In a policy change announced Friday by Secretary of State John Kerry, the United States will begin processing visa applications for same-sex couples effective immediately. ...
A bipartisan group of 86 members of Congress urged Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to accelerate the reevaluation of the nation’s...
“Within the past two days, two Russian officials have gone out of their way to contradict the IOC in no uncertain terms. The opinion of...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner and Block announced today at a press conference...
They come from somewhat disparate backgrounds, yet share more common traits than differences. The most significant similarity is their success. They are the women of...
Given that just a couple weeks ago I argued that LGBT people should avoid seeing the upcoming sci-fi film Ender's Game because it's based on...
Benjamin Franklin said in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention had given America ''a republic, if you can keep it.'' We have struggled for 226 years...
Some prefer sci-fi, while others crave spice. Or, maybe it's nonfiction all the way. E-book or traditional, there are plenty of options, and that's what...
The first lines of The City of Devi detail the character Sarita haggling over the price of a pomegranate. That might seem relatively insignificant, except...
''It's odd that I am a poet,'' Niki Herd laughs, ''because I remember not caring for poetry very much in high school.'' Herd, who grew...
K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Women Write Gay EroticaTC Blue, Ellis Carrington, Treva Hart, Marguerite Labbe6:30 p.m.The DC Center1318 U St. NW SATURDAY, AUG. 3 All Saturday...
While it struggles with its own LGBT-equality issues, the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao is hoping U.S. gay travelers, especially honeymooners, will take advantage of...
“We challenge the IOC to demonstrate its good faith by hosting under its aegis a Pride House in Sochi, open to all, athletes and visitors,...
As Congress prepares to leave town Friday for a month-long summer recess, advocates are undertaking a multimillion dollar lobbying campaign to secure Senate passage of...
Electronic/dance music, or EDM, is a singles-driven genre, so you don't expect EDM artists to produce albums as regularly as you do those in other...
Flying back to the U.S. with her Danish wife in July, Mary Coble was welcomed – albeit politely – with some institutional homophobia. So many...
''It's a musical I never thought I'd end up directing, that's for sure,'' says Jack Marshall of I Do! I Do! ''I actually avoided seeing...
Thirty years ago this week an album was released that would end up changing the course of pop music forever. It would have been impossible...
This year’s Capital Pride headlining duo Icona Pop are on a tear, striking while the iron — aka that little ditty called “I Love It”...