Join the Party: Help Gawker Media Raise Money for Same-Sex Marriage

As mentioned above, June is Gay Pride month, which honors the gay men, lesbians, and drag queens who stood up to the police at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 and battled for their civil rights. While that was over 40 years ago, we're still not done fighting. So instead of throwing stones and bottles, let's throw our weight and money into passing same-sex marriage legislation in New York--and then havin...

Gawker • Jun 4, 2011

The Prop 8 Judge Is Gay, and It Doesn't Matter

It'd be cool if the relative quiet on Walker's orientation was because America recognized that Judge Walker's sex life doesn't affect his job. (Minimal MSM and right-wing pickup so far.) As SF Weekly points out, even calling the Chronicle's article an "outing" is misleading: Walker never tried to hide his orientation, and it's pretty common for judges to keep their personal lives away from the spo...

Gawker • Feb 9, 2010

Who Is This Hero Politician, Diane Savino?

Overall she seems like a good egg, so don't mess up and kick her out, Staten Island. We know how you are over there....

Gawker • Dec 6, 2009

California Activists Not Going to Bother Overturning Prop 8 Next Year

Last year, a well-funded, well-coordinated campaign to ban gay marriage in California won by a slim margin, partly because opponents forgot to organize and campaign until after the vote. Now they are not going to bother trying again next year. Why? Because since last year's vote, in the absence of a campaign of any kind, polling on gay marriage hasn't shifted. So it's not even worth it to try to ...

Gawker • Jul 27, 2009