It's as obvious as it is pathetic.

The continuous marriage bandwagon-jumping of Senators hungry for Gay Inc. campaign cash demonstrates once again that when push comes to shove, what these people really care about doesn't have anything to do with what's right, fair, and best for LGBT Americans. As...

The ongoing war between the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the trans community is not only longstanding but quite damaging for both sides. And yes, before you ask, it most certainly is fair to call it a war, albeit a war that's being fought with press releases, money, media access...

With the U.S. economy being what it is, you'd think that signing an executive order to protect the rights of working-class LGBT Americans would be a no-brainer for a president who campaigned for office on LGBT inclusion and equality as one of his core beliefs, but recent history has taught...

We've seen it a lot lately, too often not to be able to start drawing some conclusions.

We see it in states like New York and Maryland that now have full civil rights protections for gays and lesbians but have thus far chosen to leave their transgender citizens and the...

Let's be honest here. Chances are that someone like me isn't going to get an opportunity to personally tell President Obama what she thinks. I live in New Jersey, a state that President Obama is almost certain to win in this election. I'm a working-class transgender woman, a member of...

It never ceases to amaze me how the wealthier portions of the LGBT community and their political allies continue to try to promote the fallacy, indeed the out-and-out lie, that same-sex marriage has become a mainstream value in America, one we as community should be focusing the bulk...

It was great to see the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hold a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) last week. Not only was it long overdue, but in today's economy turning a blind eye to the legally sanctioned discrimination against LGBT workers in...

Last week MSNBC took a big step into 21st-century reality when, for the first time in the network's history, it demonstrated that it understands that the modern civil rights movement isn't entirely wrapped up in whether gays and lesbians can serve in the military or marry each other, that just...

RuPaul was recently interviewed by Michelangelo Signorile on his Sirius OutQ radio show and clearly demonstrated how completely out-of-touch he is with the reality that most full-time trans people (i.e., transsexuals) actually live in.

Before I continue, I want to make clear that my opinions expressed here...

For those who've read my work and listened to my radio shows over the years, the title of this post will probably come as a surprise, but there's good reason for trans people and allies to be grateful to Barney Frank for his work in Congress in advancing the cause...

We hear the word a lot these days, don't we? Organizations like to tell us they're fighting for it, politicians and activists like to tell us that the passage and enactment of certain laws represents it. Yet, if we take the time to really consider the term "equality" and what...

Every year, I hope it'll be different, and every year, it isn't. This year, it's even worse.

Every year, when the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance rolls around, I pay a visit to the Remembering Our Dead website to look at the names and read the stories of...

A few weeks ago, MSNBC host Ed Schultz did a segment on his show about Chaz Bono appearing on Dancing with the Stars. His guest to discuss the topic was Raw Story blogger and Managing Editor Mike Rogers, a gay man. During the interview, Schultz asked Rogers if...