� � Phil Reese is the Manager of Digital Initiatives and web editor at the Washington Blade. Before coming to the Blade in 2011, Reese contributed to a number of both web and print publications around the nation, and co-hosted the only weekly LGBT politics roundtable show, Same Sex Sunday, which was available for download via podcast. Reese received his Masters of Library and Information Science for the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and his Bachelor's degree in English and Communication from Central Michigan University. He is a Detroit native, and has been following stories related to leaders of the LGBT community and its advocacy organizations for over 10 years. Google

GOP turns to Log Cabin Director for Finance Committee

Log Cabin Republican's Executive Director, R. Clarke Cooper, has been tapped by the Republican National Committee to sit on the party's Finance Committee

June 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

HRC store vandalized; radical queer group claims responsibility

The Dupont Circle Human Rights Campaign store was vandalized last night by a group claiming to be paying homage to the Stonewall Riots.

June 29, 2011 | 54 Comments

GLSEN encouraged by U.S. Senators’ ‘It Gets Better’ video

13 members of the U.S. Senate today released a joint video for the 'It Gets Better Project' encouraging discouraged or bullied LGBT youth not to lose hope. The LGBT youth advocacy group, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, praised the video.

June 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

DOJ to file appeal of Bankruptcy court’s DOMA ruling

In a surprising move, the Justice Department is appealing a bankruptcy court ruling finding DOMA unconstitutional.

June 29, 2011 | 3 Comments

Advocates see New York as a turning point in marriage equality effort

On July 24, New York will become the largest state offering same-sex couples the same rights in marriage as opposite-sex couples, more than doubling the population of Americans living in marriage equality states

June 27, 2011 | Comments Off

New York approves marriage equality

Voting 33-29, New York makes history becoming the largest state to approve same-sex marriage, and does so with a Republican-controlled Senate.

June 24, 2011 | 5 Comments

New York Senate GOP: Marriage bill will get floor vote

The New York state Senate is expected to vote tonight on whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage.

June 24, 2011 | Comments Off

National news in brief: June 24

Tracy Morgan returns to Tennessee to apologize, Michigan GOP try to eliminate domestic partner benefits, open lesbian up for Anthony Weiner's seat and New Jersey Senate leader no longer opposed to marriage equality

June 23, 2011 | Comments Off

Former AT&T lobbyist at center of GLAAD controversy resigns from Board

After a tumultuous two weeks for GLAAD, Troup Coronado, a former AT&T executive at the center of the controversy resigned from the Board of Directors yesterday of his own accord

June 23, 2011 | 5 Comments

BREAKING: Equality California sends retraction to FCC.

Interim Executive Director Jim Carroll officially retracts Equality California's October 2009 letter to the FCC that seemed to support an anit-net neutrality stance.

June 22, 2011 | Comments Off