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Gay Republican Fred Karger Fights for Participation in Iowa GOP Event

How big is the tent in the Republican Party? That's a question that GOPers in Iowa will have to answ...

Change.org • Jan 13, 2011


New Hampshire GOP Decides Against Gay Marriage Repeal ... For Now

Rather than focusing their energies on reopening the gay marriage case, Bettencourt and his House Re...

Change.org • Jan 13, 2011


Gov. Linda Lingle Fails Hawaii's Gays and Lesbians

Gov. Lingle concluded her press conference with a call for voters to decide on this issue. Yet I can...

Change.org • Jul 6, 2010


Harvey Milk Finally Gets His Day

Harvey Milk, the legendary LGBT activist and San Francisco Supervisor who was assassinated in 1978, ...

Change.org • Oct 12, 2009


Obama's Big Gay Speech

Failing to mention Maine royally stinks, especially after the debacle of Prop 8 last year where anti...

Change.org • Oct 11, 2009


Overwhelming Support for Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act

Efforts are underway in Congress to introduce a bill calling for a repeal of DOMA, with Rep. Jerry N...

Change.org • Sep 11, 2009


Gay Marriage Seems to be Helping Straight Marriage

Well, five years after Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, not only ...

Change.org • Aug 26, 2009


The Fierce Urgency of Maine

For our side, there are important steps we need to take now to win this campaign. First, early mone...

Change.org • Aug 17, 2009


Maine's Senators Stay Quiet on Marriage Ballot Initiative

Looking for two high profile politicians to come out against efforts in Maine to take away marriage ...

Change.org • Aug 8, 2009


A Concerted Effort to Sue the U.S. Government Over the Defense of Marriage Act

Now, activists are hoping to jump on the momentum started by Coakley and urge other state Attorney G...

Change.org • Aug 5, 2009


Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: Marriage Equality is the Equal Rights Battle of Our Generation

As you'll see, Sen. Gillibrand - who originally represented in Congress a fairly conservative distri...

Change.org • Aug 1, 2009


Despite what Church Says, Many Catholics Support Same-Sex Marriage

The bishops have campaigned long, loudly and clearly against same-sex marriage but the Catholic Chur...

Change.org • Jul 31, 2009


Meg Whitman's Elusive Positions on Marriage Equality

You would think that a former CEO renowned for her objectivity would be able to understand that conc...

Change.org • Jul 27, 2009


Howard Dean: The Tide is Turning on Equal Marriage

I remember growing up, we used to say things about gay people; we didn't know anybody who was gay --...

Change.org • May 30, 2009


More than 100 Cities Fight Back Against H8

Marriage equality may have been denied in California yesterday (although let's not forget that we do...

Change.org • May 27, 2009


New Wal-Mart CEO Backed Gay Adoption Ban

Among those who signed a petition to place a gay adoption and foster parenting ban on the Arkansas b...

Change.org • May 4, 2009


Goodbye Wedge Issue in 2010?

As public acceptance of gay marriage has changed so drastically in our favor, Republicans who have u...

Change.org • May 3, 2009


Same-Sex Marriage Could Have Major Economic Impact in D.C.

This month, the Williams Institute is out with a study on Washington, D.C., and what it would mean f...

Change.org • Apr 11, 2009


Is the Iraqi Government Executing LGBT People?

The UK-based group Iraqi-LGBT is reporting that approximately 128 individuals have been arrested and...

Change.org • Mar 31, 2009


Three Governors and Marriage Equality

So there it is...the story of three governors in the states that very well could be the next three s...

Change.org • Mar 30, 2009


The Day of Decision on Prop 8

As a means of gearing up for the upcoming California State Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8, a ...

Change.org • Mar 14, 2009


The 2010 U.S. Census is Going to Fail the LGBT Population

Citing DOMA, the U.S. government says that it would be illegal to count same-sex partners and identi...

Change.org • Mar 9, 2009


A Road Map for Empowering the LGBT Grassroots

The new report, in the words of MEUSA's Media Director Molly McKay, "adopts the Obama field campaign...

Change.org • Mar 1, 2009


The Economics of Gay Marriage

The group, affiliated with UCLA, has submitted a report to the Portland (ME) Regional Chamber of Com...

Change.org • Feb 11, 2009


Meg Whitman: Anti-LGBT, and Maybe California's Next Governor?

Whitman publicly came out in favor of Proposition 8, the statewide amendment that rescinded marriage...

Change.org • Feb 9, 2009


A Ruth-Less Supreme Court Would be Bad for LGBT Rights

There have been three seminal rulings on LGBT rights from the U.S. Supreme Court during her tenure, ...

Change.org • Feb 5, 2009


The Unconstitutionality of DOMA

The LA Observer reported today that the ruling by Judge Stephen Reinhardt says the Defense of Marria...

Change.org • Feb 5, 2009


The Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Needs to Happen Now

The key statement there, at least to us, is that evidence shows that the presence of gays (and lesbi...

Change.org • Jan 28, 2009


The Health Impact of Making Marriage Legal

ACOG's statement looks specifically at the impact on lesbian relationships, noting that "many lesbia...

Change.org • Jan 28, 2009


Prop 8: Repeal in 2010, 2012 or later?

"I don't think anybody knows when is the best time to go back," Jacobs said. "My philosophy is havin...

Change.org • Jan 26, 2009


The Pragmatism of Rep. (Now Sen.) Kirsten Gillibrand on Same-Sex Marriage

Last night, Sen. Gillibrand spoke to the Empire State Pride Agenda, and they're reporting today that...

Change.org • Jan 23, 2009


Montana and Florida to Take Up LGBT Rights Measures

Two more states are planning to address LGBT rights measures as their new legislative sessions prepa...

Change.org • Jan 18, 2009


Advancing LGBT Rights in Red State America

Aha! To paraphrase #44 again, "We coach little league in the blue states, and yes, we've got some g...

Change.org • Jan 16, 2009


World, Hold On: Activist Network Launched for Global LGBT Youth

The LGBT Youth World List is a project of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and ...

Change.org • Jan 16, 2009


Colorado Adds Its Voice to LGBT Rights This Week

Yesterday, two Colorado lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 88, which if passed would allow LGBT state ...

Change.org • Jan 15, 2009


When 7 Years Together and a Daughter Still Don't Make You a Family

How can a gym membership shed light on the ways in which same-gender couples are discriminated again...

Change.org • Jan 14, 2009


New Film Shows Importance of Marriage Equality and Same-Gender Partner Benefits

If there's any more real example of why it is urgent and necessary to recognize equal rights for sam...

Change.org • Jan 14, 2009


Vermont: The Time is Now for Same-Gender Marriage

Another New England state adds its voice today in support of same-gender marriage - at least in the ...

Change.org • Jan 14, 2009


Advocates for Same-Sex Marriage Petition Scottish Government

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network (LGBT Network) of Scotland is petitioning the Sco...

Change.org • Jan 13, 2009


Religious Leaders Urge California Court to Overturn Proposition 8

This Thursday, a group of religious organizations will file an amicus curiae brief with the court, u...

Change.org • Jan 13, 2009


Obama Once Backed Full Gay Marriage

Yup, he did. In a 1996 candidate survey, when Obama was running for the State Senate seat that launc...

Change.org • Jan 13, 2009


Why Proposition 8 is Anti-Family

As it turns out, there's now clear evidence that Proposition 8 as a measure itself hurts families an...

Change.org • Jan 12, 2009


The Collective Wisdom of the LGBT Grassroots

Check out We Will Never Go Back, and watch for the two additional reports coming from MEUSA. Their n...

Change.org • Jan 7, 2009


ACLU Challenges Gay Adoption Ban in Arkansas

There are 29 plaintiffs in the case, including a grandmother raising a grandchild with her same-sex ...

Change.org • Jan 1, 2009


Is the Next GOP Nominee for President Trying to Ban Gay Adoption in His Home State?

Twenty-nine (29) spots on the State's Commission on Marriage and Family have been appointed by Gov. ...

Change.org • Jan 1, 2009


The Office Pool: Gay Marriage in 2009

These five states are showing real grassroots movement and energy toward marriage equality, and may ...

Change.org • Dec 29, 2008


LGBTQ Homeless Youth

The stats here are alarming, but there's definitely things we can do in order to help change this tr...

Change.org • Dec 12, 2008


West Virginia Lesbian Parents May Lose Child to "Traditional" Family

The details of this story are heart-breaking, and show why opponents of gay adoption simply do not h...

Change.org • Dec 11, 2008


On Homosexuality, the Vatican Sides with Sudan and Saudi Arabia

Today, a group of faith leaders from some of the leading LGBT organizations in the U.S. put out a st...

Change.org • Dec 10, 2008


The Condescending Comments from San Francisco's Archbishop on Proposition 8

So let me get this straight -- Bishop Niederauer REPEATEDLY tells his parishioners and Catholics thr...

Change.org • Dec 4, 2008



 

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