Top 10 National Stories of 2018
No. 10: Ric Grenell confirmed as ambassadorU.S. Ambassador to Germandy Richard Grenell (Photo public domain)After months of Democratic opposition, the U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Grenell this y...
LGBT Groups Sharply Criticize Trump Asylum Executive Order
LGBT advocacy groups have sharply criticized President Trump over his executive order that prevents migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they enter the country illegally from Mexico.National Center f...
5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, March 15
1. There's a gay wrinkle in the Stormy Daniels saga. According to a report in The Washington Post, Daniels' close friend, openly gay L.A. photographer Keith Munyan, was privy to details of the porn star's affai...
National LGBT orgs react to Bruce Jenner coming out as transgender on ABC
On Friday, Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner was interviewed by ABC's Diane Sawyer and revealed he is indeed a transgender woman. Dialogue has been sparked across social media and national LGBT organizations i...
Supreme Court: Which case makes the best case for marriage equality?
The U.S. Supreme Court could announce as early as Tuesday (Sept. 30) which marriage equality case –or cases— it will accept for review this session. But, while the Court has seven marriage equality cases to cho...
Gay activists decry Supreme Court’s ruling in Hobby Lobby case
Some LGBT legal activists say today’s decision in a U.S. Supreme Court religious exemption case amounts to a “dangerous and radical departure from existing law that creates far more questions than it answers.” ...
Utah ruling striking down ban on same-sex headed to U.S. Supreme Court
Saying that it “emphatically agrees” with numerous court decisions in the past year that have struck down bans on same-sex couples marrying, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals voted ...
Meet the heroes and villains of the marriage equality movement
The heroes of marriage equality
Chad Griffin
Griffin is the current president of the Human Rights Campaign but also founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which was the vehicle behind the successfu...
Federal judge rules in favor of same-sex marriage in Tennessee
In an important but narrow ruling, a U.S. district court judge in Nashville issued a preliminary injunction late Friday afternoon, barring the state of Tennessee from denying recognition of marriage licenses ob...