As an openly gay American, it will not surprise you that Governor Andrew Cuomo is my very favorite governor (we call him the Cuomo-Sexual at our house). As an openly gay resident of the state of New Jersey, it will not surprise you that Governor Chris Christie is my least...

I am not on the fence. Barack Obama is my president. There will be no suspense in 2012. I will vote for him again. He is the best thing to happen to the gays since (insert your own answer here ____).

So of course, I was rooting for him to...

I was beyond excited. A major motion picture. Two big celebs. We would finally have cultural shorthand during introductions. Like this past weekend when we dropped our fifteen year old son Ben off at camp. "Hi I'm Joan and..... I tell you what -- let me make this easier for...

Well the New York Times did not disappoint us. Its Pride Parade coverage included an amazing photograph of an extraordinarily agile woman. A pole dancer. Dancing while on a moving bicycle. Let's not underestimate the skill involved here. I mean no disrespect.

Nor should we underestimate the...

I was curious. I was actually looking for an image for a post on a different subject. I wanted a huge crowd of gay people to make a point about straight allies. You'll understand when you read the post I write tomorrow. I'll leave you in suspense (albeit a modest...

OK. So people think I know who is gay and who isn't. They think that, as a gay rights activist, I have access to "the directory." They think that my 'gadar' is of the highest possible caliber.

It is not as finely tuned as you may think. I mean,...

My name is Quinn. I'm a teenager. You might remember that my name was in the news about 15 years ago because of my father. Actually he doesn't really deserve the title "father." His name is John Edwards.

Back in January 2010, he admitted that he was my...

Kevin Jennings is an Assistant Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education and he runs the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. His credentials and his commitment to student safety are impeccable.

Anyone who tells you that Kevin Jennings is not qualified for his job:

1....

Here's the deal. Tomorrow (10/10), the President will address the national dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay political advocacy group. Several thousand people hanging on his every word. A couple of reporters thrown in for good measure. And more than a few bloggers.

The...

I was thinking that a personal trainer might make a nice gift. Or a guarantee that my memory wouldn't fail me. Or maybe some kind of assurance that our twins would graduate from high school in one piece. Actually I guess I mean two pieces. But I got a highly...

My partner Eileen says she is sick of reading Facebook profiles about what people are eating. "Delicious soft shell crabs with Bobby" or "Try the bison burger at Ted's." She thinks it is stupid. She doesn't really care that much about what other people eat. She cares a lot about...

"Now that savings is POPULAR?" My partner and I opened the paper to find this ad. The catering company should be very pleased (and relieved) that I blocked out the company name. I am simply trying to make a point.

One quick thing before...

I know what he meant. He meant that together we would fight for full equality and that he would advocate for us to get there. But the line is also true if you look at it the other way. Over the rest of his first term (this is how I...

I know it seems odd. Ironic even. I was listening to the president's speech to the veterans on Omaha Beach, commemorating the anniversary of D-Day and it hit me. Funny I know. I was listening to him address military veterans and I realized what is missing in the president's approach...

The next chapter in our inexorable march to equality involves the most unlikely of characters. Ted Olson. No, that is not a typo. I don't mean Jimmy Olson (cub reporter for Daily Planet), Mary Kate and Ashley Olson (not sure what to even write here to describe them...)

Allow me...

Unlike his predecessor, Barack Obama does not see himself as the "Decider." He is at heart a community organizer. And in these first one hundred days, Americans have seen the tenets of community organizing in action. The President has reminded us time and again that we are all in this...

This week marks the Days of Remembrance, an annual program of the US Holocaust Museum. It is of course in the service of ensuring that we never forget. President Obama, the first president to ever host a White House seder, is not forgetting. He was at the Capitol...

My daughter Scout returned to Boston yesterday after a week long spring break. She is not a Daytona Beach, drink beer until it comes out of your eyeballs kind of spring break person. This of course makes me love her even more (if that were possible) (and it's not).

Last...

President Obama runs a big shop. He has thousands of employees under his charge. We often think about him in the 'leader of the free world' category but for the purpose of this exercise, I'd like you to think of him as an employer.

What kind of employer should the...

I believe I have mentioned that I am a recent Facebook convert. In the last week, "25 Random Things" has taken off virally. It's a very simple premise.

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals...