The absurdly-named theocratic group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms — whose Executive Director Reverend Jason J. McGuire says he belives that a gay person successfully can pray...
Same-sex marriage equality is under extreme attack in New Hampshire, just 20 months after becoming legal. Tomorrow, Tuesday, New Hampshire’s House Judiciary Committee will take up...
Thursday night’s GOP debate between Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, and Gary Johnson showcased the anti-gay politics of the GOP, but especially of...
GOP Senators today banded together today in a concerted but failed attempt to kill the federal judgeship nomination of Alison Nathan, a lesbian jurist whose law...
Three years ago, in late August 2008, Republican Senator John McCain, running for president, announced he had chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential...
Please read Troy Davis and Jamey Rodemeyer: By A Jury Of Our Peers: Part I. This is part II. 3 I am Troy Davis, I am Jamey Rodemeyer....
The name Rosa Parks is synonymous with the fight for civil rights. I’m happy to say, “Happy Birthday!” to Rosa Parks, the woman who, sadly, we...
Putting people like Pat Buchanan on television legitimizes their hateful worldview and make it much easier for like-minded bigots to find wider social acceptance. I’m not...
On October 12, 2011, 86 year-old Frank Kameny died. It cannot be overstated what an incredibly brave man he was, and the extent to which the...
Yom Kippur is the most important holiday in the Jewish calendar. It is a day when you can find even the most secular of Jews in...
A Tennessee high school student was allegedly assaulted by his principal. Why? Because the kid, one Chris Sigler, had the temerity to continue pushing for the...
Maggie Gallagher, co-founder of NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, announced today she is stepping down as Chairman, but will remain on the Board of Directors....
A new CNN poll on abortion finds almost no change in America’s desire to remain pro-choice. The poll finds 78% of Americans want abortion to be legal...
I’ve been working a question over and over again in my head ever since U.S. District Judge James Ware ordered the release of video tapes made...
By Cary Johnson, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission  Paula and I were never 100% clear on where we had first met. We...