Binational Couples Fight for Equality: working to stop deportations, separations and exile of gay and lesbian binational couples caused by the Defense of Marriage Act and U.S. immigration law.

UPDATES FROM THE DOMA PROJECT

Debbie and Sjoukje in Exile: Twelve Years Together, Separated from their American Family Because of DOMA

May 17th, 2013

In a very short time there will be a ruling that affects a lot of people. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for and against Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the Senate, legislators are[...]

Leif and Morris: DOMA Forces Gay American to Move to New Zealand, Far from Friends and Family

May 16th, 2013

Morris and I first met on an internet site in July 2008. Morris was planning to come to San Francisco in September of that year to attend the Folsom Street Fair. When we met on October 1, it was really love at[...]

Gay U.S. Army Veteran Sacrifies Home and Financial Security, Uprooted and Forced into Exile By DOMA

May 16th, 2013

Jay and I met in a chat room online back in 2009. For a year we simply chatted every day. Neither of us knew what the other even looked like until late 2009 when we decided to try Skype. From[...]

Mindi and Bev: A Love Story That Began Almost Three Decades Ago, Continues With a Fight to Be Together in the U.S.

May 15th, 2013

We first met almost 28 years ago, when I was a college exchange student in London and Bev was on her young adult walk-about off that big island called Australia. We met on a month-long tour through Europe before my[...]

Together for 25 Years Through Thick and Thin, Marie and Leigh Share Their Story: Why We Must Defeat DOMA

May 14th, 2013

I am Marie, a US citizen in a domestic partnership with my Canadian life partner, Leigh. Though many see us as “married,” we legally cannot marry in California, and even if we could our marriage would not be recognized by[...]

Mother's Day Present for North Carolina Lesbian Couple: BIA Rejects USCIS "DOMA Denial" of Green Card Petition

May 14th, 2013

Just before Mother's Day this North Carolina family learned that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) rejected the denial of the marriage-based green card petition they had filed last year. The BIA sent the case back to the U.S. Citizenship[...]

Missing Husband: David and Jason Spend Their Sixth Anniversary Apart, Separated by 6,000 Miles and DOMA

May 13th, 2013

On May 12, 2007, I sat in a restaurant in West Hollywood swearing off men forever after a string of bad relationships. That was until my future husband walked in. My friend James noticed my distraction, took the lonely stranger’s plate[...]

Exiled in South Africa, Dan and Keith Meet with U.S. Consular Officials to Discuss DOMA's Impact

May 12th, 2013

My name is Dan Brotman, and I am a 26-year-old dual American/Israeli citizen from Lexington, Massachusetts. For the past two years, I have been living in Cape Town with my South African fiancé, Keith Mienies. I arrived in Cape Town[...]

Online Workshop: Fiancé(e) Visa Petitions for Gay and Lesbian Couples after DOMA

May 10th, 2013

In-Depth Information on Fiancé(e) Visa Petitions Online Workshop with Attorney Lavi Soloway In this workshop, DOMA Project co-founder, attorney Lavi Soloway, will provide in-depth information on fiancé(e) visa petitions for gay and lesbian binational couples.  This workshop is the fourth in a[...]

Rick and Gonzalo: Love Without Borders, Five Years Spent Fighting DOMA and Building a Life Together

May 10th, 2013

  Rick and Gonzalo met online in the first days of January 2008. It was cold and dark in Northern California where Rick lived, but it was the middle of a hot summer in Cordoba, Argentina, which was Gonzalo's home. All[...]

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