Time To Call Your Senator! Governor Paterson has been calling for a vote by the New York Senate on the gay marriage bill. Everybody says it’s...
In Hitchcock’s 1935 thriller, The 39 Steps, a man has to go on the run to save himself. In a similar fashion, Obama and the Democratic...
In the state that’s been host to a slew of homophobic hate crimes recently, and can even hang its head in shame for kicking a gay...
Stephen Colbert explained last night – in ways I never could have! – why we held The Great Nationwide Kiss-In! Just as a reminder, as I...
In Maine and Washington state, voters are getting a say in whether or not gays can have equal partnership rights. In Maine, same sex marriage, already...
The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill is one step closer to being reality. My prediction is that on Saturday night, at the HRC Annual Dinner, President...
You know how you can identify a professional operation? Read their press releases. Then read one from the National Organization For Marriage. Say, this one: “NATIONAL...
Despite the 72 degrees here in Manhattan, there’s a crispness in the air. It’s fall, the season that is supposed to represent the beginning of dormancy,...
Hello, Friends! With just eight days left, I wanted to update you on our plans for New York City’s Great Nationwide Kiss-In! When I thought back...
Happy Birthday, 14th Amendment! Recent advances in gay marriage have created an interesting – and I use that term generously – cornucopia of marriage situations. In...
States Offering Full Marriage Equality Have Lowest Rates Of Child Homelessness Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on Father’s Day, 2009. There are 2.9 million children...
Attorney General Commemorates Stonewall Wednesday, Defends DOMA Thursday On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, once heralded by the gay community as someone who would work to...
The sheer volume of news over the past twenty-four hours has caused me to step back a bit and reflect. And here’s what I’m seeing: Americans...
Should Old Acquaintance be forgot, and never thought upon; The flames of Love extinguished, and fully past and gone: Is thy sweet Heart now grown so...
It’s Time The Most Diverse Group In History Became One   As an independent voice in LGBT politics, I have the luxury and the responsibility...