Politics

Following the lead of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, the House has passed the approval for a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The vote was 234 Yes and 194 No. See The Complete Vote Breakdown HERE…  Read More Here…

Dan Choi, who’s promised to start a hunger strike this weekend over the recent developments in Congress on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, appears on the Joy Behar show to discuss the issue.

With a vote of 16 for and 12 against, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a repeal of "Don’t  Ask Don’t Tell" the 1993 policy put in place by Bill Clinton which allows gays and lesbians to serve in the military only if they conceal their sexual orientation. The proposal will next go the House

Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, has just won a Senate race in Kentucky. In his victory speech he aligned himself with the Tea Party and uttered "We’re here to take our government back". Without knowing much else about what he means by that, I’ll leave it to your interpretation. It’s not nearly as disturbing

  This Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, is the first official Harvey Milk Day in the state of California. Thanks to the film "Milk" starring Sean Penn, a new generation of young people are now aware of Milk’s history and influence in the continuing battle for LGBT Equality. May 22nd is Harvey Milk’s actual birthday. He

According to Barney Frank, a vote for ENDA in the House will happen in the next couple of weeks. He states that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has promised him that. On the subject of LGBT Equality, Frank said, ’’We’re gonna win this battle, there’s no question. … I know people are frustrated, ’Well,

All over this nation, and the world, individuals are making their way into court after court, attempting to use their religious belief systems as a way to circumvent the law. Specifically, laws on discrimination. It’s at the forefront of the battle here in the U.S. over same sex marriage. Basically, those with religious beliefs claim

So closing arguments in the Prop 8 trial will happen during Pride month. Ironic. I’d always hoped a decision in our favor would happen in the month of June, to add a whole lot of symbolism to it, but now it’s not likely. We still don’t know how long after hearing closing arguments that Judge