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Remember Gay People?

Jamie Kilstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Jamie Kilstein

We claim to be the freest, and the best, yet all of our citizens do not have equal rights. Tell the couple who have been together for 15 years that can't adopt a child that we live in the best country in the world.

Are "Gayngels" The Answer To All Your Problems? (VIDEO)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


"It's a well-known fact that when you need help fast, a gay guy magically appears to make everything better." Or so says Bryan Safi, Current TV's arbi...

Embassy Guard: Sex Acts Required For Promotion At U.S. Embassy In Afghanistan

ABC News | Posted 10.18.2009 | World


Private security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul were pressured to participate in naked pool parties and perform sex acts to gain promotions or as...

Lessons In Hope and Inspiration From Harvey Milk

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Honoring Harvey Milk with a day that commemorates him helps to send the still dire messages of hope, inspiration, and equality. It also boldly states that we do not live in a culture that tolerates violent oppression.

Getting the Times to Catch Up with Ted Kennedy

Joe Solmonese | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Joe Solmonese

Senator Kennedy's personal connection was his boundless humanity, and his recognition of ours. Already he is becoming history. Now the job of making history is in our hands.

Gay Marriage: Just Because You Can, Does that Mean You Should?

Mary-Charlotte Domandi | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Mary-Charlotte Domandi

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.

Saving Small Businesses, The Brooklyn Way

Jim Luce | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Bob Zuckerman does not want to wait for the economic stimulus package to drip down to Brooklyn's quickly emptying storefronts.

Yes, Scots, That's Outrageous

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

There's a wacked out reward system going on in world culture these days

Hey Kids, It's Comedy Hour With Barney And Rush!

Julie Farby | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Julie Farby

Barney Frank doesn't like being interrupted. And he certainly doesn't like having his town hall discussion disrupted by a seemingly normal looking woman who's actually bat crazy.

Rush Limbaugh Makes Gay Joke About Barney Frank: "He Spends Most Of His Time Living Around Uranus" (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


Rush Limbaugh has made what appears to be a joke mocking Barney Frank's sexuality in response to Frank's tough stance with a town hall protester Tuesd...

Iraqi and Afghan Gays and Women Losing Freedom

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


Wayne Besen

It is incomprehensible to waste American lives fighting the Taliban to protect a regime that looks an awful lot like the Taliban. If women are not equal partners, let's pack up and leave.

America's Gay Leadership Crisis

Rupert Russell | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Rupert Russell

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.

Inside A Drag Queen Awards Ceremony

washingtonpost.com | Lonnae O'Neal Parker | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


By the time we reach the top of the stairs, the sequins are in full effect. The money-taker waves me through with my 15-year-old daughter, Sydney -- ...

Human Rights Watch: Iraqi Gays Tortured And Killed

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several othe...

One Smart Blonde

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment


Charles Karel Bouley

As in true Hollywood fashion, Elle gets her man (the right one) and happy endings are doled out all around to the deserving, the audience stands and cheers and the curtain falls.

Why Marriage Matters (to Straights and Gays Alike)

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living


Robert Fuller

Nothing quite holds our feet to the fire like marriage. That's why, when it comes to relationships, it's deemed the gold standard.

Freedom Without Equality Is Just a Medal

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Let's hope Barack does more than award Harvey Milk: Let's hope he takes the spirit and lessons Milk taught and actually begins changing things for members of his country still oppressed by institutionalized bigotry and religious dogma.

Masturbation and Gay Sex Cause Swine Flu, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Disgrasian

"Normal sexual union," though, is perfectly safe! Hurrah! Score another one for heteros!

Tel Aviv Gay Murders Shocked Our Tolerant Nation: Israeli Spokesman

David Saranga | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


David Saranga

The fact that we have succeeded in creating a peaceful coexistence between different minorities, ethnicities, and communities in Israel for decades makes it devastating that such a tragedy could happen in our country.

Ami Cholia | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home


Ami Cholia

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Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

Anti-Gay Facebook Group Hacked In Israel, Name Changed To "I Also Love Gays"

Jerusalem Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


A Gay and Lesbian union filed a complaint to Tel Aviv police about the establishment of a group on the social networking site Facebook, called 'I also...

Gender Stupid (Psychically) and That is Fine with Me

Margaret Ruth | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

Cultural overlays about gender and hetero and homo couplings do some funky stuff to people and block their ability to have perfectly healthy, joyful and whole partnerships.

ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

Portugal Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By Court

AP | BARRY HATTON | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


LISBON, Portugal — Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the country's ban on gay marriage, rejecting a challenge by two lesbians who are...