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Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples Online from 1995-2022 Demian and Steve Bryant originally founded Partners as a monthly newsletter in 1986. By late 1990 it was reformatted into a bi-monthly magazine. Print publication was halted by 1995 when Demian published Partners as a Web site, which greatly expanded readership. In 1988, the Partners National Survey of Lesbian & Gay Couples report was published; the first major U.S. survey on same-sex couples in a decade. In 1996, Demian produced The Right to Marry, a video documentary based on the dire need for equality that was made clear by the data from the survey mentioned above. The video featured interviews with Rev. Mel White, Evan Wolfson, Phyllis Burke, Richard Mohr, Kevin Cathcart, Faygele benMiriam, Benjamin Cable-McCarthy, Susan Reardon, Frances Fuchs, Tina Podlodowski, and Chelle Mileur. Demian has been the sole operator during the last two decades of Partners. Demian stopped work on Partners Task Force in order to realize his other time-consuming projects, which include publishing the book “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” - which is now available on Amazon. The book is based on the Partners Survey mentioned above, his interviews of scores of couples, and 36 years of writing hundreds of articles about same-sex couples. It’s also been informed by his personal experience in a 20-year, same-sex relationship. Demian’s other project is to publish his “Photo Stories by Demian” books based on his more than six decades as a photographer and writer. |
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Same-Sex Marriage: A Compelling Need © June 4, 2009, Demian This document contains 42 pages addressing the major legal ramifications of civil marriage, and how critical legal marriage is toward protecting same-sex families.
This document was written before legal marriage equality was ruled a national law by the United States Supreme Court in 2015. It has not been updated to reflect the greater availability of civil marriage for same-sex couples.
For a more recent document, which is more focused on the numerous attacks to destroy the right to marry, and how to combat these attacks, please see: “Same-Sex Marriage: Still Under Attack” The “Same-Sex Marriage: A Compelling Need” document may be used in a presentation, or as an outline for your own writing.
The document itself may not be reproduced, by any means, for any commercial use, or in any event for which the presenter receives fees or donations. Commercial use requires permission and a gratuity to be negotiated with Partners Task Force. Use is free for classrooms, and at no-charge speaking engagements.
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