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Obama's position on marriage has been stalled on ''evolving,'' but there is a path forward if he wants it
''I have no updates for you on the president's position on same-sex marriage.''

White House press secretary Jay Carney said th…

Child, Please: How Much Worse Does It Have to Get Before 'It Gets Better'?
While at least 12 queer teens succumbed to hostile schoolground violence (HSV)-induced bullycide (bullying that leads to suicide) in the …

Gay Marriage: The 21 Century's Most Successful Pro-Family Policy
There are an estimated 131,729 same-sex married couples in the United States, a Census Bureau figure that would be significantly higher i…

Being Bi in a Gay World
Discrimination sucks. This is not revelatory, by any means, nor is it novel, nor is it necessarily unexpected. And yet, when it happens, …

Why We Shouldn't Use the Word 'Tranny'
Let me start this off with two very important words that I truly mean from the bottom of my heart: I'm sorry. I'm sorry to anyone who was…

Politically Correct? What Comedians and Conservatives Have In Common
"Politically correct" is a term that gets tossed around with more frequency than a groupie at a Hip-Hop after party.

No? That …

AIDS: Still a Gay Disease in America
Even as we make progress toward legal equality in the United States, gay and bisexual men continue to be marginalized and persecuted arou…

Modern-Day Witch Hunt in Massachusetts Uncovers Teacher's Gay Porn Past
How concerned are you with high school teachers' sex lives? Would you be comfortable knowing the children at your local high school were …

Creating an AIDS-Free Generation


AIDS has killed 30 million people around the world, and 34 million are living with HIV. Today, I want to focus on the three…

The Most Homophobic Woman in America
The field of contemptible anti-gay activists has long been overcrowded, like a room full of teenagers frenetically rushing a concert stag…

New Head od Apple a Bitt Closeted
Tim Cook is now the most powerful gay man in the world. This is newsworthy, no? But you wonât find it reported in any legacy/mainstream o…

Let's Face it, homophobia is so gay
This week, we learned that virulently anti-gay Puerto Rican Senator Robert Arango was on a diet. Like any straight man wanting to show o…

Christian Groupâs New Gay War
The conservative Charity Giveback Group secured ads from popular companies like Apple and Wells Fargo÷until a grassroots effort slam…

NPR Should Apologize for Parroting ãEx-Gayä Propaganda
The founder of the gay rights group that recently put ãreparative therapyä in the headlines with its hidden-camera investigation of Marcu…

Art has yet to face up to homosexuality
There may be a reckoning in the winds. Attitudes about gays and lesbians, and about same-sex marriage in particular, are now changing so …

My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. ãBaka malamig doonä were among …

Gay Marriage: Whereâs Mr. Obama?
On Thursday night, when same-sex marriage in New York State was teetering on a razorâs edge, President Obama had a perfect opportunity to…

Is The Gay Bar a Thing of the Past?
When the New York State Senate voted 33-29 to approve same-sex marriage on Friday, June 24, gay and lesbian New Yorkers÷and some straight…

Ralph Reed's Con Artist Comeback
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the rancid "values" of those leading today's so-called pro-family movement:

Today, definin…

Why Gay Cultural Progress Is Meeting Stiff Political Resistance
Recent public opinion polls show that attitudes about LGBT Americans are rapidly changing. Consider the results of a May 13 survey by the…

Domestic Disturbance - Before DOMA, there was another debate over marriage ö within the gay and lesbian community
Talking with Andrew Sullivan about marriage is a bit like asking a blue whale what he ate for dinner. Once he starts, there's really no e…

How Many Gay People Are There?
Suppose your job was to make sure that there were enough left-handed scissors to meet the demand. Would you make enough for everyone who…

Common Application reinforces invisibility of LGBT youth
Campus Pride is disappointed by the decision today, as reported by InsideHigherEd.com, by the Board of the Common Application to not allo…

Survivor of Ex-Gay Therapy Speaks Out
As a survivor of "ex-gay" therapy, I was mortified to learn that Exodus International is shifting its focus in 2011 to children and teens…

Speak Up, Speak Out for Our Rights
Right now, the LGBT equality movement is filled with conflicting emotions, intense passions, and nervous energy ö just like the rest…

Christians and Bullying: Standing With Gays and Lesbians
My mother used to give us kids two instructions:

If there is a kid on the playground that nobody else is playing with -- you p…

Against 'Bullying' or On Loving Queer Kids
When I read that 18-year-old Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi had committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after two…

Bishop Bling and the Gay Fling
Virulently homophobic mega-church pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, stands accused of coercing four young men at his church to have sex with him…

Where is the Commitment to Helping with HIV/AIDS Drugs?
Americaâs commitment to helping tens of thousands of people suffering from HIV/AIDs obtain access to the medications they need to survive…

Religious Wars and Places of Worship
If you were told a religion or "faith" tells its followers that you are evil and should be killed, it should be logical to fear and hate …

Ken Mehlman's Difficult Path to Redemption
Let's analyze the Atlantic Magazine story about the coming out of former Republican National Committee Chairman, Ken Mehlman, and discuss…










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