National Freedom to Marry Month!

Freedom to Marry Month is hosted by Marriage Equality USA as a nationwide demonstration demanding the rights of same-sex couples to be able to marry. The actions involve a peaceful demonstration in front of city halls and in locations across the country to raise awareness about the 1,138 rights and benefits being denied to LGBTQ families.

For a listing of events or to add your own please visit MEUSA.

Straight Woman Offers Right to Marry on Ebay

In a clever bit of activism a straight unmarried woman named Jamie Frevele from New York is reacting to the NY Senate voting down marriage equality by offering her right to marry to the highest bidder. Proceeds will go to the Point Foundation which provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

A snippet of her ebay auction listing:

"I'm an unmarried heterosexual woman, and since I probably won't be using my right to get married, I would like to give it away. I would like to sell it to the highest bidder and donate the proceeds to an organization that supports LGBT rights since the government designed to protect all of us is picking and choosing based on what they think is icky, weird, or unkown to them.

Bid now, and you can have my super wonderful privilege and legal ability to get married as many times as you want in a classy place like the one pictured. You don't have to know the person, you don't have to like them, you don't have to think through your decision to get married or anything - you can just do it! Because you can! Come on, it's cool to get married, and think of the pictures you'll have to show people of this person that they will definitely think is so wrong for you and probably is! But heavens to BETSY, do NOT marry someone of the same gender because that would be a mockery of the institution of marriage"

Check out her entire piece and possibly even join the bidders, oh and shipping is included!

Vote for Your Favorite Freedom to Marry Video and Win Prizes!

The Los Angeles gay and lesbian center's Project Pushback, an opportunity for people to submit video messages for marriage equality has ended.

Now the public can sign up and vote on their favorite videos until June 16th, and enter to win a Sony HD Video Camera.

With more than 60 videos to choose from, head on over to Vimeo and vote for your favorites in the contest for new messages for the freedom to marry.