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  • Majority Rules

    By on April 21, 2011

    For those with even a passing acquaintance with the actions and rhetoric of anti-gay organizations and activists, it's rarely surprising to see just how low...

  • A Presidential Duty

    By on April 21, 2011

    Lesbian and gay couples have fought for inclusion in our family-based immigration system for decades. Today, the president himself agrees that discrimination against married bi-national...

  • Gaming the System

    By on April 14, 2011

    In the Kodachrome memories of my youth, I'm sprawled on the brown shag carpet of the living room in front of the Zenith floor-model television,...

  • We're in Business

    By on April 14, 2011

    Mark Guenther, executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, told a moving story at the organization's April 8 awards dinner...

  • Don't Stop

    By on April 7, 2011

    If I were to create a list of things about which I never wanted to write about again, ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' would be right...

  • Warm Welcome

    By on April 6, 2011

    Thank you, Ms. Perkins. You don't know me, but you sort of made my day. What you do know is that my husband and I...

  • Hope Roller Coaster

    By on March 31, 2011

    Generally, I look for proof of the imminence of April Fools' Day in friendly pranks at the office, goofy headlines and news parodies. That's where...

  • One for the Goddess

    By on March 31, 2011

    The death of a screen goddess is bound to attract a circus-like atmosphere in addition to the normal obituaries and video tributes. Following the news...

  • Facing the Facts

    By on March 31, 2011

    In my line of work, I regularly hear stories of how LGBT people have been treated in the health care system. Many are tales of...

  • A Game Plan for ENDA

    By on March 31, 2011

    Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) recently introduced the bipartisan and fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). But let's be honest. ENDA is...

  • Making Things Better

    By on March 23, 2011

    These days when we think of the phrase ''it gets better,'' we think of recent efforts to give hope to LGBT youth that as they...

  • We Go On

    By on March 16, 2011

    I'm sure every generation believes that its own time is the scariest time to be alive — from Depression babies to World War II to...

  • Radical Divisions

    By on March 16, 2011

    I supported Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) long before his stirring testimony at Rep. Peter King's (R-N.Y.) McCarthy-style anti-Muslim hearings last week. Ellison, the first Muslim...

  • Living by Example

    By on March 9, 2011

    I am an early-adopting technophile in many ways — iPad, iPhone, Xbox, Playstation, ad infinitum — so much of my life revolves around various devices....

  • Imperfect Union

    By on March 9, 2011

    My grandfather was a union man. I didn't know this till I was shown a photo of him, long after he died, taking part in...