Wills Money to Lady Gaga -  “To my friends you gave me life and love, never think this was your fault… To Lady Gaga, you have been a fearless relentless proud LGBTQ advocate…..”  Excerpt Suicide note, EricJames Borges (Exclusive Copy below) By Melanie Nathan, January 25, 2012 Raised in an extremist Christian household, assaulted in [...]

Until today, the fate of marriage equality in Washtington State rested on one vote and three undecided Democrats,  Sens. Brian Hatfield, Mary Margaret Haugen and Paull Shinn,  and three Republicans also who had yet to decide.  Today bringing equality to the finish line turned out to be Democratic State Senator Haugen, from the 10th legislative [...]

While commenting that the Church of England has imposed compulsory celibacy on gay clergy, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, says it is time for the Anglican Communion to recognize the changed attitudes toward gay people The prominent historian is caling for the Church of England to accept gay partnerships among its clergy, instead of encouraging them to [...]

Calling on Same-sex constitutents and families to visit these three Senators THE three Democrats who remain undecided or uncommitted about whether same-sex couples should have the same civil right laws to marry in Washington State.  Only one signature is needed in the state Senate  and there will be marriage equality in the State of Washington, [...]

A Democrat who once opposed gay marriage now says he will support it. Thanks to Senator Jim Kastama, marriage equality moves closer to a reality in Washington State and the thanks are pouring onto the comments section of the Seattle Times. The conservative member of the Senate from Puyallup, who voted back in 1998 for [...]

2012 Annual Celebration to be held on May 5 at the Metreon Cityview in San Francisco (San Francisco, CA, January 20, 2012)—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is proud to announce that it will honor seven heroes in the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality at its 2012 Anniversary Celebration—which marks its [...]

ABILENE, TEXAS – Today, on MLK Jr. Day of Service, a part of United We Serve, the President’s national call to service initiative, Soulfource – a non-profit organization committed to the freedom of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people from political and spiritual oppression – announced a renewed, additional focus on community service [...]

San Francisco, CA, January 12, 2012—The following is a joint statement from Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and Freedom to Marry: We write to respond to a news report from Canada that a lawyer in the current government has taken a [...]

The Ninth Circuit has completed all hearings and briefing in the Prop 8 case and could rule at any time. San Francisco is prepared -see Plan below.    Since proposition 8 was passed and then challenged in the California and Ninth Circuit Courts, the San Francisco LGBT community has rallied and protested outside each and [...]