We're at a fascinating point in LGBT history in America. The president of the United States ended a national press conference about security with a nod to the first active NBA player to come out of the closet, Jason Collins. Yet, same-sex marriage is still illegal federally. And our LGBT...

Who doesn't need a vacation?

My fiancé and I carved out some much needed time to put work and school and all else aside and hit the road for a couple of nights away. For once, we didn't feel like dealing with trains to airports to TSA lines to...

I admit that I didn't believe in marriage.

As a lesbian, I grew up thinking that marriage would never be an option. Tying the knot was never on my to-do list, and neither was the mortgage, the picket fence or the 2.5 kids. In fact, there was a part...

A lot of us grew up in a time or place where being gay was not OK. Maybe you were raised in a repressively religious household, or in a small, socially conservative town. Or maybe you grew up in a large city, but 30 years too soon for urban acceptance...

Love is worth celebrating every day of the year. For those of us who are too busy to remember to celebrate love 365 days a year, thankfully there's a holiday that reminds us. Valentine's Day is not just about Hallmark's profit margins or justified chocolate consumption. The big V-day is...

In what can only be viewed as taking "fair and balanced reporting" to new lows, Fox News featured an image of a "traditional" couple on its article bashing feminism and a woman's right to independence.

What's unique about that? After all, doesn't Fox...

What better way to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day than with some salacious gossip?

Scandalous love affairs have fueled dinner table conversations and filled tabloid pages for ages, and same-sex love affairs certainly spike the scandal meter with the added layer of gay drama. Whether carried out by politicians,...

One hot summer, when I was 16 and freshly out of the closet, my big dyke friend made me stand with her on a street corner in the West Village, and for hours at a time we guessed the sexuality of each passerby. "I think she's straight," I'd say, and...

As I sit on the couch, barely tolerating yet another evening of watching large men in tight pants prance around a numbered field with a pigskin ball (out of respect for my financée), I can't help but wonder why lesbians love balls so much.

Full disclosure: I've had my...

A decade ago I was an anarchist. I worked for Dyke TV, a guerrilla media nonprofit that produced highly politicized television "by lesbians, for lesbians." We were loud. We were proud. We had armpit hair. We took to the streets to record real life as it unfolded, and to highlight...

When my fiancée and I decided to do the dirty deed, we firmly agreed that the only knot we'd be tying was the marital one. We promised that we wouldn't get our panties or patience knotted in the process, and that we wouldn't stress about planning our special...

Since we survived the end of the world, we can now focus on closing out 2012 and laying out our hopes for the new year. Many folks hope to lose weight, drink less or finish that pet project that's been sitting on the back burner since six New Year's Eves...

The Twelve Gays of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
A vagina ornament for the tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Two turkey basters
And a vagina ornament for the tree.

With the holiday season upon us, my sentimental heart fills with warm and fuzzy thoughts, and I want to shout from the rooftops how much I love thee.

You are the one I want to fold socks with for the rest of my life.

"Lucky" is an understatement when...

'Tis the season to buy stuff. I don't mind buying cool gifts for my nearest and dearest; in fact, I prefer shopping for others (better to give than to receive, someone smart a long time ago said). When it comes to buying necessities for me, though, I am perpetually lost...

Remember that lunch buddy in second grade who made you tingle when she played footsie under the table and shared her snacks with you? How about that pivotal afternoon of playing "house" with your best friend that culminated in an innocent-enough session of "you show me yours and I'll show...

Contrary to popular belief, gays were not the reason that a Category 1 hurricane caused widespread devastation and disrupted millions of lives across multiple states. Despite its arguably gay name and mercurial behavioral patterns (and one very clever post by a fellow HuffPost blogger), it turns...

A special Gallup poll just released its findings on LGBT Americans. Though the poll is very unique in that it's the first to reach so many people (120,000 were surveyed) and ask questions regarding LGBT identity, there are some major flaws. Any gay person who hears the survey's...

Two down and two to go. We saw a weary Obama and a glimpse of an intelligible Romney in the first presidential debate, and in the vice presidential debate we saw a firecracker Biden and inspiration for dinner-table gossip in Ryan's disturbing hair. (I'm pretty sure Ryan's hair could alone...

Speech coach: When you're finished with your cottage cheese, we can get started.

Romney: Can't rush the lumpy, creamy goodness. Cheese curd is a miracle of God.

Speech coach: I think it's a miracle that people don't get sick from sour milk products, but I'm not sure where God comes...