President Barack Obama nominated two justices to the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today, including one who could become...
Barack Obama continued the presidential tradition of speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning, marking the president’s fifth appearance at the annual event and...
The Boy Scouts of America will not consider lifting the organization’s long-standing ban on gay members and leaders until May, the group announced today. In...
With immigration reform once again taking center stage on Capitol Hill, advocates are cautiously optimistic that protections for same-sex families articulated by President Barack Obama...
The Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that would define the term “bullying” and instructs individual school boards to adopt policies and...
A Maryland legislative ethics committee has found that Del. Emmett Burns (D-Baltimore Co.) committed a “particularly egregious abuse of public resources” by writing a letter...
The Pentagon will announce later this week its decision to grant the spouses of gay servicemembers “certain benefits” still denied to them more than a...
One day after announcing he would explore a run for Secretary of State John Kerry’s old Senate seat, out gay Republican Richard Tisei announced he...
President Barack Obama reiterated his oppositions to the Boy Scouts’ longstanding ban on gay members and leaders during an interview with CBS News. In an...
Former Sen. Scott Brown’s (R-Mass.) annoumcement today that he will not seek election to the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, a Democrat, may open a...
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel affirmed his commitment to equality for gay servicemembers during his Senate confirmation hearing today. President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of...
Rep. Aaron Schock gave a muddled answer when asked why he doesn’t support the right of same-sex couples to marry. “Uh, well, I — I...
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday that could allow student organizations at Virginia public universities to openly discriminate against potential members without...
Supporters of the ban on gay members and leaders in the Boy Scouts of America are mobilizing after news that the organization is considering lifting the...
If Virginia legislators take action this week, “living in sin” with one’s boyfriend or girlfriend will be a step closer to legalization in the commonwealth....