Improving gay life in Washington
Mayor's GLBT affairs office demonstrates Adrian Fenty's commitment to community.
Let's drop the word marriage
What we really want is equal rights, so why fight over what to call it?
By JOHN SHIELDS
Friday, December 12, 2008
“WHAT DO WE want?”
“Equal rights!”
“When do we want it?”
“Now!”
Those were the chants I was leading to a large crowd of protesters in West Hollywood in 1991.
Long-term sex: Myths and facts
Opening up your relationship may give you some sexual thrills, but it may trash your LTR.
Keeping our cool
Radical reactions to defeats will not bring the change we need.
By STEVE CHARING
Friday, December 05, 2008
BELIEVE IT OR not, I agreed with Bill O'Reilly's recent assessment that the protest actions taken by a group of radical gay activists in a Lansing, Mich.
It's a good time to be gay - and Republican
I look forward to the day when D.C. shifts to purple or even turns red.
Hope for all who are marginalized
After Barack Obama's victory, I finally felt like a part of America again
By KATHI WOLFE
Friday, November 28, 2008
ON NOV.
Painful lessons after losing California
Eventually, we will win marriage rights, but that day is now farther away.
Blame the gov't for Proposition 8
If black civil rights had been put to a vote, Obama would not be president-elect.
Repaying hate with more hate is wrong
Vilifying our opponents might feel good, but it won't help the cause.
Media are lazy in covering marriage
Search for 'balance' is merely an excuse to sensationalize topic.
Obama's unfinished civil rights tasks
If Americans want real change, we should grant gays full equality under the law.
Promise of a new day
We won, we celebrated and now it's time to get back to work.
By PETER ROSENSTEIN
Friday, November 14, 2008
THE ELECTION IS over and we celebrate Barack Obama's victory.
The arrogance of white gays
Gay voters should blame themselves for Prop 8, not black Californians.
By HERNDON DAVIS
Friday, November 14, 2008
AS A BLACK and gay activist and resident of Los Angeles, I watched as Proposition 8 in California was passed, creating a legal ban on same-sex marriage in the state.
When a hate crime is not a hate crime
The way police and the judge have handled Hunter beating death is an outrage.
Backlash at the ballot box
Election results prove that that we can't win marriage rights in the courts.
Fired up and ready to go
Gay voters have much to be thankful for after Obama's victory this week.
By JOAN GARRY
Friday, November 07, 2008
I WAS A big baby on election night.
Patrick Mara for Council
GOP candidate understands that fighting alongside us is the natural thing to do.
Honest talk about poverty
Gay cruises and a second home in Fire Island just isn't the reality for many queers.
Write in Carol Schwartz
She's a tenacious fighter and longtime supporter of gay rights and has earned reelection.
Where were you during Prop 8 fight?
You will regret not helping in California if we lose, so donate time, money now.