An article in today’s Red & Black offers up some stern criticism of Obama for his slow motion on same-sex marriage.
Columnist Max Marceau blasted Obama for supporting civil unions over marriages for gay and lesbian couples. Marceau also criticizes citizens – gay and straight – for not “taking to the streets” in defense of equal [...]

[ October 28, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] A debate on same-sex marriage will take place at the University of Georgia’s School of Law this Wednesday, Oct. 28.

I expect that this will be quite the debate, as the two sides will be represented by Jonathan Rauch (photo; guest scholar at the Brookings Institute and author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives is making strides to include sexual orientations in the national hate crimes laws. A writer at GALiberal.com wrote today on this issue.
The issue of including sexual orientation within the national hate crimes law has long been debated, but it seems that we may finally be making some progress. Interesting that [...]

I was reading an article earlier today over at GayAgenda.com about a call made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the Obama administration to repeal the outdated Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy.
As quoted by GayAgenda.com, Reid said in a letter to President Obama, “At a time when we are fighting two wars, I do [...]

[ October 5, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Tonight, the University of Georgia’s newly formed Log Cabin Republicans group will hold its first official meeting, says Brett Edgerton.

The meeting comes after several months of planning and organizing. To see our continued coverage of this student group, please see our archives.

Here’s the e-mail I received from Edgerton:
We will be having our first official ugaLCR [...]

Back to the radical right wing agenda, feminism has fallen off the radar of many conservatives. Usually, they beat the strawman of immigration, gays, or socialists, or whatever they are mad about today. However, feminism has been on the back burner … until NOW!
Phyllis Schlafly, the anti-Equal Rights Amendment activist who heads the Eagle Forum, [...]

Georgia Equality, along with a network of organizations, will be using a virtual phone bank this Sunday, Sept. 27, to push for voters to vote NO on the state’s ballot measure which would make it illegal for gays and lesbians to marry.
In a recent e-mail release from Georgia Equality, I learned that the same group [...]

No official word has come forward yet, but a leaked memo gives hope that Obama will soon repeal the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban. You can read more about the HIV TIB here, but basically it allows the United States to keep people from traveling or immigrating into the country if they have HIV.
It should [...]

Guess what! The legalization of gay marriage in Iowa has not made an impact in the day-to-day life of straight-married people in Iowa. Well, at least for 92% of them:
The overwhelming majority of Iowans – 92 percent – say gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives.Sixty-three percent say candidates’ stands on other [...]

I have been trying to get a post together about how the national health care debate affects the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community. I started to try and find statistics, but they were hard to find (as this video explains).
With that being said, I got an email from Stonewall Democrats featuring a video of [...]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the castration of gay code-breaker Alan Turing. Turing was chemically castrated in 1952 after having been found having “indecent homosexual relations.” Two years later, he committed suicide:
In a statement on the British Government Web site, Prime Minister Gordon Brown acknowledged Turing’s “outstanding” contribution during World War II.
“He [...]

GayInAthens.com reader Espen Correll sent along a note this afternoon about some recent advancements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in El Paso, Texas.
The city joined Dallas and Austin, Texas, in offering health insurance to “live-in partners of unmarried municipal employees,” who will now qualify for a health care benefits package.
There’s a lesson to [...]

It is with a very heavy heart that I report the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Americans had no better advocate in the senate than Ted Kennedy. He was a hero to me and gave me hope that one day all GLBT Americans would be treated equally. I will [...]

This controversy over gay marriage needs to come to an end. It is doing nothing by splitting up this country into two groups. We need to come together and reach a compromise. Below is what I see to be an overall solution to the issue.
Before I tell you my solution I feel that you should [...]

Rush Limbaugh took a stab at Barney Frank, the gay U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, yesterday, but stirred up the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community by making a gay joke about a prominent gay politician.
This is nothing new for Limbaugh; however, you would think by now that he would have learned his lesson. Democrats are [...]