Today President Obama delivered the commencement address at Barnard College, and, along with Evan Wolfson, the founder of Freedom To Marry, received the Barnard College Medal of Distinction. Below is...
President Obama this morning addressed the United Nations on Palestinian statehood, and discussed the importance of supporting human and civil rights for gays and lesbians, and...
Racism in a highly-diverse region of the country is apparently running rampant. Bosses at a New York City union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, founded in 1892, are...
The man who is the Catholic Church in America’s “marriage expert” has now retracted his statement that the devil makes people homosexual, after an outpouring of...
Civil unions – they’re not just for gays any more. (I know, I just paraphrased Anita Bryant. But read on anyway….) On June 1 of this...
Four out of five New Jersey voters opt for legal recognitions of same-sex unions, according to a new poll, which finds overall, a total of 81 percent...
Pastor Kevin Backus at the Buffalo, New York National Organization For Marriage (NOM) anti-gay hate rally, claims establishing same-sex marriage is just like the Soviet Union’s efforts to...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary June 19, 2011 Statement by the President on the Observance of Juneteenth On this day in 1865, more...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson June 17, 2011 Â STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation &...
Presents U.S. LGBT Movement New Opportunity To Forge Progressive Political Agenda With Allies From Madison to Tripoli, the conventional understanding of political order at home and...
Guest Author Andrés Duque shares another important story with The New Civil Rights Movement. It is cross posted from his own excellent site, Blabbeando, which should be...
Sarah Palin, appearing on Hannity Thursday night, accused Wisconsin union “bosses” of ratcheting up “rhetoric” that will lead to violence and “somebody getting hurt.” “Well, these...
U.S. Government Study: Majority Of Abused Children Maltreated By Their Biological Parents — Not By Same-Sex Couples In his weekly blog, National Organization For Marriage Executive...
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, in an interesting attempt to, perhaps, salvage the LGBT vote, just released this statement. Today, the Department of Justice...
BREAKING: Hawaii Senate Approves Civil Unions For All Couples. In an 18-7 vote, Hawaii’s Senate approved civil unions for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. The House last...