Gay marriage is a civil rights issue; it will take a Supreme Court decision or an amendment to the US Constitution to make this right. That's almost inconceivably hard work, but ending slavery was no picnic either.
Re-branding marriage as a genderless institution such not only widens its scope, but does so in a way that puts it more squarely in line with the two biggest rights struggles of the twentieth century.
Looking back on a year of LGBT rights activism under the Obama umbrella, I wonder just how much we have done to make LGBT rights a priority for Americans. The president himself has done little.
The only way to re-frame the issue of marriage equality amongst those who voted against It, is to engage voters at their point of reference...religion.
Homosexuals are a lot like normal people.
I'm sure his speechwriters have cooked up something special for Saturday, but I've got a few ideas of my own. I've written a speech for the beloved President -- the kind of speech we wish the man would give, just once.
Orange County, like the rest of California, has grown more diverse and more moderate over the last generation. Yet its reputation as a conservative, antigay bastion persists, despite evidence to the contrary.
Especially interesting are the potential benefits and losses associated with marriage, particularly if there is a divorce... and of course gay divorces are no less ugly or amicable than straight divorces.
The Maine state legislature passed same-sex marriage earlier this year, but now the right has put a referendum on the November 2009 ballot. Winning a campaign in Maine will change the conversation.
At a time when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are flourishing in America's public life like never before, those charged with advancing their civil equality have retreated into the closet.
Yesterday, the Obama administration filed a follow-up brief in the Smelt case, effectively saying it would just be too inconvenient for the Federal government to weigh in on homophobia.
The Mormon Church has been destroying lives, intimidating people and demonizing an entire class to solidify their base and raise millions and millions of dollars.
"I used to think that it was anger that motivated me...Then at some point I realized it wasn't really anger that was keeping me going..it was doing th...
The gay and lesbian community is in the fight of our life, and we are not going to take it anymore. We want the world to know who supports us and who opposes us.
If the NAACP wants to be a truly inclusive 21st century civil rights organization, it must settle its internal squabbles and officially support same sex marriage.
We and the other side can keep going back and forth, spending millions upon millions. Or we can actually create enough of a cultural shift that being anti-same sex marriage is no longer widely acceptable
How does one learn who among people who lived long ago was gay? That investigating our history, determining who in the past was queer is hardly an e...
Who is paying for the multi million dollar TV campaign? Who is funding the $500,000 New York State PAC? Who is paying for all the direct mail robo-calls and millions of direct connect calls?
I ask you with tears in my eyes, with pain in my heart and with a mother's enduring love for her dear children, please bring equality, true full equality to my son and to all in the gay community.
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Mark Anthony Waters I've been an outc...
I hate to be the one to explain this struggle to the first black president, but the equality movement is not a grab bag of rights. You don't get to reach in and see which prize you've won.
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