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The Chicago Chapter of the NMB (National Marriage Boycott) is up and running....  Sorry it's been a bit slow, but grad school is a bit intense at the moment. 

 Most of NMB’s branches are based in universities.  As students, we often think of marriage equality as an issue affecting aspects of our lives unrelated to education.  But it is important to note that indeed, marriage equality affects something as real and pivotal to higher education access as the financial aid system. LGBT people are already at a disadvantage financially for education, being three times as likely to have an income below $10,000, facing employment discrimination without…

Last week several members of NMB's National Executive Team coordinated a protest in front of the Immigration Office of San Francisco.

As you may know, in February, President Obama declared that the federal courts should stop defending DOMA’s constitutionality.  Binational same-sex couples were…

We’re asking you to sign a change.org petitionbegun by the LGBT immigration equality organization Out4Immigration.  The petition is directed at President Obama and asks for an executive directive to have  USCIS continue prioritizing green card applications from same-sex…

            We at National Marriage Boycott are excited that President Obama has made his first symbolic step towards a disavowal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  Obviously, our boycott is contingent on the existence of DOMA, and we would like to see this economically and socially unjust legislation repealed as soon as possible.  Obama’s actions last week, however, do not constitute death for DOMA.  Instead, he has simply ordered the Department of Justice to stop upholding the…

Throughout my college years, I worked with the campus sexual violence prevention organization and the sexuality and gender activists. It was the connections I made through those organizations that brought me to National Marriage Boycott. My main interests in school were sexual violence prevention and sexuality education.

One thing I did not study in depth and wish I had is the difference between civil unions and marriage. I know it varies by state and it is constantly…

Even with Repeal of” Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”, Transgender Individuals are still barred from Military Service

Several student organizations at Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia have launched a new campaign against the return of ROTC to college campuses in light of the repeal of DADT due to their policy of discrimination towards transgender service members. The National Marriage Boycott, the largest…

As a youth LGBT organization, we definitely get our share of questions about coming out.  We realize that the decision to come out (or not) is highly individual and a number of factors (including family acceptance, economic resources, community support, etc) are involved.  The common feature of all these decisions is that they require some degree of communication--someone to talk to, in other words.  That "someone" can be online or in person or on the phone or in a book, but it always helps…

Order your friends and family Equality Rings for the Holidays. Click here to…

Janani and I are excited to highlight the 1,137 federal benefits that queer couples are denied because of the Defense of Marriage Act. Never forget -- we are fighting for social…