In the coming days, Perez may well make history, becoming the first openly gay speaker of any state legislature in the United States.
Serena Yuan Volpp, M.D. | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
Same-sex marriage laws will benefit not only adults in committed relationships today, but also kids who don't yet know what being gay, lesbian, or bisexual means.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
President Obama has said he would sign legislation overturning the ban on gays in the military. Here's a roadmap to make sure that happens in 2010.
Irene Monroe | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
Historically, I am reminded that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is not a cause of celebration, but rather a National Day of Mourning.
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
The health care bill is so important, we can't let this amendment get in the way of its passage. But don't mistake that to mean its O.K. to ask the ladies to "take one for the team," not this time.
Judy Wieder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Deep in a rustic canyon, tucked away in the bedroom of his beautiful glass home, wrapped tightly in a hospice hospital bed, buried behind the damage of another stroke, my father is dying.
AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media
ATLANTA — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for Chapter 7 bankr...
David Kaufman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
As disappointing as the Maine defeat was, the real disappointment actually resulted from the shrill reactionary tactics employed by many within the Marriage Equality movement.
Isobel White | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
If experiences in California are any measure, LGBT residents of Maine can expect higher levels of stress and depression and greater feelings of political alienation. So what can we do differently?
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
There is a gay boycott of the Democratic Party afoot, and it has the potential to turn into something that leads to real change in American politics.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.07.2009 | Media
Was it bigotry that defeated gay marriage in Maine and California, or was it ignorance? Films like The Campaign, about the fight for gay rights, require our attention and our support.
Steven Petrow | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
It's been a generation since ACT-UP's members and other activists took to the streets, protesting outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and the NIH. These tactics should not be lost in this new struggle for marriage equality.
Michael Kimmel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
"That's so gay" is far less self-mocking, far less ironic, far less "nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I know that what I did was so gay, so now I'll declare it not gay and see if I can get away with it."
Bob Cesca | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Looking back on a year of LGBT rights activism under the Obama umbrella, I wonder just how much we have done to make LGBT rights a priority for Americans. The president himself has done little.
Mike Alvear | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style
What if you're too effeminate or too Goth and you know most guys aren't into that? Here's how to, ahem, massage the truth, without actually lying.
Irene Monroe | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style
This Halloween, as I think of the children in Africa and of LGBTQ children here at home, I am reminded of our present and past witch-hunts.
John Aravosis | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
It's not entirely clearly why, but the White House is refusing to release the names of gay invitees for the hate crimes signing reception that took place last night in Washington. I've tried to get the list and failed repeatedly.
gaycitynews.com | Paul Schnidler | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
"For himself, I think, he's going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it's all about being successful." Thos...
Ryan J. Davis | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
It's time for New Yorkers to rally around their new senator, regardless of their feelings on lame-duck Paterson. Gillibrand seems ready to provide us with progressive leadership.
Naomi G. Goldberg | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Congress should give more attention to the ways in which committed, same-sex couples are treated unfairly and are disadvantaged when it comes to the ability to prepare for retirement and protect their families.
Irene Monroe | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Since its inception, Morehouse College has prided itself on producing exceptional black men. As far as Morehouse is concerned though, GBTQ men are not a part of this elite brotherhood.
Jason Mannino | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
We still live in a world where too many LGBT people have unconsciously held onto the poisonous, negative beliefs about sexual orientation that our society, churches, and government still force feed us.
Jason Mannino | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
GLEH is the founding organization for Triangle Square in Los Angeles, the first housing facility to provide high-quality affordable residential communities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender older adults.
Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles