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Ellen Degeneres Thanks Bill O’Reilly For Defending Her and JC Penny [Video]

If you never thought in your life you would see a leprechaun or a unicorn I would take the bet that this is even more of a rarity. Conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly came out on ... continue

Prop. 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

According to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, proposition 8 served no purpose other than to lessen the human dignity of gay and lesbian couples. The 9th Circuit Court ruled today that prop. 8, which banned ... continue

Gay Marriage Coming to Washington

Washington could soon become the 7th state to legalize gay marriage. Senator Mary Margaret Haugen released a statement today saying that she would support the measure which gives the senate the 25 votes it needs to pass ... continue

Rick Santorum Confronted by Transgender Activist

Rick Santorum is really in his element now. He is in South Carolina where all the questions about Gay Rights and other liberal banter can stop. Well Not Really. Santorum was confronted Thursday by a transgender activist ... continue

Gay Robot Heckles Michele Bachmann in Iowa [Video]

Michele Bachmann's stance on gay rights has drawn its fair share of protesters. At a political stop at the The Hamburg Inn in Iowa City, about a dozen protesters, and one gay robot, showed up to confront the ... continue

Chicago Cardinal Says Gay Rights Movement Is Just Like The KKK

In yet another example where the modern Catholic Church is shown to be out of touch with changing times a Cardinal in Chicago, Illinois this week likened the gay rights movement to the Ku Klux Klan. According to MyFox ... continue

President Obama Orders Foreign Aid For Gay Rights Support

President Obama has issued a presidential order to have foreign aid funds used for the purpose of strengthening gay rights around the world. In a memorandum on the issue President Obama wrote: "I am deeply concerned by the violence ... continue

Janice Daniels, Michigan Mayor, Faces Calls For Resignation After Gaycist Post on Facebook

It goes without saying that in an era when everyone is on Facebook and knows how to do screenshots, you should be careful what ugly parts of your personality you reveal in the undoubtedly public space. But as ... continue

Softball Players Win Court Settlement After Being Told They Weren’t Gay Enough

In 2008 San Francisco's D2 softball team finished second in the Gay Softball World Series and now three players from that team have won a settlement against the league after their second place trophy was stripped when ... continue

Gay Rights Pioneer Axel Axgil Dead At 96

Axel Axgil fought for decades to make Denmark the first country to fully legalize same-sex marriages and now the gay rights pioneer has succumbed to old age, passing away at the age of 96. After decades of fighting ... continue

California Voters Keep Gay History Law, Shoot Down Repeal

Gay rights advocates in California are celebrating today after a vote to repeal the "gay history law" failed to gather enough votes to overturn the ruling. The gay history law requires public schools to teach about the ... continue

University of Iowa LGBT Students Want Their Own Lifestyle Floor In The Dorms

If members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance have their way there will soon be an LGBT floor at the University of Iowa. The LGBT Allied Union has petitioned the university for the floor and say ... continue

Fox News Keeps Gay GOP Candidate Fred Karger Out Of Debate, Despite Qualified Scoring

Fred Karger spent 30-years in politics hiding his true sexual orientation as a gay man, he did so while working a a political strategist on nine different presidential campaigns that include Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush ... continue

Michele Bachmann: Gay People With Kids Are Not Families, Rich People Need More Tax Cuts

Another day, another gay hating comment from GOP and Tea Party presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. Speaking on Meet the Press the Minnesota lawmaker noted that she will not call gay couple's who adopt children a "family" while insisting that ... continue

Alexander Skarsgard Contributes to the “It Gets Better” Project

Alexander Skarsgard, who plays the sexy alpha-vamp Eric Northman on HBO's hit series True Blood, has contributed a clip to the "It Gets Better" project- the video series started by Dan Savage as a response to gay teen ... continue

Sean Avery Calls For Gay Rights Awareness in NHL

New York Rangers winger Sean Avery, a vocal supporter of the recently passed gay marriage legislation in New York State, hasn't dropped the gay rights gauntlet yet. Speaking to the New York Post, Avery commented that the NHL ... continue

Facebook adds civil partnerships to relationship options

Congratulations, gay people! Even though you still can't get married officially in most states, you have now have equal standing to better classify your relationship to people you vaguely know on Facebook! One of the larger modern tenets ... continue

Former Senator Santorum acknowledges Google problem

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has admitted he himself cannot get the Santorum out... ...of the Googles. Early in the 00s, Santorum made some anti-gay rights statements, earning him the ire of sex columnist Dan Savage. Savage could ... continue