Saturday, May 29th, members of Gay Liberation Network and Join the Impact participated in a rally and march called to protest Arizona’s recent racial profiling legislation designed to harass all Latinos and Latinas there and trap the undocumented. We gathered at the Mexican independence plaza...

The following was published in 2009 via the Center for American Progress, a think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. Read the full report (pdf) Download the executive summary (pdf) Don’t Ask Don’t Tell by the numbers (pdf) Conversations I’ve held...

Sao Paulo police have arrested seven members of a Brazillian neo-Nazi group suspected in a June 14 bombing during a gay pride parade that injured 22 people. The four men and three women arrested are members of the “Hooligan Impact” group suspected of setting off a homemade bomb inside a...

Rock Out 2 Come Out Hey Everyone! I read something today, and I want you to know that it made me think of each and every one of you: “… a new generation of energetic younger gay-marriage leaders don’t care. They are pushing lawsuits in Texas, Louisiana, California and elsewhere against...

MONTEVIDEO (AFP) – Uruguay lawmakers Wednesday adopted a trailblazing law allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, in an unprecedented move for Latin America. Senator Margarita Percovich told AFP the contentious bill had passed its final hurdle with 17 out of 23 senators voting in favor...

… And The Bright Idea Of The Week Award Goes To A Tampa Bay church is taking on one of the largest corporations in the world. “We would like to send them a message,” said Terry Kemple, President of the Community Issues Council that is organizing a boycott of Pepsi products because...

Some days it’s nice to think about progress. There is a great lure in thinking about it and I’m not saying progress is a bad thing. It is necessary and integral but it can also be deceptive. The difference between progress and crumbs being thrown your way can be a very fine line. A good example...

In some respects, Serbia is more progressive than the United States in terms of GLBT equality. Unlike the U.S., where no federal protections are extended to GLBT citizens, Serbia has inclusive anti-discrimination protections in place. In other respects, too, the country seems accepting, at least in...

Inspired by a high court decision that decriminalized consensual gay sex in New Delhi last month, thousands took to the streets of Mumbai on Sunday to celebrate growing freedoms in the largest LGBT pride parade in India, reports Agence France-Presse. The annual Queer Azadi March Gay Parade Mumbai drew...

National Coming Out Day: A Brief History The day was founded by Dr. Robert Eichberg, his partner William Gamble and Jean O’Leary in 1988, in celebration of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights one year earlier, in which 500,000 people marched on Washington, DC, United...