"We Have Trampled on Your Holy Institution of Holy Matrimony and Tried to Rewrite What It Is and We've Called It an 'Alternate Lifestyle'" Rep. Weber...
1998 Wyoming Attack Remains A Vivid Symbol Of Anti-LGBT Violence
Wednesday night a small but extremely powerful Republican-led House committee killed the last chance ENDA had of passing in the 113th Congress.
Virginia Foxx, the Tea Party Republican U.S. Congresswoman best-known for her lies about Matthew Shepard, today threw a Twitter tantrum spewing lore lies, this time about...
In what may be forever classified as the most persistent childish do-nothing Congress ever, today House Republicans led by Speaker John Boehner voted to repeal the...
As we wrap up this holiday week, it’s a good opportunity to look back on some important news stories, like Anti-​Gay Monster Rich Swier On WWPR, who says...
It’s been an amazing week for gay civil rights! First the awesome DOMA Senate hearing, and now, news that Friday the Pentagon will certify the DADT...
Michele Bachmann, Steve King, Darryl Issa, Mike Pence, and Virginia Foxx — a total of 82 House Republicans — have signed on to co-sponsor a bill...
It’s been an interesting day, and one great for DADT repeal — but not so great for Michele Bachmann supporters. Here’s the news so far today,...
Just as Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) claimed Matthew Shepard’s hate-crime murder was the by-product of a robbery, police in Kampala, Uganda, are calling LGBT activist David...
Matthew Shepard was brutally, savagely, and fatally attacked 13 years ago tonight, possibly exactly thirteen years ago at the very moment you are reading this now....
GOP veteran Congressional staffer of 28 years, Mike Lofgren, who retired in June, just published a 6114 word attack on today’s Republican party, classifying them as “an...
Is it truly possible that in 2011 there could be 19 Democrats in the House who voted for DOMA and against equality? DOMA, the Defense of...
Thought I’d keep a space open here for all your thoughts tonight, and mine. First up: We have a gay U.S. Senator. From Guam! Rand Paul...
When I first started writing “The New Civil Rights Movement,” this blog on marriage equality, politics, and civil rights, I had a deep desire to make...