North Carolina has a terrible record on the civil rights front, especially when it comes to treatment of their LGBT community and marriage equality. What the...
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...
“Anonymous,” the Internet hacking activists or, “hactivists,” today reportedly took down the Internet websites of the “God Hates Fags” church, also known as the Westboro Baptist...
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...
Happy Ground Hog Day! Today is the day the American people across the country — suffering from one of the harshest winters in memory — have...
Editor’s note: This guest post is by Sean Carlson of the Family Equality Council. Read Sean Carlson’s previous article at The New Civil Rights Movement, “In Virginia, Governor...
“Anonymous,” a well-known group of Internet hackers, or “hactivists,” reportedly set their keyboard sights on the virulently anti-gay group known as “God Hates Fags,” and the “church” responded...
They say, keep your friends close and your enemies (oh, apologies, as President Obama meant to say, “opponents,”) closer, so what could be closer than your...
CBS News released an opinion poll last evening on gays and lesbians in the U.S. military that reflects strong support among Democrats and Independents to repeal...
Our sixth story comes from another religious young man who happens to be bisexual. It is in his friends he finds the acceptance he needs and...
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...
Editor’s Note: This is our fourth and, sadly, final post in honor of National Poetry Month, thanks to guest blogger Julia Garbowski, who conceived the idea...
With six you get eggroll, and with Republican Senators Brown, Snowe, Collins, and Murkowski you get sixty-one votes to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” That doesn’t...
The United States Senate at 3:30 PM ET today voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 65-31, following a successful cloture vote of 63-33. Eight Republicans...
You remember newly-minted West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the only Democratic Senator who voted against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal? Manchin, after the vote, claimed he...