I haven’t seen Milk, or any of the other films that were nominated for Oscars. But everyone should watch the speech that Dustin Lance Black gave when he won the best original screenplay for Milk: Via Yes Means Yes...

Hilzoy is one of the best writers in the liberal blogosphere, but I have some issues with this post, which my esteemed co-blogger Jeff linked to. Hilzoy was responding to the image you see here, which is currently on the front page of US News and World Report’s “Washington Whispers.̶...

First, congratulations are in order for Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who today became the 38th Prime Minister of Iceland, and the first openly gay head of government in world history. Jóhanna,1 of course, is getting the opportunity primarily because Iceland has imploded, and the Icelandic people are ...

Author’s Preface: GallingGalla’s comment on the third post in this series has made me think I should add this preface: I see each post in this series as one section of a single piece of writing, not as a discrete essay unto itself. As a result, while each section may contain its own argument...

So Clinton’s replacement in the Senate will be Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, a conservative Democrat who has often voted with Republicans on immigration issues and LGBT issues. From Wayne Barrett in The Village Voice: Gillibrand has described her own voting record as “one of the mos...

Renee writes: Say it with me, gay is not the new black. African-Americans did not cause the passing of prop 8, and the gay community does not have the right to compare its struggles to the black civil rights movement. I completely agree that gay is not the new black, and African-Americans did not ca...

Richard Chappell writes: Many are complaining that by reaching out to Rick Warren, Obama is offering a slap in the face to progressives. This is silly. Yes, Warren has badly screwed up views on social issues. Most Americans do. That doesn’t mean they must be shunned or demonized; it means that...

From the department of “duh,” and via Quirkybird’s twitter feed: Study: Tolerance Can Lower Gay Kids’ Suicide Risk The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that the gay, lesbian and bisexual young adults and teens… [who] experienced high levels of rejection...

From Pharyngula, an article about how two brothers who were holding each other’s arms as they walked were assaulted, and one of them killed, because passersby in an SUV thought they were gay: [Jose] Sucuzhanay (suh-KOO-chen-eye) and his brother Romel, 38, were walking arm-in-arm after a night ...

A few years ago, Christian music star Ray Boltz came out of the closet to his family; this September, he came out as a gay man publicly. Ray’s incredibly supportive ex-wife, Carol Boltz, has a blog and a fascinating perspective. From “How I came out as a straight ally“: Some are co...