For one year Phi Ngo and Joseph O'Leary lived together in family housing while Joseph worked toward a degree in history at the University of Hawaii (Manoa). But when the couple reapplied for family housing the following year, the university said no.
After 10 years of waiting— and with a scheduled trial less than two weeks away — Sergeant Mitchell Grobeson finally got a big part of what he has been fighting so long for: protection.
In 2007, the United States House of Representatives passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), in a 235-184 vote, providing federal workplace protections for gays and lesbians, but not transgender people.
The Supreme Court of New York for Westchester County held that County Executive Spano can recognize out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples living in Westchester County.