Joe Mirabella

More than 4,000 people have signed a popular petition on Change.org urging an Ohio gym to offer a family membership to a local gay couple, Shane and Coty May.

Shane and Coty, who were legally married in Washington, D.C. last year, requested a family rate...

In the past two years more than two dozen LGBT people in Puerto Rico have been murdered, often in very graphic and violent crimes. Puerto Rico's own police department has been singled out by the Justice Department for failing to deal with the high levels of violence faced by LGBT...

On Monday, Nov. 14, Washington United for Marriage officially launched. According to their Facebook page, "Washington United for Marriage is a coalition of organizations, congregations, unions, and businesses working together to secure civil marriage for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples."

Following the on-campus assault of a gay, 15-year-old student caught on cellphone video, more than 4,000 people have joined a campaign on Change.org calling upon the Union-Scioto School District in Chillicothe, Ohio to pass an anti-bullying policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

Bret Thompson launched the

Former Eastern Iowa KCRG news anchor Liz Mathis announced she will run as a Democrat for the open Iowa seat recently vacated by Democrat Swati Dandekar, who will serve in Governor Branstad's administration. This is great news for those fighting to preserve marriage equality in Iowa.

Democrats hold...

Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay.

Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute...

In less than 24 hours, more than 2000 people have joined a petition campaign started on Change.org calling on the Home Office to halt the deportation of Robert Segwanyi to Uganda, where he was imprisoned and tortured for being gay.

Segwanyi is scheduled for deportation on Thursday,18 August, 2011 on...

Pressure is increasing on Apple to remove their online store from the Christian Values Network (CVN) after several other corporations have removed their stores this week. More than 3,500 people have signed Western Washington University student Ben Crowther's Change.org petition to Apple. CVN is used as a fundraising...

Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, has issued an exclusive statement to Change.org in response to an embarrassing controversy linking the popular urban apparel company to anti-gay, anti-choice group "Focus on the Family."

After Christianity Today reported that Mycoskie was apparently developing a relationship with Focus on the...

A petition calling on the Hong Kong government to drop "gay cure" therapist Hong Kwai-wah -- who claims he can "cure" LGBT people through cold showers, prayer, and abstinence -- has reached more than 14,500 signatures in the last 48 hours, signaling momentum for the campaign started on Change.org by gay rights advocates Dan...

Today, the San Francisco Giants became the first team in professional sports to produce an "It Gets Better" video taking a stand against anti-gay bullying and homophobia, supported by more than 6,000 fans via a Change.org petition.

The Giants video features four current players -- Matt Cain, Sergio Romo, Andres...

The San Francisco Giants will become the first team in professional sports to produce an "It Gets Better" video taking a stand against anti-gay bullying and homophobia, supported by more than 6,500 fans and four San Francisco mayoral candidates. The development comes just a few days after Atlanta Braves pitching coach...

I don't believe President Obama still has to "evolve" on the freedom to marry for gays and lesbians. The president is the most supportive president in history on LGBT issues. This week's historic announcement that the DOJ will no longer defend Section 3 of DOMA is more proof.

I...

Libyan demonstrators filled a crowded downtown Seattle shopping center with calls for support on Presidents Day.

"Stop the killing now" and "Down Down with Kadafi" they chanted while waiving Libyan flags and signs that read, "Where's Obama now?"

The demonstrators handed out a simple white piece of paper with...

State Senator Ed Murray and Representative Jim Moeller introduced legislation that would grant the freedom to marry to Washington State's thousands of gay and lesbian couples.

From a Valentines Day blog post on the Senator's site:

This Valentine's Day, Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, and Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle,...

Last night, President Obama acknowledged that gays and lesbians will serve openly in the armed forces this year thanks to last year's repeal of the so called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law. In exchange, the President has asked the college campuses and universities that banned the ROTC from recruiting on...

A 19-year-old former student has teamed up with the ACLU of Washington to sue the Aberdeen School District in Washington State. He alleges the school did nothing to stop years of harassment based on his race and perceived sexual orientation.

Russell Dickerson III told reporters that he was diagnosed with...

As I removed each ornament from the box I've been keeping them in since I was a kid, I remembered. A tiny book on a gold string with an inscription from my fourth grade teacher, a black and white dog at a typewriter to recognize my childhood dream from my...