In 2004, Andy Szekeres, then a 21-year-old budding Democratic strategist with several political campaigns already under his belt, was working as the Wisconsin LGBT field coordinator for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. Szekeres estimates that he and his team registered 26,000 new gay voters across...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is stepping up internal discussions on how gay men and lesbians might be able to serve openly in the armed services, military officials said on Thursday, in anticipation of fulfilling President Obama’s campaign pledge to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law. The...

The following was announced via an official press release from the National Center for Transgender Equality Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce....

Anne Nixon Cooper made history as she cast her ballot for Pres. Barack Obama in 2008. After living through 107 years of change, she died December 22, 2009. The “land of the free, home of the brave” that we take for granted today did not have the same face 107 years ago. Anne Nixon Cooper...

‘Tis the season for Top 10 countdowns, as the world concludes the first decade of the 21st century. A recent Top 10 List on Newsweek has caught the eye of the nation, as it predicts the most likely political actions … or rather, lack thereof in 2010. Number 9: Obama Does Nada on Gay Rights Patience...

The first buzz of an “anti-gay” bill that would criminalize homosexuality in Uganda was ignited this past summer. Initially, there were no talks of death penalties and life sentences, but there were talks of restrictions such as forbidding homosexuals to publish literature that advocates...

human rights As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama did not support marriage equality, but he did support the repeal of the so-called “Defense of Marriage” Act (DOMA), a 1996 law that bans any federal recognition of gay and lesbian families and allows states to deny marriage rights even...

Ugandan Protester Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life, drew fire last year when he was invited to give the invocation at President Barack Obama’s inauguration. His support for Proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as...

In May, 2009, the Maine Legislature extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. As expected, opponents of equality, led by the National Organization for Marriage and the Catholic Church, petitioned to have those rights put to a vote by referendum. This film chronicles the final days of the...

President Barack Obama Accountability. It is the cornerstone of political action committees across the country. Today, AMERICAblog’s John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay have organized a boycott aimed at holding elected officials accountable for their actions and campaign promises. It’s called,...