This may be an odd-numbered year, but it's no "off year" for electoral politics.
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has announced its list of "10 Races to Watch" for 2011. Each of the openly gay and lesbian candidates on the list faces a general election Nov. 8.
These are...
9 Comments | Posted September 28, 2011 | 01:02:00 (EST)
Can Tammy Baldwin, a proud progressive, become the next U.S. senator from Wisconsin and make history as America's first openly LGBT senator? Not only can she, but I expect she will.
It won't be easy. This could be one of the hardest-fought Senate contests in the country, and recent...
Posted July 15, 2011 | 14:30:18 (EST)
Early money is often a strong predictor of success in electoral politics. That's why the impressive second quarter fundraising numbers just released by Rep. Tammy Baldwin give many people hope that she will become America's first openly LGBT senator next year. With more than $500,000 raised in Q2 -- most...
Posted May 19, 2010 | 11:46:47 (EST)
Had he lived, Harvey Milk would turn 80 this Saturday. In California, May 22 marks the first-ever Harvey Milk Day, an official statewide day of recognition. But Harvey's legacy isn't about one city or one state, so people across America and around the world will also celebrate the day a...
Posted August 11, 2009 | 15:25:08 (EST)
When Stuart Milk stands before the president and the country to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of his late, slain uncle Harvey Milk, it'll be a moment of incredible pride for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT).
Yet this is a moment that will transcend...
Posted May 22, 2009 | 11:10:00 (EST)
Shortly before he died in 1978, openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk made some extraordinarily prescient audio recordings. On one recording, he famously said, "If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door."
Today would have been Harvey's 79th birthday but for Dan White's...
Posted March 18, 2008 | 15:34:56 (EST)
Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern's now-infamous anti-gay speech published on YouTube last Friday has garnered worldwide attention, and 1 million people have now viewed the video. Moved by the egregious level of homophobia coming from the elected official, Ellen DeGeneres took an uncharacteristic step of playing Kern's comments on her...
9 Comments | Posted October 17, 2011 | 14:10:00 (EST)