This morning the Republican-led House committee on Energy and Commerce held an embarrassingly political grandstanding hearing designed to discredit Obamacare and to scare Americans from signing...
The president of the Boy Scouts of America, just hours before the National Council is scheduled to vote, said that he believes the Scouts should “Let...
Recently-retired Democratic Congressman Barney Frank says he supports the immigration reform bill that does not contain protections for LGBT binational couples, which the Senate Judiciary Committee passed...
The gunman who shot and killed a 32-year old gay man Friday night in New York City’s Greenwich Village reportedly laughed as he confessed to the...
A Tea Party Republican lawmaker says he would vote to bring back slavery if his constituents wanted it. Nevada state assemblyman Jim Wheeler made the comments in...
Popular MSNBC and CNN contributor, author, and opinion writer Goldie Taylor has become the target of a racist’s death threat. Repeated attacks have been coming from...
Former President George H.W. Bush (W’s dad) was the official witness at the wedding of Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen. The same-sex couple, owners of a...
Calling same-sex marriages “evil,” the Archdiocese that is in charge of Catholic priests serving U.S. service members has released a statement banning its chaplains from presiding...
 In conjunction with our week-long series “Transgender Life in the United States Military,” The New Civil Rights Movement is offering this glossary of terms, via Fenway...
Beloved actress Jane Lynch was on hand to host the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree early this evening. First Lady Michelle Obama with Sasha...
A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate sees a link between the increase of women in the workplace and the increase in mass shootings. Former state...
David and Jason met in 2007, were legally married in New York in 2012, and have been forced apart by DOMA 17 times in the six...
Tea Party Rep. Steve King (R-IA) blames former President Ronald Reagan for President Barack Obama‘s presidency. The ultra-conservative, outspoken Republican says if Reagan had not granted...
Today’s Google doodle is a tribute to graphic designer Saul Bass, the man who worked with Hollywood film greats, like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder,...
Vladimir Putin‘s anti-gay laws didn’t come into being out of thin air. The climate in Russia has been fostering anti-gay hate for decades. But just as...