November 7, 2011
Companies Who Have Filed a Brief Against DOMA

Hats off to the following companies who have legally filed their opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

  • ABT Associates
  • Aetna, Inc.
  • Akamai Technologies, Inc.
  • Alere Inc.
  • Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
  • Biogen Idec, Inc.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass., Inc.
  • Boston Community Capital, Inc.
  • Boston Medical Center Corp.
  • Bright Horizons Children’s Centers LLC
  • Calvert Investments, Inc.
  • CBS Corporation
  • The Chubb Corporation
  • Communispace Corp.
  • Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
  • Diageo North America, Inc.
  • Eastern Bank Corp.
  • Exelon Corp.
  • FitCorp Healthcare Centers, Inc.
  • Gammelgården, LLC
  • Google Inc.
  • Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.
  • Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC
  • Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC
  • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  • Massachusetts Envelope Company, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Financial Services Company
  • Microsoft Corp.
  • National Grid USA, Inc.
  • Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
  • New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
  • New England Cryogenic Center, Inc.
  • NIKE, Inc.
  • The Ogilvy Group, Inc.
  • Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
  • Reproductive Science Center of New England
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
  • Starbucks Corp.
  • State Street Bank and Trust Co.
  • Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
  • Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Co., Inc.
  • Time Warner Cable, Inc.
  • Trillium Asset Management Corp.
  • W/S Development Associates LLC
  • Xerox Corp.
  • Zipcar, Inc.

October 12, 2011
Gay Rights vs. Freedom of Speech going to Supreme Court of Canada

This actually doesn’t pertain just to Queer rights but rather Canada’s hate speech laws in general. If overturned this means you could publicly preech, print, distribute speech advocating the killing of any group of people and spread outright lies and fabrications about any group without facing any penalties.