Politics
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Colorado Legislature passes civil unions bill
The Colorado House of Representatives voted 39-26 today to approve legislation that would permit civil unions for same-sex couples, all but assuring gay couples in...
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ENDA and executive order unmentioned in Senate Dems’ meeting with Obama
President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats met behind closed doors on Capitol Hill today to discuss a list of legislative priorities ranging from the budget...
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Allyson Robinson stresses post-DADT goals at OutServe-SLDN dinner
The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT military organization set her sights on complacency Saturday night, telling an audience of nearly a thousand that the...
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Bill Clinton pens strongest support yet for ending his DOMA law
Former President Bill Clinton took his biggest step yet in distancing himself from the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that bears his signature, writing in...
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Pro-gay panel coming to CPAC despite GOProud ban
While GOProud remains banned from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference organized by the American Conservative Union (ACU), that won’t stop one sponsor of CPAC...
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Obama signs LGBT-inclusive VAWA back into law
President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act back into law Thursday, which for the first time includes explicit protections for LGBT victims of...
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Senate confirms nation’s first gay Asian-American federal judge
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nation’s first out gay Asian-American federal judge Monday evening. Pamela Ki Mai Chen was swiftly confirmed with little opposition by...
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House Republicans try again to ban same-sex weddings on military bases
A handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill are again attempting to write discrimination into U.S. military code with a bill introduced in the House of...
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Poll shows 60 percent of Rhode Islanders support gay marriage
The results of a poll of Rhode Islanders released Thursday shows that a strong majority of voters support extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. The...
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Obama: Administration was obligated to take Prop. 8 position
President Barack Obama elaborated on the Supreme Court brief filed by his administration yesterday in the Proposition 8 case, telling reporters today that same-sex couples...
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212 members of Congress urge Supreme Court to rule against DOMA
More than 200 members of Congress filed a brief today urging the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. For the first...
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Obama administration calls on Supreme Court to strike down Prop. 8
The Obama administration called on the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8 in a brief filed today, declaring the California ban on same-sex marriage...
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Congress approves LGBT-inclusive VAWA, Obama vows to sign
An LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act swept through the House of Representatives today, winning a bipartisan majority in the Republican-controlled chamber. Voting 286-138 Thursday, the...
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REPORT: Obama administration will file brief in Prop. 8 case
The Obama administration will file a brief in the Proposition 8 case before the Supreme Court, NBC News reported Thursday afternoon. “Administration officials say the...
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Where are congressional Democrats on Prop. 8?
The Thursday deadline is rapidly approaching for the Obama administration to file a brief in the Proposition 8 case before the Supreme Court. But while...
