Pat Robertson says that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger “set the stage for Adolph Hitler,” and accuses the “evil” organization of “genocide.” The televangelist made his...
New Civil Rights Movement contributor Clinton Fein, who was born and grew up in South Africa under apartheid, shares his thoughts on today’s passing of Nelson...
A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (image, above, 1959) has written poetry, translations, fiction, theater, art criticism,...
To this day, few know that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s right hand man, the architect of the March on Washington, was openly-gay African-American Bayard Rustin. To...
GetEQUAL LGBT activists have been pressuring President Obama to sign an executive order extending non-discrimination for LGBT workers employed by federal contracts, while hoping  Obama will...
 “New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do.†– Jay Z (Featuring Alicia Keyes)  “On the backstreets of America,...
The U.S. Supreme Court has just announced it has agreed to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; Academy Award-winning actor and activist Morgan Freeman narrates HRC‘s new marriage equality ad, “Dawn of a New Day for Marriage Equality,” which “vividly displays our...
“I worked hard and sacrificed to get what I get,  Ladies, it ain’t easy being independent.†– Destiny’s Child, Independent Women 1 The election is days...
“God will never be for homosexual marriages. God is against anybody who is for homosexual marriages.” Perhaps the most-damning event in the history of the National Organization For...
 “Take it from me, someday we’ll all be free.” – Donny Hathaway 1 After watching Paul Ryan give his speech at the Republican National Convention,...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre claims that Jovan Belcher‘s girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, would be alive today if she only had...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};Stuart Wilber and John Breitweiser got married today, the first day the state of Washington allowed same-sex couples to enter into the institution...
Felipe Matos on Monday became GetEQUAL‘s new Field Director. Matos, who says he is both queer and undocumented, is perhaps in a unique position to assess and act...
Billy Graham, the 93-year old evangelical Christian televangelist pioneer who first came to prominence during the Harry S. Truman administration more than six decades ago, today...