LGBTQ events in the days to come
As a man of African-American heritage of a certain age, watching the debate over marriage equality in D.C. is like watching a hazy, black-and-white version of...
On Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, the D.C. City Council voted for the second time to approve the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Act of 2009....
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee has reported out legislation that would provide benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental...
The only out lawmaker in the New Jersey Legislature said the state’s pending marriage legislation “could go either way” and cautioned against bringing the bill to...
Virginia Partisans, the state’s gay Democratic group, was slated Thursday to endorse Del. David Marsden to fill incoming Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s state Senate seat. Marsden...
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the British-based spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, says the election earlier this month of a lesbian Episcopal priest from Annapolis, Md.,...
Four local LGBT organizations have issued a joint statement calling D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier’s plan to overhaul the department’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit “ill-conceived”...
Less than three weeks after the D.C. City Council approved legislation in May to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, 33 members of the House...
The mayor of Palm Springs is making a bid to become the first openly gay member of Congress who’s married with children. Steve Pougnet, 46, a...
Gay rights advocates are heralding the victory of a lesbian official in her bid to become mayor of Houston as a triumph for LGBT Americans. Annise...