Gays and Lesbians

Rick Warren and Respect

Curtis Black | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago


Curtis Black

Selecting Rick Warren for the inaugural invocation is a Sister Souljah moment for Barack Obama. It's not his first, but it's the saddest, the most hurtful.

Too Big To Fail

Kate Clinton | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics


Kate Clinton

We gay people keep saying we're just like straight people. We are not. We are much more tolerant. We have been putting up with tiresome phobia for long enough. What are they afraid of?

Prop 8, a Campaign Based on Fears and Lies

Bruce Bastian | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Bruce Bastian

As someone who was raised in the Mormon Church and fulfilled my two-year missionary assignment overseas, I know something about Latter-day Saints teachings.

Video Games with Gay Content

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

If you're a gay gamer (a gaymer), you might have wished from time to time to find a game or two with some gay/lesbian content. Lucky for you, someone has prepared a list of such games.

Proposition 8 is Not About Black Homophobia

Irene Monroe | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Irene Monroe

When society narrowly defines marriage as solely the union between a man and a woman, it ignores the constant changing configuration of today's family units.

Advice to the Republican Party: Embrace Gay Marriage

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

A reconstituted Republican party built around some fresh thinking is in everyone's best interest.

The Bigotry of Hope

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

You'd think if anyone would appreciate that civil rights are civil rights, it's black Americans. And that's what makes the support of some among them of such bigotry particularly appalling.

Introducing The New Gay & Lesbian Manners

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style


Steven Petrow

The new gay and lesbian manners are confusing. What do you call little Heather's two mommies? How do you word a same-sex wedding invitation? How do you deal with gay bullying or a potential hate crime? What do you do when a condom breaks?

Britain's Spy Agency Seeking To Hire Gays

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 09.18.2008 | Living


LONDON — Britain's domestic spy agency wants gay recruits to know: It's time to come out of the closet. After shunning them for decades over wo...

UK Archbishop To Hold Secret Service For Gay Clergy

Times Of London | Ruth Gledhill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to hold a secret Communion service for gay clergy and their partners in London. Dr Williams will ...