This Directory provides links to LGBTQ owned and friendly business and services. As you
browse through the directory remember to support business that
respect you and your family.
Opponents of
LGBTQ equality believe they are morally superior to gay and
lesbian families and our supporters. And they have the
backing of the Bush administration whose campaign was financed
by large corporations like Wal-Mart (see the Boycott page for
a complete list of companies who supported Bush).
Instead
of spending money at these and other straight-owned enterprises, why not
spend your hard-earned dollars supporting businesses that support you
and your family?
Use this
directory and our classifieds to purchase products or services
from queer owned or queer friendly merchants. And if you have
something to sell or trade, why not list it here – it’s free!
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queer families conceiving and giving birth for a book.
We hope you will share your story so that others can learn.
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In this directory you will find.... Connecticut gay
and lesbian publications, Connecticut gay bars, Connecticut gay and
lesbian accommodations, Connecticut gay and lesbian business,
Connecticut gay realtors, Connecticut gay travel, Connecticut gay
wedding info, Connecticut gay and lesbian support groups and much
more.
05/22/09. In a case of
first impression, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Eliot D.
Prescott has ruled that the state's law banning employment
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation extends to
hostile environment workplace harassment of gay employees.
04/23/09. A decade-long
battle for marriage equality in Connecticut ended when the
General Assembly voted to update the state's marriage laws
to conform with a landmark court ruling allowing gay and
lesbian couples to tie the knot.
03/07/09. As Connecticut
lawmakers consider updating state law to conform with a
court ruling that allows same-sex marriages, opponents of
gay marriage fear their effort will go too far to promote
homosexuality.
11/13/08. Though many of
us on the West Coast are still despondent over the passage
of Prop 8, there's reason to take heart: in Connecticut
yesterday morning, the first same-sex couples took their
state-sanctioned marriage vows.
11/12/08. Connecticut
state Rep. Beth Bye and her partner Tracey Wilson hope to
make history on Wednesday by becoming the first gay couple
to marry in their town of West Hartford.
11/03/08. Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert has scheduled a
hearing on that date to enter the final judgment in the case
that allows same-sex marriages in the state.
10/10/08. The Supreme Court of Connecticut joined the ranks of
California and Massachusetts Friday to (finally) legalize
same-sex marriage. The decision comes at a potentially
prickly time as the presidential election looms though both
McCain and Obama have, so far, put little rhetorical effort
at making gay rights a wedge issue in the campaign.
