Monday, November 22, 2010

10 gay court cases that changed our world

It's a couple of years old but Change.org's list of the Ten LGBT Court Cases that Changed the Gay Rights Movement is still an important one.

Number one is Romer v. Evans - the good old Amendment 2 case. I was covering the election for The Lambda Report the day Amendment 2 originally passed and can still feel the excitement and anger that was in the air as everybody who was downtown watching the results took to the streets led by such Colorado notables as Roy Romer and Pat Schroeder.

I'm gonna have to track down that old footage one of these days.

But in these days of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and marriage equality court cases, maybe there's something we can learn from these successful verdict about how to make sure we win these fights too.