When a gay man realizes he wants to have a child, it forces him to face his own queerness, in the true sense of the word. And it's contrary to his life-long mantra: "I'm normal."
Harvey Fierstein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Mr. President, we need you to rise above the daily politics of compromise. America needs to hear you say, "We will no longer tolerate the oppression of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."
AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — His name is Sean Penn, and he is here to recruit you. Penn won his second Academy Award for best actor Sunday night for his movin...
Steven Stamstad | Posted 03.22.2009 | Entertainment
Milk understood the power of grassroots organizing, the power of the media and the power of his own charisma to raise awareness, shape public opinion and create action.
Max Mutchnick | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living
It turns out the key to being a gay father is the same as it would be if I were a straight father: it's about patience.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business
Given that California is about to break off into the Pacific Ocean from the sheer size of its budget crisis, it makes fiscal sense to legalize same-sex marriage in the state.
Rick Jacobs | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
Is Prop 8, which passed by a slim majority in November, an amendment to the constitution or is it a revision?
Brian Crewe | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
To see people that I know and care about being treated like second-class citizens was something I was not prepared for; it's so contrary to the values with which I was raised.
Towleroad | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
Despite a petition from the Courage Campaign signed by more than 26,500 people calling for him to respect the boycott of Proposition 8 supporter Doug ...
Terry Cosgrove | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
Right-wingers are suing the State of California to keep their financial contributions to Prop 8 out of the public view. Secret Santa is one thing, but a secret political contribution is quite another.
Jason Mannino | Posted 03.16.2009 | Living
This Valentine's day many are freely basking in the joy of being legally married while the fate of 18,000 gay and lesbian marriages in California lies...
Cleve Jones | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
By violating the Manchester Hyatt Boycott, President Clinton will be doing more than just dishonoring the hard work of labor unions and gay activists, he will be casting aside the groundwork we are laying for a national coalition for equal rights.
UPI | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
The Republican governor of Utah, Jon Huntsman, backs a proposal that would give same-sex couples the right to civil unions in the state. A spokeswoma...
McClatchy | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
The Mormon church has revealed in a campaign filing that the church spent nearly $190,000 to help pass Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that...
AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: Here is the complete list of "Yes On Prop 8" donors. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge has denied a request to keep the names of donor...
Fred Karger | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
Up until Election Day, the Mormon Church had only filed one non-monetary contribution, and that was reported just 4 days before the election for a mere $2,078.97.
Judy Wieder | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment
As a non-straight woman living in California, currently married to my partner, but living in fear of Prop 8's outcome, it kills me to see married couples slaughtering each other on a weekly basis.
people.com | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment
Tom Hanks is rethinking his comments about Mormons who supported Proposition 8. Last week, the star, who is an executive producer for HBO's controv...
Disgrasian | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Why the pronoun-switch midstream from "me" to "us"? Who is this "us"? You and other Christians? It sounded like you meant all of us, Rick Warren.
Isobel White | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living
Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up, is about how strict gender stereotypes and pressures deny students the opportunity to be joyfully who they are.
Peter Scheer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
By switching sides in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General ripped up his job description -- a political gambit that pleases his supporters but, ironically, only makes it harder for the Court to overturn Prop 8.
Tom Gregory | Posted 02.17.2009 | Entertainment
American Primitive is the "why" that drove early activists like Harvey Milk and the Stonewall demonstrators to demand equality.
Fox News | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment
Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO's controversial polygamist series "Big Love," made his feelings toward the Mormon Church's involvement in Califo...
John Ridley | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Initially the blame for the passage of Prop 8 came to lie at the feet of blacks. Now comes new evidence that blacks did not vote more disproportionately for Prop 8 than any other ethnic group.
San Fransico Chronicle | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
Reports of overwhelming African American support for Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage were exaggerated in exit polls, a new look at the Novemb...
Max Mutchnick | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living