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Demian and Steve Bryant originally founded Partners as a monthly newsletter in 1986. By late 1990 it was reformatted into a bi-monthly magazine. Print publication was halted by 1995 when Demian published Partners as a Web site, which greatly expanded readership.

In 1988, the Partners National Survey of Lesbian & Gay Couples report was published; the first major U.S. survey on same-sex couples in a decade.

In 1996, Demian produced The Right to Marry, a video documentary based on the dire need for equality that was made clear by the data from the survey mentioned above. The video featured interviews with Rev. Mel White, Evan Wolfson, Phyllis Burke, Richard Mohr, Kevin Cathcart, Faygele benMiriam, Benjamin Cable-McCarthy, Susan Reardon, Frances Fuchs, Tina Podlodowski, and Chelle Mileur.

Demian has been the sole operator during the last two decades of Partners.

Demian stopped work on Partners Task Force in order to realize his other time-consuming projects, which include publishing the book “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” - which is now available on Amazon. The book is based on the Partners Survey mentioned above, his interviews of scores of couples, and 36 years of writing hundreds of articles about same-sex couples. It’s also been informed by his personal experience in a 20-year, same-sex relationship.

Demian’s other project is to publish his “Photo Stories by Demian” books based on his more than six decades as a photographer and writer.


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Marriage Bumper Sticker Ideas
© December 3, 2007, Demian

Here are suggestions in support of the freedom to marry for use as bumper stickers, and campaign slogans or ads. These images are copyright and cannot be reproduced without permission. However, we do encourage the use of these phrases and concepts.


#1 — from Steve Bryant
#8 — Demian’s variant on Steve Bryant’s

#3 — from many
#4 — from Demian

#5 — from John Wilkinson & others
#6 — from Demian

#7 — from Demian
 
#9 — from John Wilkinson.
Was used by the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington

Comments on the Above Sticker Ideas

  • I think #9 is the coolest. - Jonathan Kelley
  • I LOVE #8, but I’m afraid that non-gay people won’t feel like it fits appropriately on their cars. I really like the message communicated in #s 5 and 9, but I prefer #5’s presentation. I also really love #7. Thanks for putting this article together. It really helps crystallize what have been intangible concepts until now! - Brian Jacobson, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
  • Refreshing and inspirational! Especially for a lesbian couple in a Caribbean island like Trinidad. We have the same dream too! - F.S. Gomez
Further Slogan Samples
Some sticker suggestions, sent to us from January 1997 to October 1998, went a teensy bit afield of legal marriage. In the spirit of their enthusiasm, we include their slogans as well:
  • SPEAK NOW: Let us marry in peace - Kelly Leonard
  • Marriage should be based on LOVE - Ned Sanderson
  • Marriage is about LOVE: not GENDER - Ned Sanderson
  • If THEY can do it, why can’t WE? - LJ
  • Gay Marriage: What A LOVING Thing! - Dave Poland
  • Dude, marriage is where it’s at. Yo! - Wonda
  • Coming soon to your home town: Freedom to LOVE, Freedom to LIVE … Freedom to MARRY! - Kym
  • If marriage is an institution, open the doors! - evolk
  • Now we are equal: Let marriage be the sequel - shouted in a San Francisco demonstration
  • John: “I do” / William: “I do” / “You may now kiss”: Support Freedom to Marry - Christopher Veilleux
  • Bigots Ban Marriage Rights - Beverly
  • Marriage: a legal right granted to serial killers and denied to law abiding gay & lesbian couples! - Beverly
  • Marriage: something that 16-year-old kids can do with parental consent, but 50-year-old gay men or lesbians can’t. - Beverly
  • Love is not sexist - Christina Shull
  • I Break For Bi-Sexuals - LMR
  • Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians! - Xan
Negative Symbols
For bumper stickers and other advertising messages, we do not recommend use of a pink triangle. This symbol is off-target for affirmative messages. The triangle — like the tattooed number placed on those kidnapped and imprisoned in the death camps — was given us by the Nazis, not a symbol we developed ourselves. Many gay, and non-gay people, do not identify with it, or want to be identified by it, on their cars.

Also, the word “queer” could significantly reduce the user base, excluding many potential supporters.
      [Please see Why Partners Task Force Does Not Use “Queer” to Define Our Community.]

More Bumper Stickers from Demian


Graphics © 2011, Demian
The phrases and ideas on the bumper sticker designs are here for free use,
these particular graphics may not be reprinted without permission.

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