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Op-Ed: Life After DOMA is Costly for One Binational Lesbian Couple
Women

Op-Ed: Life After DOMA is Costly for One Binational Lesbian Couple

Many of you have already read about my family through SheWired over the years. My name is Philippa and I am a British citizen. My wife Inger is an American citizen. We met via the internet in February 2008 and I travelled to Colorado in September 2008, to meet Inger and her daughter Evelyn. To cut a long story short, our relationship blossomed, Evelyn started to view me as a parent and it was clear that we all wanted a life together as a family.

Op-Ed: Same-Sex Binational Couples Alone at the Holidays but Hopeful DOMA will be Overturned
Women

Op-Ed: Same-Sex Binational Couples Alone at the Holidays but Hopeful DOMA will be Overturned

I am Philippa. I am British and live in the UK. My wife Inger is an American citizen and lives in the USA with her 12-year-old daughter Evelyn. We are a family separated by DOMA who just want our lives to begin together.

Heartbreak for Lesbian Binational Couple: What's Changed in a Year
Women

Heartbreak for Lesbian Binational Couple: What's Changed in a Year

In October 2010, Shewired kindly published an article about my partner Inger and me, relating the story of our lives as a binational couple separated due to DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act). So -- a year has gone by and what has changed? Lesbian couple Inger and Philippa are married, and yet one is English and the other American. They can not legally be together in this country.

Bi-National Lesbian Couple's Plea to Repeal DOMA - VIDEO
Women

Bi-National Lesbian Couple's Plea to Repeal DOMA - VIDEO

Marriage equality in America doesn't exist because of DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act). My partner Inger and I are a bi-national couple. We've been together for 3.5 years and still we have to live separately. This video is an honest portrait of us and our daughter, using music, pictures and an interview with the strongest woman I've ever met; my wife. Please take seven minutes to watch this and if it has an affect on you, help us change this situation.