I was on my way to class when I got the email. It was a normal day like any other: near the end of senior year,...
In a bold move, the British government announced this week its new policy of tying foreign aid to LGBT human rights situations in countries it supports....
Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, a lesbian, just announced her candidacy to run for the Senate seat currently held by Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl, who is retiring....
Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder just tweeted about his video urging viewers and fans to sign his petition to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Somerhalder...
Michele Bachmann’s memoir will be published in November, although it currently does not have a title. In the book, which many assume was ghost-authored, Bachmann reportedly...
From all accounts forthcoming from Washington, D.C.  late this afternoon, the media is reporting, with very little differentiation that a political resolution to the Republicans’ manufactured deficit ceiling crisis has been...
Yesterday and this week, we honor our transgender sisters and brothers, recognize the power of the Occupy Movement as mayors and police organize against fellow citizens and rely on journalists...
International Gay Saudi Diplomat Denied Political Asylum By U.S. Former Saudi Arabian diplomat Ali Ahmad Asseri, apparently a gay man, whose diplomatic status was revoked by...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the appointment of daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres as a Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness during a major address about...
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia. Learn more about it! All this, and more, today at The New Civil Rights Movement. Schwarzenegger Vetoed 2 Gay Marriage Bills, Fathered...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pointedly referenced a “disturbing trend of 2010 was the repression of vulnerable minorities, including racial and ethnic and religious minorities along with lesbian,...
The United Nations this week, in an historic vote led by the United States and cosponsored by 85 countries, voted to condemn violence against LGBT people...
Barack Obama is on the rise. A new Associated Press/Roper poll taken May 5 – 9 finds 60% of Americans approve of the way Barack Obama is...
In 2011, the world witnessed the heinous murder of David Kato, a Ugandan gay activist who was bludgeoned to death in January, setting a sober tone...
Here’s a photo of President Obama, Joe Biden, and a gasping Hillary Clinton, along with members of the national security team, receiving an update on the mission...