This conference was scheduled to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the coming of civil unions to the state of Vermont -- a first in the United States. It also marked the 2009 creation of the option of legal marriage for same-sex couples in the state -- the result of a legislative overturning of a gubernatorial veto, the first such legislative creation of marriage equality in the country.

This gathering of scholars and advocates use the Vermont anniversaries as launching points for considering the question of how social and legal change have been made in the area of marriage equality.

Co-sponsored by the Vermont Law School and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at UVM.