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5 Ways Virginia May Be the Worst State in the Nation

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. March 29, 2012.

It isn't known for being a bastion of liberalism, but even for a 'purplish' state, Virginia has taken extraordinarily conservative actions recently.

The U.S. Is Becoming a Friendlier Place for Gay Residents -- Unless They're Immigrants

Jin Zhao, AlterNet. March 9, 2012.

Even in the states where same-sex marriage is legal, same-sex spouses of U.S. citizens are not eligible for green cards because of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Gay Judge Refuses to Marry Straight People? 4 Ways Sane Lawmakers Are Fighting Back in the Culture Wars

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 24, 2012.

Ordinary citizens aren't the only ones protesting the GOP's anti-gay, anti-woman measures -- several lawmakers and a judge recently did too.

6 Companies That Stand Up for Gay Rights (Now If They Only Had Good Labor Practices Too)

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 12, 2012.

These companies figured out that support for marriage equality is good for business. When will labor rights be good for business?

How Pop Culture Influenced This Week's Proposition 8 Ruling

Alyssa Rosenberg, ThinkProgress. February 8, 2012.

Judge Reinhardt deems it true.

Is Anti-Gay Group "Focus on the Family" Dying as Donations Drop? A Look Back at 7 of Their Strangest and Most Appalling Moves

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. September 19, 2011.

As donations fall and jobs are cut, are Focus on the Family's days of using gay rights as a wedge issue finished?

Ask Apple to Remove Itself From Homophobic "Christian Values Network"

Joe Mirabella, Change.org. July 21, 2011.

CVN is used as a fundraising tool by several anti-gay, anti-women organizations like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council.

Gay Marriage In New York: Progressive Victory or GOP Roadmap?

Kenyon Farrow, AlterNet. June 27, 2011.

What does it mean when progressives celebrate a victory in large part won by GOP-supporting hedge fund managers, Tea Party funders and corporate conglomerates?

The Gay Rights Movement Has Gone Mainstream -- But Is That a Good Thing?

Joseph Huff-Hannon, Next Magazine. June 23, 2011.

New York's gay community just won the kind of equality that will make us just like everyone else. But do we want to be just like everyone else?

CNN Anchor Don Lemon Has Come Out of the Closet, But He's Not Ready to be the Black Gay Poster Child

Keli Goff, The Loop 21. May 19, 2011.

The 45-year-old Louisiana native explains why now was the perfect time to come out as a gay man.

The Dems' Tepid Approach to What's at Stake in Wisc. Is Helping Conservatives Destroy Unions, Defund the Democratic Party and Take over the Country

George Lakoff, AlterNet. February 26, 2011.

The Wisconsin protests are about a lot more than budgets and unions -- and the Dems need to get out on front or reap the whirlwind.

Could You 'Play Gay' if Your Life Depended on it? Asylum Seekers Who Don't 'Act Gay' Enough Being Sent Home to Face Death

Joseph Huff-Hannon, AlterNet. February 1, 2011.

With the National Prayer Breakfast upon us, backed by radical homophobes The Family, it's a good time to examine the world's deadly climate for gay people.

Gays Remain the Minority Most Targeted by Hate Crimes

Mark Potok, SPLC Intelligence Report. December 31, 2010.

The religious anti-gay right has been knocked back on its heels by gay rights advances. But its hardest core angrily presses on.

Why These Are Times of Crisis for Global LGBT Equality -- And How Activists Are Fighting the Hate

Joseph Huff-Hannon, AlterNet. December 9, 2010.

Dispatches from an international conference of activists fighting for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex equality.

10 Hateful Anti-Gay Myths Debunked

Evelyn Schlatter, Robert Steinback, SPLC Intelligence Report. December 9, 2010.

Exploring 10 key myths propagated by the anti-gay movement, along with the truth behind the propaganda.

We'll Beat DADT -- But It'll Be a Fight

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 17, 2010.

It's as if we are watching the struggle unfold on a split screen: progress on one side, setbacks on the other.

Lady Gaga, Superstar: Her Valiant Efforts to Help Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. November 8, 2010.

The outrageous pop star has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of DADT.

Comedienne Margaret Cho: Watching the Brady Bunch Made Me Realize I Wasn't White (Video)

Margaret Cho, Mikaela Pollock, Brave New Conversations. October 12, 2010.

How network TV raised her race consciousness

Let’s Go Gaga: Time to Ask and Tell

Lynn Parramore, NewDeal 2.0. September 22, 2010.

This week marked a sad chapter in America’s struggle against discrimination when the Senate blocked a measure to repeal the infamous ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ policy.

Is Lady Gaga a Better Politician Than Barack Obama?

Nick Baumann, David Corn, Mother Jones. September 21, 2010.

The next time the White House wants to break a filibuster, it might consider going Gaga.

Gay-bashing at the Tuscan Seashore

Alexander Chancellor, The Guardian. August 16, 2010.

"Suddenly a kiss has become obscene and illegal simply because it has taken place between two people of the same sex."

Rural Areas Are the Hidden Frontlines in the Struggle for LGBT Justice

Amanda Bransford, IPS News. June 23, 2010.

The conversation about same-sex marriage has largely been focused to cities. Now, two filmmakers are bringing the battle home.

Vancouver's Games Will Be the Gayest Olympics Ever

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

With the opening of Olympic Pride Houses and more openly gay athletes, the Olympics are finally coming out of the closet.

Gay Obama Administration Official Says He Can't Give a Lesbian Wife Health Benefits

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.

Is an administration that's branded itself as change really forcing a gay man to deny a lesbian couple equal benefits? Yep.

Prop. 8 Challenge Puts Homosexuality on Trial

Gabriel Arana, The American Prospect. December 4, 2009.

Much more than marriage is at stake in the federal legal challenge to Prop. 8. Like Brown v. Board of Education,it can change American life. But it can also go very wrong.