gay rights

While many remark that the non-reaction to Mehlman’s news is a sign of progress for gay rights, it is more a sign of progress in straight comfort. There is work to be done.read more

Aug. 4 was a joyous day for gay and lesbian Americans.

It was the day U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.read more

By ruling Proposition 8 unconstitutional, Judge Walker has gone a long way toward making gays and lesbians first-class citizens in this country, at last.read more

By the time my kids are grown up, may we all have the right to marry the person of our choice and to raise our children without prejudice.read more

How far have women and gay people come in a world that once casually discriminated against us, laughed at the very idea of our equal human rights?read more

If soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives for us, the least we can do is permit them to be open about who they are.read more

Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Gates, and the Joint Chiefs deserve praise for bringing this shameful period in our military to an end.read more

Coming out is still the basic building block of our movement. Come out. Enjoy the down time of your family’s shunning you. They often come around.read more

“There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admitted to the hospital,” Obama wrote in the memo. As a lesbian, I knew in my gut what he meant.read more

Monday marks the 10th anniversary of the day Vermont instituted civil unions for same-sex couples. In the ensuing years, thousands of Americans have begun to hope that they and their children could become legally secure.read more

The gay rights movement needs to strengthen its ties with the black community. To do so, it should be wary of claiming that marriage equality is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.read more

History will record that in February 2010, full equality for gays and lesbians came another step closer to reality.read more

More than 13,500 service members have been discharged under this policy. The stressed federal budget has paid from $290 million to nearly half a billion dollars to enforce the ban, UCLA’s Williams Institute estimates.read more

Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, and I’m hoping more celebrities — especially African-American ones — will follow the example of Ellen DeGeneres.read more