Editor’s note: This piece was written by Justin Elzie, the first Marine to come out under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He served as an openly-gay Marine...
Editor’s Note: David Mailloux is an LGBT activist and an organizer with Join the Impact Massachusetts. He was an organizer for the National Equality March in...
One step forward, two steps back. Literally. Virginia gay state workers’ anti-discrimination protections were stripped away just days after newly-elected Governor Bob McDonnell took office. McDonnell...
Child Homelessness Is Higher In States With Gay Marriage Bans The exquisite FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver writes today, in, “Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage...
One year ago, President Barack Obama delivered an address full of hope and promise at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2009 Annual Dinner, saying, “I’m here with...
Editor’s note: This is the second in our month-long series, “The Out October Project,” designed to “help bring realization into people’s lives that there are others...
Yes, Lady Gaga is taking a road trip to Portland, Maine, to urge moderate Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to stand up to Senator...
What: Netroots Nation 2010: A progressive conference for bloggers and activists to help promote change. Where: Las Vegas, Nevada Why: To understand what we can do...
“Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama†is a new media campaign launched to underscore the urgent need for congressional action and presidential leadership...
Yesterday I wrote, “Ricky Martin Comes Out: ‘I Am Homosexual.’ In Other News, The Earth Is Round.” The title itself got a lot of guffaws on...
As I wrote ““Faggot,†“Nigger,†“Baby-Killer,†“Boo!†Welcome To The New GOP,” I had planned to do a follow-up, explaining why I used the actual slurs...
After fending off a recently-reported bombshell rumor, New York’s Governor David Paterson, the man who succeeded Eliot Spitzer after a sex-scandal resignation, has decided to not...
You’ll remember “Section 8” most from the 1970s TV series M*A*S*H, when Corporal Klinger tried to use it to obtain a psychiatric discharge. Section 8, (the...
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong, 1938 The Democratic Party leadership’s performance over the past 365 days is...
Don’t believe Collins and Brown until their votes are counted and the ink is dry. Saying, “Democrats hoping to move forward with legislation other than tax...