Active-duty LGBT soldiers share their stories of serving under DADT. Our Time marks the end of more than a decade of silence, giving voice to the LGBT men and women who served under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” These individuals enlisted knowing that the military would ask them to bury an integral part of themselves [...]

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of five students who have faced severe anti-LGBT (lesbian gay bisexual transgender) bullying and harassment while attending school in the Anoka-Hennepin district. GAY USA the Movie and Blog, has reported on the so called “neutrality policy” – which [...]

by Melanie Nathan – The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) has just launched an “open letter” to the students of Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District (see below) to let them know that people across the country’ have their backs,’ even if their school leaders and elected officials may not. This is an important campaign for [...]

By Melanie Nathan, The California Supreme Court has set  the Proposition 8 Oral Argument hearing for Tuesday, September 6th, at 10 AM PST, which is the first day of the Court’s fall session. The Court will hear arguments with regard to whether proponents of ballot initiatives have standing to defend their initiatives when challenged in [...]

(Minneapolis, MN, July 21, 2011)—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and Faegre & Benson, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the alarming anti-gay harassment in schools within the Anoka-Hennepin School District as well as the district’s “gag policy” that prevents teachers from discussing issues related to lesbian, [...]

Ugandan MP Hon. Otto Odonga  told  Warren Throckmorten: that the “Parliament will bring back the Anti-Homosexuality Bill soon, perhaps “by the end of August.” Although the re-introduction of the antigay bill had been expected, Odonga said the bill is “back from the perspective of the new parliament starting from where the last parliament ended.” In the [...]

Calls for inclusion of all gender identities on social network, cites Google+ as first to go beyond “male” and “female” New York – AllOut.org, a global campaign organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality, this week launched a campaign asking Facebook to stop limiting its users’ choice of gender identity to only [...]

WASHINGTON — Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and 10 other immigration reform supporters were arrested in front of the White House on Tuesday for protesting against the Obama administration’s deportation of young people and families. On Tuesday, he and other deportation critics sat down in front of the White House with a sign reading “One million [...]

San Francisco- Yesterday, the Presbyterian Church (USA) announced its decision to allow the ordination of openly gay and lesbian clergy, elders and deacons. The church is one of the largest Christian denominations in the country with over 2.3 million members and about 11,000 congregations. Equality California Institute Boardmember Rev. Abel Lopez, All Saints Church, Pasadena, [...]

Photo by Kristina Lapinski, GAY USA, the Movie Phyllis Siegel 76 and Connie Kopelov, 84 were the first couple to emerge to the crowd of well wishers on that very hot New York City day, signalling the miracle of rights long owed, courageously fought for and finally won. The couple, together 23 years, brought many [...]