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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Dallas County LGBT Marriage Sit-In Leads To Arrests

Gay Dallas couple Mark Jiminez, Beau Chandler arrested after being denied marriage license at Clerk’s Office in Independence Day protest

Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler have been arrested for refusing to leave the Dallas County Clerk's office without their marriage license. They are awaiting a bail hearing. The LGBT equality group GetEQUAL TX organised this protest.

Read The Dallas Voice article : ''This is about not being treated equal''

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Travis County Marriage Equality Sit-In

A sit-in took place on Valentine's Day at the Travis County Clerks Office for equal marriage rights while the Travis County Clerk looks on in support (woman in red suit). The three women, who engaged in the sit-in, were identified to be Brittney Tovar, left, Tiffani Bishop, center, and Iana Di Bona, right.



GetEqualTX along with the First Unitarian Church and the Occupy Austin OccuQueers staged a protest on February 14, 2012 at the Travis County Clerk's Office. Same-sex couples attempted to get marriage licenses, and then some got married outside.

Watch as the three GetEqual activists are arrested and lead away into police custody :



More and more, LGBT civil rights activists are organising into a mass, grassroots movement for equality.

GetEqualTX: http://www.getequaltx.org/
First Unitarian Church of Austin: http://austinuu.org/
Occupy Austin: http://occupyaustin.org/