Posts by Brian Teets, Legal Intern

Southern stories told by the Washington Blade

The Washington Blade recently published a series of articles detailing the quality of life of Southern LGBT individuals. The authors spent a week in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi chronicling accounts of those who have experienced poverty, discrimination, Hurricane Katrina, and other hardships not uncommon to residents of the South.Read More

Florida judge rules in favor of marriage equality, but impact is narrow

Florida became the latest state to have a judge strike down the ban on marriage equality.Read More

Colorado judge jumps on the marriage ban striking bandwagon

A federal judge ruled that Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The decision has been stayed. Read More

Kentucky's ban on marriage equality is ... (spoiler: it's unconstitutional)

Judge rules that Kentucky's ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. Read More

The Hobby Lobby ruling and what it means for you

The Supreme Court delivered a historic opinion yesterday, and it very well could affect you.Read More

Fourth Republican senator supports marriage equality

Susan Collins, senior U.S. Senator from Maine, announced her support for marriage equality yesterday.Read More

Social Security attempts to incorporate marriage equality. Barriers still exist.

The Social Security Administration has been working towards incorporating marriage equality into Social Security benefits. States that do not recognize same-sex marriage will continue to bar access to many Social Security benefits in some cases.Read More