Personal savings accounts would help achieve equality by letting gay or lesbian partners leave part of their savings to their partners, which they cannot do under today's Social Security rules.

I had a very clear vision, of Selina with her hair about her shoulders, a crimson hat upon her head, a velvet coat, ice-skates - I must have been remembering some picture. I imagined myself beside her, the air coming sharply into our mouths. I imagined how it would be if I took her, not to Italy, but only to Marishes, to my sister's house; if I sat with her at supper, and shared her room, and kissed her -

I cannot say what would frighten them most - her being a spirit-medium, or a convict, or a girl.

And let's not make any mistake, or gloss over that fact: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are at risk every day of their lives. Not only are we the group most at risk of violence, we are most at risk of job discrimination, losing our families; homophobia retains its title as the last socially acceptable form of bigotry.

This episode goes into the homes of real families to show that gay and lesbian couples make the same kinds of commitments that straight couples make. These stories show the stark difference in how our government treats same-sex couples, who, without the protections that married couples enjoy, are often left in the cold at times when they are at their most vulnerable.

The group wanted not only to know where voters are on that issue but how they see gay and lesbian rights in totality.

I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist.