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Joan Rivers joins the growing list of prominent New Yorkers to appear in a Human Rights Campaign video series for marriage equality. Other campaigners so far have included Barbara Bush, daughter of former President George W. Bush, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore, Moby, Fran Drescher, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Kenneth Cole, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

Law and Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni joins the marriage equality video series from the Human Rights Campaign. “Already five states and the District of Columbia have marriage equality,” says the actor, who was born in D.C. and is best known for playing NYPD detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama. “It’s time for New York to lead again.” Other videos in the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality campaign so far have included Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W. Bush; New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg; former mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins; former police commissioner Bill Bratton and Rikki Klieman; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Joan Rivers; Whoopi Goldberg; Lucy Liu; Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon; Russell Simmons; Julianne Moore.

s the New York state senate deliberates whether to vote on the marriage equality bill, Uma Thurman turns up the star power with the latest video in the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality series from the Human Rights Campaign. “What we’re fighting for is a conservative value, the right to make a life-long commitment to someone you love,” says the star of Kill Bill and many other films. So far, HRC has released videos from Harold Ford, Jr., Michael Strahan, Ben & Jerry, Broadway Actors, Vanessa Williams, Anna Wintour, Larry King, Sean Avery, Julianna Margulies, Bill T. Jones, Sam Waterston, World War II veteran Edward Hinz, Christopher Meloni, Mario Batali, David Chang, Tom Colicchio, Lucy Liu, Bill Bratton & Rikki Klieman, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins, Russell Simmons, Mark & Sunrise Ruffalo, John Slattery, Joan Rivers, Barbara Bush, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon, Fran Drescher, Moby, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Julianne Moore, and Kenneth Cole.

Desperate Housewives star and Grammy-winner Vanessa Williams is the newest star to join HRC's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign. She joins a list of celebrities that includes Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W. Bush, U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Anna Wintour, Lucy Liu, Larry King, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, Russell Simmons, Julianne Moore, Christopher Meloni, Moby, Fran Drescher, former Miss New York Claire Buffie, Julianna Margulies, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and Daphne Rubin-Vega just to name a few.

U.S. senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have joined the Human Rights Campaign’s New Yorkers for Marriage Equality video series. Gillibrand, who has embraced equality legislation including “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal since taking office in 2009, says, “Every generation in American has stood up against the injustice of their day. This is our moment. This is our fight. We must stand up against the inequality and fight for justice for all.”

The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies and husband Keith Lieberthal join the video series for marriage equality in New York from the Human Rights Campaign, saying that their understanding of “traditional marriage” includes everyone. “We believe in traditional marriage,” says the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Margulies. “It’s a lifetime commitment to the person you can’t imagine life without.”

Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy, the famed Massachusetts lawmaker and family of an American political dynasty, died Wednesday of brain cancer at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass, CNN reported. The senator was 77. President Barack Obama recently awarded Kennedy the Medal of Freedom.

Grammy and Academy Award-winning musician and out lesbian Melissa Etheridge was part of the tribute to singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors. The 32^nd annual event also recognized writer, composer, actor, director, and producer Mel Brooks; pianist and composer Dave Brubeck; opera singer Grace Bumbry; and actor, director, and producer Robert De Niro. Etheridge was joined by presenters including Aretha Franklin, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone and Jane Krakowski.

Whoopi Goldberg’s documentary on late comedian Moms Mabley, which premieres Monday on HBO, can now say what was kept silent when she was doing her pioneering work — that Moms was a lesbian.