Measure still contains death penalty provision
The Department of Health & Human Services on Wednesday announced it has awarded an LGBT advocacy group $900,000 to create the first national resource center on LGBT aging. In a statement,...
The Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Americans Caucus is giving high marks to President Obama and the Democratic Party’s efforts to advance LGBT rights over the past...
A majority of voters continue to support allowing gays to serve openly in the U.S. military, 57-36 percent, according to a new poll. But the same...
Some moderate members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are getting behind the Pentagon’s review of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” without explicitly expressing support for repeal....
This week's WGAY submission covers Chris Johnson's front page article, "Pentagon leaders back 'Don't Ask' repeal"
The Senate Armed Services Committee has postponed a hearing on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” that was originally set for Thursday. Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) had planned...
A group of 60 U.S. House members have signed a letter urging congressional leaders and President Obama to include bi-national LGBT couples this year in comprehensive immigration reform....
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress last week introduced resolutions condemning a harshly anti-gay bill pending in Uganda. In the Senate, the sponsor of the resolution...
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is recommending to President Obama that he nominate for the first time ever an openly gay male to serve on the federal...
At least seven LGBT people are among the 24 newly appointed members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. The induction of the new PACHA members,...
