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• WILMERHALE BE VISNARY NATNAL LEGAL PARTNER OF THE NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• FDG A GAY-FRIENDLY ATTORNEY
• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• SELENDY & GAY, NOW WH 50 LIGATORS, ADDS MORE NAME PARTNERS
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

WILMERHALE BE VISNARY NATNAL LEGAL PARTNER OF THE NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Although the legalizatn of same-sex marriage has provid many rights and protectns to same-sex married upl that did not exist prevly, there are still many rights and protectns that are enjoyed by heterosexual married upl which are not currently provid for homosexual married upl. The Natnal Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is exced to announce that global law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickerg Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) has joed the Natnal Legal Partnership at the Visnary Level. This partnership dit their mment to support NGLCC and s missn to promote bs efforts and direct lks between lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) bs owners, rporatns and ernment.

Most recently, the Corporate Equaly Inx, an annual survey admistered by the HRC, intified WilmerHale as a 2013 bt place to work for lbian, gay bisexual and transgenr equaly. We are pecially aware of the unique needs of the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intergenr, and all muni. A lot of gay and lbian upl, married and unmarried, don't like "hband" and "wife.

" Perhaps was that reticence which nfed the Associated Prs a few months back when had, at first, refed to e "hband" and "wife" for gay upl unls they ed the words far, a month to the marriage, the word age has been touch and go. In New Zealand, which had been further ahead on civil rights for women, gays and digeno peopl, femists had long ago succsfully phed asi the terms "hband" and "wife.

FDG A GAY-FRIENDLY ATTORNEY

" There was even this term " facto partners" to scribe heterosexual (and homosexual) upl who were livg together but not married. (Speakg wh iends New Zealand recently, they tell me that "hband" and "wife" are beg ed a b more now, and that's tertg nsirg New Zealand has also legalized gay marriage. In New Zealand, when I would take a b and chat wh the driver and mentn that my partner tght at the universy, I didn't have to reveal I was gay -- out myself -- and wonr if the nversatn's tenor would sudnly shift bee the driver was unfortable or a homophobe.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

Am I ristant to "hband" bee forc you to out yourself a suatn, and that sense, is actually a bolr and more radil word for gays?

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Speakg about wh people over the past month, seems to me a lot of married gay and lbian upl still e the word "partner. " So, will those of who are gay or lbian jt get ed to "hband" and "wife, " particularly future generatns, or will gays help to mix up a b, and maybe even fluence some straight people to e "partner?

SELENDY & GAY, NOW WH 50 LIGATORS, ADDS MORE NAME PARTNERS

At Pri Legal, our missn is to provi a work of experienced attorneys to the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and tersex muni, other mory muni and the muny at large. If you are lookg for an attorney who is attuned to the specific needs of the gay and lbian muny, we n help.

Fd out more about Pri Legal and how we n help you fd a gay-iendly attorney Los Angel for your se. Then you disver that your spoe or partner is, fact, gay. How to Regnize Your Spoe Is Gay.

Unls your spoe shar their sexual orientatn wh you, there is no way to know for sure if they are gay.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

You notice pop-ups of gay pornography or gay datg s on their vic. You notice a new group of iends on their social media, many of whom are openly gay.

You notice them talkg more about gay people nversatn, eher a posive light or rogatory manner. Among the upl, when the gay, lbian, or bisexual partner out, a third of the upl break up immediately; another third stay together for one to two years and then spl; the remag third try to make their marriag work.

There's no qutn that learng your partner is gay when you believed them to be straight n be extremely difficult. Some straight/gay marriag are happy unns. Blame yourself for "turng" your partner gay.

No one n turn someone else gay. The experience of disverg your partner is gay n be overwhelmg.

People do not choose who they are attracted to, so make sure to not direct homophobic backlash towards your partner. Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed.