Assemblymember John A. Perez Equality California Hails Selection of State’s First Openly Gay Assembly Speaker Sacramento – Today, the Democratic Caucus of the California State Assembly made history by selecting its first openly LGBT Speaker of the Assembly, Assemblymember John A. Pérez (D-Los...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Los Angeles’ Episcopal Diocese elected an openly lesbian priest as assistant bishop on Saturday, a move likely to stoke more tensions in the global Anglican community over the divisive issue of gay clergy. The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, 55, of Baltimore is the first...

Today marks the 21st International World AIDS Day. It’s a day of reflection, a day of celebration, a day that honors those whom have contributed to the fight for better treatment, and of course, a cure. Understanding that there may be members of our community who are not familiar with the history...

Barbara Gittings marching in Independence Day picket in Philadelphia in 1969. Photo taken by Nancy Tucker, released by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Barbara Gittings (July 31, 1932 – February 18, 2007) was a prominent American activist for gay equality. She organized the New York chapter of the Daughters...

Tom Waddell, Gay Games Founder Dr. Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 – July 11, 1987) was the gay American sportsman who founded the international sporting event called the Gay Games, which was named such after the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) sued Dr. Waddell for using the word “Olympic”...

Sappho Sappho was a poetess of Ancient Greece. She is thought to have written nine books of poems, although the first written record of her is not dated until approximately the third century BC, nearly a hundred years after she lived. It may be said that in her was born the greatest lyric poetess of...

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (pronounced /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984), born Truman Streckfus Persons, was an American writer, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s...

Augusten Burroughs Augusten Xon Burroughs (b. October 23, 1965) is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002), which spawned a film of the same name. In addition to Scissors, Burroughs penned a second memoir, Dry (2003), about his experience during...

Robert Reed Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American stage and television actor. Reed was born John Robert Rietz, in Highland Park, Illinois. He gained his greatest fame as the father, Mike Brady, on the sitcom The Brady Bunch, on which he appeared from 1969 to 1974. From the...

Sir Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He was born in Pinner, Middlesex, England as Reginald Kenneth Dwight. He began his career writing songs together with lyricist Bernie Taupin. He was the first artist to enter the American...