. 8 should be overturned because the trial judge was gay and in a long-term relationship.