Glbt

WATCH: Stewart Criticizes Homophobic Right Wingers

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 05.03.2012

Now that he's presumably locked in place as the GOP candidate, Mitt Romney has had to pivot his campaign to the center in order to appeal to the great...

Pregnant Man Claims Wife Punched Him In Crotch

TMZ | Posted 04.26.2012

The Pregnant Man claims his estranged wife is a violent alcoholic who once hit him in the "crotch" during a heated argument in front of their kids, ac...

AfterEllen.com's Best Lesbian Week Ever: April 6-13

Trish Bendix | Posted 04.13.2012

Trish Bendix

Each week we'll share some of the best tidbits on The Huffington Post in our new series, "Best Lesbian Week Ever." Here's who and what was on our raging gay radar this week.

Gay Artist Reschedules Event Scrapped By Villanova

AP | Posted 02.24.2012

VILLANOVA, Pa. -- A gay performance artist whose planned five-day workshop on personal narrative was scrapped by Villanova University has rescheduled ...

Finally a Homecoming Queen: LiveOutLoud Brings GLBT Community Members Back to Campus

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 02.15.2012

Charles Karel Bouley

For 31 years I ran from the hatred, the anger and the bigotry I got in high school as the out gay boy. Now, I will gladly run back to try and ease that on future generations. So should you, gay or otherwise.

A Video Response To Rick Perry's Anti-Gay Ad

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 02.12.2012

Rabbi Jason Miller

I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a Jew. Heck, I'm even a rabbi. But you don't need to be in shul every Shabbos to know that there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but still can't marry each other legally.

Transcending Boundaries: What Happens Beyond the Binary

Amy Shiner | Posted 01.17.2012

Amy Shiner

A trip to transcending boundaries, something that rarely happens in a heterosexual-based society, is a way to push the envelope. Built on a growing community, there is something for everyone who has ever been viewed as "different."

Eleanor Goldberg

Nonprofits Find Creative Ways To Expand Despite Tough Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.01.2012

Nonprofits are expanding despite the tough economy, but that doesn't mean they aren't being frugal about their money. Twelve percent of nonprofits ...

For The Love Of God: LGBTQ Allies In Faith

Nancy Cronk | Posted 12.24.2011

Nancy Cronk

Being a compassionate human being is not the same as endorsing, condoning, or encouraging one sexual orientation over another. It is about compassion and justice.

Dear Mom, I Love You (P.S. I'm Poly, Kinky and Queer)

Amy Shiner | Posted 12.13.2011

Amy Shiner

I think the saying is true that you will come out more than once in your lifetime if you fall in any range of the GLBT spectrum. I have a triple whammy; I am poly, kinky and queer.

Is It Time to Move the Chicago Pride Parade?

Keith Ecker | Posted 12.07.2011

Keith Ecker

I'm hardly the first person to point out the fact that the Pride Parade has strayed far from its original intent, which is to honor the rebellious spirits of Stonewall who actively fought to defend their right to convene in peace.

Circumstance and Dangerous Elicitations of Truth

Roya Rastegar | Posted 11.06.2011

Roya Rastegar

Circumstance tells a fictional story about a liberal, upper-class family whose love and affection are gradually drowned under the weight of repressive forces that swell their home with sorrow.

Jaweed Kaleem

After Gay Clergy Vote, Presbyterians Talk Defection

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 10.25.2011

Less than four months after the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made a historic and controversial move to ordain noncelibate, openly gay and lesbian cler...

Therapy for Marcus Bachmann

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 10.08.2011

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

Anti-gay activists, including the Bachmanns, have spent enormous energy and resources doing everything they can to obfuscate the data, confuse the debate, and put scientists such as myself on the defensive.

Gender Diversity and Kids: Happiness Matters, not Nail Polish

Stephanie Brill | Posted 09.13.2011

Stephanie Brill

It all begins at home. Should you allow your son to wear nail polish out of the house? If he likes it, why not? It won't make him gay; it won't make him transgender. It just may make him happy.

Colo. Springs Mayor Criticized For Inaction In Possible Hate Crime

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.13.2011

Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach has rejected a call to sign a resolution condemning a savage beating of five gay men, two of whom have been identifi...

Jaweed Kaleem

Presbyterian Church Will Start Ordaining Gay Clergy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.21.2012

An historic change will take place in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Sunday when a measure takes effect allowing openly gay men and women in sam...

Traffic on the LIE? That's Because the Road to Marriage Equality Goes Through Long Island

Ted Hesson | Posted 08.24.2011

Ted Hesson

The New York state senators from Long Island have the power to make marriage equality a reality, but instead they're stalling. Why are state senators from Nassau and Suffolk so important to this vote?

PHOTOS: PrideFest Fashion Show

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.27.2011

Clothes have the duplicitous habit of expressing personality to the world without ever really saying anything about who the people wearing them really...

An RX for Better Treatment of LGBT Patients

Dr. Edward S. Goldberg | Posted 07.25.2011

Dr. Edward S. Goldberg

As health care providers, we must open the door to allow all patients to express their identity. In order for providers to provide competent care, they must know whether patients are straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Openly Gay Messiah College Student Leaves School Due To Harassment

Posted 07.11.2011

A student at Messiah College is planning on leaving the school after he was victim to harassment there because he is openly gay. Isaiah Thomas, wh...

Jaweed Kaleem

In Historic Shift, Presbyterian Church Will Allow Gay Clergy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.25.2011

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) passed a historic measure Tuesday evening allowing openly gay men and women in same-sex relationships to be ordained ...

Who Opens the Door? Coming Out in the Age of Social Media

Serena Yuan Volpp, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Serena Yuan Volpp, M.D.

As the tragedy of Tyler Clementi has shown, as adolescents go through a process of coming to terms with their sexuality, not knowing the distinction between public and private can have serious effects.

Homophobia Starts at Home

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson

When anti-gay bigotry and hatred is a commonplace and accepted feature of conservative and religious broadcasting is it any wonder that we continue to see LGBT lives ruined?

The Trojan Horse Republican Congress

James Wagoner | Posted 05.25.2011

James Wagoner

Republicans have held a major press conference to introduce the so-called "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act." But, wait a minute! Didn't they run a campaign based on the economy?