gay rights

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

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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

Heterosexuality is in crisis.read more

“Suddenly new possibilities and expectations were in the air,” historian Martin Duberman writes in his 1993 book, “Stonewall.” “People began to dream about something other than getting from one day to the next with a minimum of discomfort.”read more

As much as I was fully prepared to be disappointed in the Obama administration, I am surprised by my disappointment.read more

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I don’t know why we need any religious leader delivering an invocation at a President’s inaugural.

I thought we’re supposed to have separation of church and state in America.read more

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We need to recall his courage and his vision. Fortunately, the just-released movie “Milk,” starring Sean Penn, should help us do so.read more

While the American family and our extended international family were whooping it up for the historic Obama victory, I banged pans and wept for joy with the best of them.read more

Hairdressers will mistakenly lay hot curling irons down on ears. Social workers will give bad advice, “Your father sounds like a great guy. Show him some love.” Waiters will serve cold food and suggest the wrong wine.read more

A 2006 interview with George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu, who works with the Human Rights Campaign to combat the rightwing's push against gay marriage.

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