Applauding with the Outfest audience at the Harmony Gold Theater last Wednesday night after a sneak peek of NBC's upcoming TV show Smash, I felt as if I'd just seen something new. Los Angeles Times TV critic Mary McNamara succinctly described Smash as...

This year the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena made history: it was the first time in the parade's...

Albert "Bobby" Tellez died of AIDS this year. His name was one of 11 etched on

I am a child of what conservatives in the dark and conformist 1950s called the Countercultural movement. Born of the outlaw and Beatnik Howl against...

The California chapter of the NAACP under President Alice Huffman has been a steadfast and courageous supporter of marriage equality since 2004. But Huffman took some heavy criticism from the national organization which -- despite having the extraordinary pro-gay civil rights icon Julian Bond as Board Co-chair --...

On Sunday, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post calling the speech given by President Barack Obama on the Arizona shootings "terrific," moving and inspiring. "[The President] encouraged every American who participates in our political debates -- whether we are on the left...

Michael Fleming, Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation, has been named to a new White House Council for Community Solutions. In a press release announcing the appointment, the White House said the goal of the Council - made up of leaders in the nonprofit, philanthropic and private...

It could all end Monday. All the angst, all the rage and heartbreak - the second class citizenship made official by California voters who stripped same sex couples of their fundamental constitutional right to marry...

Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and several Democratic senators are holding a press conference Thursday morning to "show broad support for repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the lame duck...

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's 39^th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, Nov. 13 would ordinarily be a glee-full event, with Glee TV stars Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison joining living legends...

It was all Matt Lauer's fault, of course. Sure, the co-host of NBC's "Today Show" gave California gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown plenty of softball questions that they got to answer as expected -- they love and are inspired by their mothers and spouses. But then, with a...

Last February, 18 year old Constance McMillen made national headlines when the Itawamba County school board refused to allow her to wear a tuxedo and bring her lesbian partner to the Itawamba County Agricultural High School prom. McMillen brought in the ACLU to fight back and the board...

The National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association held it's annual convention in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend. And even though I've been around for the 20 years since it was founded by Roy Aarons -- I didn't go....

I've been a little surprise at the burst of attention over the "news" that Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and attorney general candidate Steve Cooley would defend Prop 8 in the federal trial, if elected and given the opportunity.

Maybe it's just a California...

One month ago, on June 11, Admiral Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared at USC for a community forum on how civilians can help over-stressed returning service members and veterans. As someone...

"Sad day," someone said just minutes after Hawaii's Republican Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed a civil unions bill the state legislature passed in January.

Sad? How about: Are you kidding me?...

When Matt DeLeva got home from his trip to Cancun, Mexico with his boyfriend Eric Diaz, he sought comfort and support after what turned out to be a painful and humiliating trip. Matt and Eric...

Thirty years ago today I woke up in a detox hospital in Amityville, Long Island, not far from the famed horror house.  I was there under the auspices of the Employee Assistance Program at CBS News....

/>For some reason, the White House hasn't released the invited guest list for its special Pride event Tuesday night. But we know of one person who'll be there -- Janice Langbehn, the accidental...

There are political pundits a plenty who are dissecting the significant defeat of 30-year incumbent Arlen Specter to upstart Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak - though call a former Navy Admiral an...