News + Politics
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Sylvia Rivera photo installed in National Portrait Gallery
Transgender activist Sylvia Rivera, one of the leaders in the early days of the LGBT rights movement, has become the first transgender person to have...
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ISIS murders two more gay men in Syria
It's the latest in a number of similarly brutal murders of men suspected of being gay by ISIS fighters
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Candidate opposing nondiscrimination law has Adam4Adam profile
The race for a city council seat in Indiana just got even more interesting after a Republican candidate who opposes amending the city’s civil rights...
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The Academy of Washington closes
After 55 years, the Academy of Washington, a social club for drag performers, has shut down. On Monday, Oct. 26, the board of directors decided...
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Sanders hits Clinton over past support for DOMA
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday knocked his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for comments she made regarding the Defense...
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Texans owner Bob McNair asks for anti-HERO donation back
Bob McNair, the owner and CEO of the Houston Texans football team, is asking for his money back. McNair, who contributed more than $10,000 to...
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LDS leader criticizes “soldier for Christ” Kim Davis’ actions
Mormon leader says Davis should issue marriage licenses, as emails emerge showing her intent to defy court's orders
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N.Y. governor’s executive order will expand transgender protections
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) plans to issue an executive order that will protect transgender individuals from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education and public accommodations....
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Delgaudio: Paul Ryan is “homosexual lobby’s Trojan Horse for Speaker”
As U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) prepares to assume the mantle of Speaker of the House, announcing his candidacy for the position on Thursday evening,...
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Transgender student appealing Gloucester County restroom policy
Lawyers for a transgender male student from Gloucester County, Va., are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop the Gloucester...
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Two men in Philadelphia gay bashing will not serve jail time
Two men charged in the beating of a gay couple in Philadelphia last year have accepted a plea deal that requires them to stay away...
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Florida lawmaker drafts law to legalize refusing service to gay people
Bill would allow Florida adoption services and other businesses to deny service due to religious objections
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Grooming Pink Elephants
How the GOP can cultivate a winning coalition by including LGBT voters
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In Search of a Speaker
"Palace intrigue" during leadership vacuum in wake of John Boehner's retirement exposes rifts among GOP caucus
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Westboro Baptist Church pickets Kim Davis
For the LGBT community, it was likely the battle of the most reviled. On Monday, the Westboro Baptist Church arrived in Rowan County, Kentucky, to...
