Yesterday I wrote a post about my conversion to being pro LGBT rights.  Here’s an excerpt: Not only were the bereaved LGBT partners denied funeral arrangement rights, they were also denied social security benefits,  next-of-kin hospital visitation rights, spousal funeral and bereavement leave,  next-of-kin status for emergency medical decisions, government death benefits  and inheritance rights. […]

I didn’t grow up in a context where the LGBT community was generally accepted.  I suppose that many in my generation (and those before us) experienced a time when they were (or continue to be) either indifferent or against LGBT rights. Like many people my age, I experienced a conversion of sorts from being anti […]

What if you were told that your spouse cannot be buried next to you? Or that you’ll have to pay a large tax bill upon your spouse’s death that your neighbors, who have been married a shorter time than you and your loved one were, won’t have to? Though the tide has begun to turn, […]