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More Sound, Less Fury in Oxford Today

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Mississippi Strategy, Glbt, Congress, Crawford Texas, National Security, Haley Barbour, Ole Miss, Financial Crisis, Mccain, Obama, Straight-Gay Alliance, President Bush, Presidential Debates, Oxford, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Now that the debate is settled, can we get serious? Could we please have a national conversation with substance?

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GOP Platform: No Gays in the Military

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: HR 1246, Polls, Glbt, Military, Dadt, Rnc, Log Cabin Republicans, Palin, Republican Party Platform, Mccain, Republican National Convention, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Nato, SLDN, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" is not an issue of one party versus another. It's a matter of military readiness and what's best for the country.

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Gay Rights More Fully Integrated At 2008 DNC

Calvin Gipson | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Transgender, Glbt, Gay, Lesbian, Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Obama, Dnc, Platform, Bisexual, Civil Rights, Equality, Stonewall, Home News
Calvin Gipson

"Although the platform is not emphasizing same-sex marriage, if you look around you'll see that the sky has not fallen. The bigots are still bigots but mainstream people do not feel threatened by same-sex marriage," said Kaplan, a Massachusetts DNC delegate.

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Michelle, Hillary, and Maureen at the DNC

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Glbt, Victory Fund, Michelle Obama, Dadt, Steny Hoyer, Democratic National Convention, Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, Maureen Dowd, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, Human Rights Campaign, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Senator Clinton gave a performance that even Maureen described as "electrifying." Until I read the Dowd column this morning, I thought the hardest of the hardcore Hillary haters would be won over. But no.

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Convention: What Obama Must Do To Win

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Gop, John McCain, Lesbian, Obama, Right Wing, Joe Biden, Gay, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Wayne Besen, Democratic National Committe, Politics, Howard Dean, Andy Tobias, Dnc, Politics News
Wayne Besen

For Obama to become president, the Democrats have to stop acting like bureaucrats and sell their candidate, while tearing down John McCain.

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Hope

Cyndi Lauper | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Politics, True Colors, Glbt, Lgbt, GLBT Vote, Cyndi Lauper, LGBT Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cyndi Lauper

Like Obama, I grew up with a loving, hard-working single mom, in a neighborhood mixed with all races and different backgrounds. And like Obama, I knew that was our strength and not our weakness.

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Rick Warren's Carnival of Confession

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Glbt, Social Conservatives, Homosexual, Ex-Gay, Obama, Mccain, Religious Right, Right Wing, Gay, Democrats, Presidential Debates, Wayne Besen, Evangelicals, Politics, Religion, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Same Sex Marriage, Russia, Republicans, Scott Mcclellan, Politics News
Wayne Besen

While Rick Warren is an improvement over Focus on the Family's James Dobson, he must teach evangelicals there is a better way than the selfishness of modern conservatism.

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Extremist Makeover

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Proposition 8, Right Wing Extremism, David Benkof, David Bianco, Ex-Gay, Gay, Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Op-Ed, Politics News
Wayne Besen

In 2001, David Bianco was at the pinnacle of his career in GLBT journalism. Then he started reinventing his personal history, giving up sex with men and moving towards Orthodox Judaism.

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The 'Pro-Family' Scam

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Progressive, Lesbian, American Family Association, Truth Wins Out, New York Times, Right Wing, Gay, Wayne Besen, Politics News
Wayne Besen

Right wing organizations can be considered many things -- but certainly not advocates for the family. They inhale money, exhale anti-gay pollution and have done absolutely nothing for the traditional families.

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Gay Weddings and 32 Funerals: Remembering the UpStairs Lounge Fire

Erik Ose | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Glbt, Gay History, Louisiana, Gay Pride Weekend, Metropolitan Community Church, Lesbian, Same-Sex Marriage, UpStairs Lounge, 1973, Firebombing, Gay, Fire, GLBT History, California, Anti-Gay Violence, Mcc, 2008, California Supreme Court, Homophobia, Christianity, June 24 1973, Bigotry, Gay Marriage, Rip, Gay Rights, Politics News
Erik Ose

To fully understand recent events, it's important to remember a tragedy that happened thirty-five years ago, and how much things have changed for gays and lesbians since then.

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Exposing John McCain's Record of Opposing the Interests of GLBT Americans

Allison Herwitt | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Glbt, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Mccain, Human Rights Campaign, Lgbt, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News
Allison Herwitt

John McCain is anti-gay and despite his pretenses toward moderation and tolerance, he is just as dangerous for gays as George W. Bush.

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