I remember Cathy Woolard for her tenacious courting of former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn during the military gay ban repeal fight in 1993. I nicknamed her “old...
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) was the only member of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation absent from their It Gets Better video supporting LGBTQ youth, released Wednesday. Senator Brown,...
But first, my own thoughts: Fifty years ago, in May, 1961, President John F. Kennedy said, before a Joint Session of Congress, “First, I believe that...
Glee racked up 12 of the 504Â Emmy Award nominations on the 2011 list, including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Also on the list for Glee...
Betty Ford, former First Lady, popular and outspoken wife of the late President Gerald R. Ford, a woman who became the nation’s leading advocate for treatment of...
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Political Asylum By U.S. Former Saudi Arabian diplomat Ali Ahmad Asseri, apparently a gay man, whose diplomatic status was revoked by...
At West Point Friday evening, Michelle Obama delivered a graduation speech — along with a gentle nod to gay and lesbian families — to graduates and...
Fifty years ago this past weekend, the Freedom Riders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which included student leaders Diane Nash and John Lewis, decided...
Today we celebrate the birthday of John F. Kennedy. Born in 1917, the first president born in the 20th century, violently taken too soon from us,...
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...
Boldly Disappointing Everyone It must suck to be Mitt Romney. Well actually, as Mitt is fabulously wealthy, well-connected, famous, and enjoys the sort of lifestyle where...
Michele Bachmann, speaking in Iowa earlier this month, said, “We serve a mighty God,” as she “testified” about her Evangelical Christian faith to a small crowd on...
Last week, Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner announced he would in fact spend your tax dollars to hire private lawyers to defend DOMA, the...
United We Win: Memorial Day Weekend At The New Civil Rights Movement  “Recent oil price hikes increasingly look like the result of speculation,” wrote The...
JFK, President John F. Kennedy, the first American President born in the 20th century, the youngest elected to the office, and our only Catholic President, was...