PolitickerCA reports: “On their second day on the job, two San Francisco-based Democratic state lawmakers launched bills in support of overturning Prop. 8, the recently enacted...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mpBVZk1kMKQ%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1 Eric Holder has a long and strong legal background, one that includes public service and private practice. He has been a judge, U.S. Attorney, and...
Tom Duane, Danny O’Donnell, Mika Kellner, Matt Tutone, “I’m hopeful we will get an inclusive ENDA bill done by end of the year and if not,...
For decades, gays have been fighting for equal rights with the same, ineffective strategy. Our approach – called “incrementalism” by many – has gotten us exactly...
In November, 2008 in response to the passage of Proposition 8, I created “The New Civil Rights Movement,” a blog focused on helping people understand the...
I’ve been taking a bit of a longer view of events the past few weeks. “Taking it all in,” as it were. And I’ve come to...
The institution of marriage is dead. So says the
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,...
Last Saturday, thousands of people – gay and straight – joined together across more than 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada and kissed their loved...
2009 will surely be christened the year of gay rights. We’ve added four states to the same-sex marriage list, bringing the total to six, and the...
How is it possible that so-called “Christian” and “Family” organizations are planning to protest an event that was created to celebrate and affirm the right of...
2010: The Year When Everything Could Change – For The Worse I’m often reminded of the late-90’s science fiction TV show, “Sliders,” in which a group...
A personal account from the LGBT Leadership Summit in San Bernadino, CA Ingredients: 200 passionate people packed shoulder to shoulder 1 agenda that’s heavy on expert...
Recent advances in gay marriage have created an interesting – and I use that term generously – cornucopia of marriage situations. In California, gay marriage was...
Six Months Into Obama, And All We Have Is This Lousy Tee Shirt We’re one week into the second-half of the year, and we’re not much...