Lgbt

Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Emma Ruby-Sachs

Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.

NYC Anti-Gay Violence Rises: Report

Advocate | Posted 07.01.2009 | New York


Following a gay pride weekend marked by hate-motivated violence, advocates in New York City plan a press conference on Wednesday morning to ...

Obama Gives a Good Speech, But Will It Help Lt. Choi?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.30.2009 | Home


Emma Ruby-Sachs

If the Obama administration can't pass a comprehensive overhaul of health care, then how is it going to repeal laws that a large proportion of Americans don't care about or to which many don't object?

On the Ground at San Francisco's Pride Weekend (PHOTOS)

Jessica Gage | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


Jessica Gage

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of San Francisco Sunday in flamboyant costumes and waving rainbow flags, marking the 39th year of the foremost pride celebration in the country.

Media Could Use a Stonewall Uprising of Their Own

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

Forty years after Stonewall, not only is sexual orientation still a taboo for many in the media, all too often it serves as a focal point for hate, ridicule, and misinformation.

Gay and Lesbian Manners: When Best Friends Have Sex and the Sounds of Silence

Steven Petrow | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style


Steven Petrow

Last week I ended up having sex with my best friend, Richard. At least he used to be my best friend -- we haven't talked since. Did I mess up?

Disposable Income: How Gender and Sexuality Don't Add Up to Equal Pay

John Caldon | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


John Caldon

June marks Pride Month, an annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community's struggle for full equity. Despite the h...

Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

Sigourney Weaver And Cast Of Prayers For Bobby Offer Hope To LGBT Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Service comes in many forms. In my article last week I discussed how positive images in television are serving LGBT youth. As Pride month comes to c...

The White House, the Gays, and Lessons to Learn

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics


Lane Hudson

Optics matter, they need to match the rhetoric and the reality. Part of the anger surrounding this announcement is that the White House was trying to claim credit for more than they were doing.

The Face of the LGBT Movement and the Mainstream Media: Tackling the Diversity Problem

Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Pam Spaulding

What I believe hurts our case a bit, from a PR (and strategic) perspective, is that we've seen few LGBT people of color on-air as the movement faces off against the first black President and his administration.

Kathy Griffin Speaks Up for Gay Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Television is often touted as one of the banes of our culture, but it can also be of great service to the empowerment and uplifting of society. To hon...

Our Moral Imperative

Rea Carey | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


Rea Carey

Last week's Department of Justice brief defending DOMA was not merely disappointing, it was a public abrogation of the promise of equality the president himself embraced as a candidate.

Gay Rights Advocates Not Satisfied By Obama's "Very Small Step"

AMERICAblog | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


Ah, those pesky details. As you may have heard, President Obama tomorrow will be signing a presidential directive, not an executive order, providing ...

How to Win Back Same-Sex Marriage In California - Voter Registration

Fred Karger | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


Fred Karger

All LGBT organizations need to make voter registration the number one activity between now and next October 18th.

The Gay Guide to Obama's Remarks Today

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


Lane Hudson

The administration has taken backward steps away from fulfilling the vision Obama laid out for LGBT Americans. What the president says today will be far more consequential than what he does.

Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.16.2009 | New York


Michael Henry Adams

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

DNC-LGBT Fundraiser Boycott Called For Over White House DOMA Defense

AMERICAblog | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics


Pam Spaulding has published an email detailing just who's coming to the DNC's $1,000 (and up) a head gay fundraiser next week. I suspect those folks a...

Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

Gerald McEntee | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Gerald McEntee

This month, we mark the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, when the struggle for full citizenship for LGBT Americans began in earnest.

The (Zigzagged) Arc of History

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Tanene Allison

Every one of us debating inequality over our coffees in the morning has been granted a rare opportunity to change what it is those future grandchildren will read about.

California Marriage Equality -- How We Will Win

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics


Christine Pelosi

Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.

The Dallas Principles: The Best Response To Prop 8

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

One day, as a society, we will look back at the absurdity of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals as something as abhorrent as racial discrimination.

Would Harvey Milk Be Proud of Us?

Chuck Wolfe | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics


Chuck Wolfe

Today would have been Harvey's 79th birthday but for Dan White's bullet. It's a good time to reflect on whether we have heeded his call to live openly and fight hard for true equality.

White House Announcement On LGBT Policy Is Imminent, Says Calif. Congressman

The Advocate | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


California representative Howard Berman predicted in an interview Thursday that the White House would be presenting new information regarding LGBT pol...

Obama, Don't Defend DOMA

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics


Emma Ruby-Sachs

Obama has the opportunity today, to stand up for equal rights by refusing to argue Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality in court.