Politics
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One Day ‘Til Iowa: Anticipating Santorum
A day before the Iowa caucuses, The Atlantic‘s Molly Ball covers the “Santorum surge,” writing of former Sen. Rick Santorum: Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron...
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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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New CNN/Time Poll: “Moral Issues” Not That Important to 1 in 5 Iowa GOP Caucus-Goers
A new poll released by CNN/Time this afternoon found that one in five Iowa Republican voters said “moral issues” — like abortion and same-sex marriage...
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John Geddes Lawrence, of Lawrence v. Texas, Has Died at 68
John Geddes Lawrence, the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared sodomy laws unconstitutional across the country, died on Nov. 20, according...
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Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD Up Campaign Against ABC’s New Sitcom
The new series, Work It, had already caused concern at LGBT organizations before ABC started promoting the series. But any behind-the-scenes worries broke out into...
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Golinski Has Her Day in Court, DOJ Sends Senior Lawyer To Argue DOMA’s Unconstitutionality
The Department of Justice sent one of its top lawyers to federal court in San Francisco today to argue that the Defense of Marriage Act’s...
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Barron Out As GOProud Board Chair, Former CPAC Director De Pasquale Steps In
GOProud co-founder Chris Barron will be stepping down as board of directors chair at the end of the year, according to a news release issued...
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West Virginia Education Board OKs LGBT-Inclusive Anti-Bullying Policy
One week after the U.S. Department of Education released a report detailing state policies on bullying, the West Virginia Board of Education took action to...
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Defense Bill Conference Report Strips Anti-Gay House Language, Keeps Military Sodomy Ban
Following the report that the House and Senate conferees had reached a compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network announced this...
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Prop 8 Questions on Trial Tape, Judge’s Alleged Bias Being Heard Before Ninth Circuit Today
As Metro Weekly noted on Dec. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is holding oral arguments this afternoon, at 2:30 Pacific...
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The Rick Perry Video, the Tweets and GOProud’s Explanation
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), seeking the Republican nomination for president, pushed out an aggressive anti-LGBT push this week, criticizing President Obama’s human rights memorandum...
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Perry Attacks “Special Rights for Gays,” Says Obama Move “Not in America’s Interests”
President Obama’s memorandum on use of U.S. foreign policy to advance LGBT equality prompted Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry to say in...
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Secretary Clinton to LGBT People Worldwide: “You Have an Ally in the United States”
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a major address on LGBT equality as her Human Rights Day Address. Delivered in Geneva, Clinton acknowledged...
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Leading By Example: The Marriage Problem and Other U.S. Inequalities
At a background briefing held today in advance of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Human Rights Day Address about global LGBT equality, the issue...
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Obama Issues Memorandum Directing Government Action on International LGBT Issues
President Obama today issued a memorandum “directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights...
