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COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS COMING - MAKE SURE IMMIGRATION EQUALITY FOR SAME-SEX BINATIONAL COUPLES IS INCLUDED»
Immigration rights is a politically charged subject and when you add LGBT immigration to the mix it can be difficult to swallow for some. Our immigration system is designed to bring Americans with loved ones from other countries together not divide them.
OBAMA AND EQUAL IMMIGRATION RIGHTS»
If President Obama stands by his commitment to equal rights for all LGBT Americans and "improve the Uniting American Families Act," or repeal DOMA we will have our immigration equality once and for all. Hold him to his promise.
EQUALITY AND GAY IMMIGRATION RIGHTS?»
It doesn't matter if we get married in a state that allows same-sex marriage or even if we are legally married in the country where we live, not with institutions like DOMA in place. Marriage is regulated by the individual states and immigration is a federal issue.
TO OUR GAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE - WE NEED YOUR HELP»
As we watch you fight for same-sex marriage rights and see the progress being made towards equality, it is difficult for us to celebrate with you. Many of us are already married in other countries, but it doesn't help us. Help us with our immigration nightmare and we'll fight the marriage equality battle with you.
BINATIONAL COUPLES - IT'S OUR TIME FOR IMMIGRATION EQUALITY - BELIEVE»
Our stories are sensitive ones that involve being careful in our attempt to be heard or we could face repercussions. Many of us are ready to take that chance in order to build momentum for immigration equality. Relatively speaking, the wait could be over soon, because for the first time in over a decade people are actually listening to us.
LGBT IMMIGRATION EQUALITY AND THE UNITING AMERICAN FAMILIES ACT»
UAFA will help loving same-sex couples keep their families together without living in fear of harassment or deportation. It would allow same-sex couples to sponsor their “permanent partners” for legal residency in the United States. This right is currently afforded to other Americans where one partner is from another country. UAFA is about basic equality on the federal level, remedying injustice and it's about compassion.

As gay and lesbian Americans, many laws and rights do not apply to us, but this is especially so when it comes to immigrating our family members or loved ones. Once we are put in a position of having to choose between the love of our lives and the love of our country we are left with very few options. When the lack of immigration equality becomes apparent, what comes next is a dark road for many who choose to stay in the country---not knowing when the day will come when they are found out, their loved one deported, fined or put in jail. Many of us take our hopes, our money and our dreams and pack up and move in order to have some sense of normalcy. But, a simple task of returning home to visit our families for a special occasion can quickly become a nightmare when we are cruelly separated from our partners who are held or detained without reason. This site showcases our immigration nightmares as same-sex binational couples and reveals how our lives and the lives of our families are being outright and openly discriminated against on the federal level by the United States government. Same-sex binational couples deserve immediate remedy and restitution for the deliberate pain and suffering caused by psychological abuse and undue hardships caused by our lack of immigration equality in US immigration law and policy. We will be happy just to have our lives back.

EQUAL IMMIGRATION RIGHTS FOR LGBT COUPLES»

Write your representative and tell them to support immigration equality for all Americans»

It's imperative that you tell your family and friends that UAFA and immigration equality for same-sex binational couples MUST be part of ANY Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

IMMIGRATION EQUALITY: THE ROAD TO LGBT FAMILY UNIFICATION HAS BEEN TOO LONG. IT'S SIMPLE. EQUAL IMMIGRATION RIGHTS FOR ALL AMERICANS WITH FOREIGN-BORN SPOUSES OR PARTNERS. WE DEMAND EQUALITY NOW!