How allowing gays to marry in California could rescue a state teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Guest author Terry Angel Mason explains. “Today, you would...
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...
In an attempt to stifle Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) repeal –– repeal which was aided today by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — Â Rep....
Brandon McInerney, who at the age of 14 took a gun to school and shot and killed 15-year old Larry King, pleaded guilty and just was...
Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring June National LGBT Pride Month. President Bill Clinton was the last to do so, and only once. President George W....
Is GOProud, the gay Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, “self-loathing?” Michelangelo Signorile, the gay, longtime author, activist, and radio host, says, yes. “First off,...
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 stated in “Marriage Equality Through A Netroots Nation Looking Glass,” I was at Netroots Nation, a progressive conference, this past weekend in Las Vegas,...
For better or for worse, America will be truly changed after November’s midterm elections. Eight months from today, America will vote for thirty-nine Governors, the entire...
On tonight’s Hardball, Chris Matthews moderated a debate between the Chair of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, and the Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty...
While America and the LGBT community are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow, the UN Human Rights Council today begins the Ninth Universal Periodic Review...
President Obama reaches out to LGBTQ youth and teens to say, “It gets better.” This is a very powerful message coming from the leader of the...
On tonight’s Hardball, Chris Matthews discussed Jon Heilemann’s upcoming NY Magazine cover story, “President Palin,” and Heilemann’s contention that there is a “growing consensus” that Palin...
Igor Volsky in Thinkprogress’ The Wonk Room reports on yet another assault on the gay community by Tea Party-supported Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX): “During an appearance...
Chris Matthews discussed the new-found Republican support of marriage equality with Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and Log Cabin Republican executive director R. Clarke Cooper...