The poet and memoirist Maya Angelou wrote this about how to judge a person's character: "Believe people when they tell you who they are. They know themselves better than you do." With his selection of Representative Paul Ryan as a running mate, Mitt Romney has told us exactly who he...

Mitt Romney's refusal to release his personal tax returns from past years has led people to wonder what he may be hiding. That is an important question. But another question is equally pressing: What good reason is there for Mr. Romney to refuse?

In 2007 and 2008, Mitt Romney ran...

The Republican Party has declared war on the dignity of women. This war on women is emerging as a centerpiece of the Republicans' 2012 election strategy. Around the country, women are being told that they should feel shame about their bodies, their sexuality, and the choices that they make as...

(This post is an updated version of an essay that first appeared on the eQualityGiving website, which can be found at here.)

With the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act and President Obama's strong endorsement of the legislation, we are closer than ever before to achieving the...

With this essay, I issue a challenge to LGBT Americans across the country regarding one of the most important priorities for our community at this moment: the urgent need to contribute our voices, our efforts and our resources to the existential struggle that the labor movement is currently waging against...

The Obama administration recently decided to seek a stay of the injunction that prohibited enforcement of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in the Log Cabin Republican lawsuit and (for now) to contest the ruling on appeal. There has been a vigorous discussion about that decision, much of it focused...

Democrats in Illinois are preparing to select their candidate for next year's race for Governor, and the primary election presents an important test in the fight for LGBT equality.

One candidate, Dan Hynes -- the long time and highly respected State Comptroller -- is strongly, proudly pro marriage equality, has...

On July 8, our leading national LGBT legal organizations -- Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights -- filed a motion to intervene with the federal district court that is hearing the constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, the case that was begun in May by...

When Barack Obama takes the stage on January 20th to be sworn in as our 44th President, one of the two men he has invited to offer commemoratory prayers will know what it means for a member of the clergy to have his speech silenced by oppressive government action. That...