Joe Biden Launches LGBT Acceptance Campaign
The Biden Foundation has launched “As You Are,” a family and community acceptance campaign to raise awareness of the importance…
Obama Chooses Incredibly Talented Gay Black Painter to Create Official Portrait
President Obama has selected Kehinde Wiley to paint his official portrait. The openly gay painter is known for his whimsical…
Read Obama’s Heartfelt, Tear-Jerking Tribute to the Late Edie Windsor
After the passing of gay-rights hero Edie Windsor, President Obama took to Facebook to commemorate the 88-year-olds life: America’s long…
Is Trump Getting Ready to Remove LGBT Health Care Protections?
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release a new rule that could see health care providers deny…
Trump Effect: LGBT Youths More at Risk for Bullying
The HRC released the results of a post-election survey of more than 50,000 young people ages 13-18 revealing the deeply…
Free at Last! Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence, She’ll Leave Prison in May
President Obama today has communed whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s sentence, letting her leave prison in May. Manning was sentenced to a…
Days are Numbered for Chelsea Manning if Obama Keeps Her Locked Up
Chelsea Manning, the famous whistleblower, is on President Obama’s “shortlist” for a possible commutation. Obama could commute her judicial sentence before…
Obama Appoints Major Civil Rights Players to Six-Year Terms
President Obama’s appointed of Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon and Attorney Debo P. Adegbile to six-year…
Watch: Whoopi Goldberg Honored by the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
During a montage of Whoopi Goldberg’s history fighting HIV/AIDS around the globe, Elton John, Lionel Richie, Colin Farrell, and The…
Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Take on CVS
Michelle Obama only has a few more months left in the White House, so Ellen DeGeneres is giving the FIrst…
Federal Judge’s Injunction Puts Thousands of Transgender Students at Risk
A federal judge’s decision to issue an injunction on guidance provided to school districts by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice regarding…
Vice President Joe Biden Officiates First Wedding…for a Gay Couple
“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women…are entitled to the same exact rights,…
Obama Directs All Schools to Adopt Trans-Inclusive Bathroom Policies
The Obama Administration, who is actively against any kind of transgender discrimination, released a statement to direct public schools to…
Texas State Board of Education Candidate Concludes that Pre-K Makes People Gay
Mary Lou Bruner thinks she has it all figured out. The Republican eying a seat on the Texas State Board…
VIP Lounge with Cat Cora
Mention the name Cat Cora, and you might automatically think Iron Chef and then perhaps go a bit blank. In…
Disgraceful! Law-Breaking Kim Davis to Attend State of the Union
The Kentucky clerk who was jailed because she refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in Kentucky (and continues to not…
GOP Slanders Obama’s Appointment of Openly Gay Army Secretary
President Obama nominated a highly decorated deputy to become the nation’s Army Secretary on Friday. A former Air Force deputy himself,…
Obama Returns Native Name to Mount McKinley, Denali
Ahead of his historic trip to Alaska to talk openly about climate change, President Obama has given Mount McKinley its…
White House Hires First Openly Transgender Staff Member
The White House as confirmed the appointment of Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, the first openly transgender person to work at the White…
Obama Presses African Youth Leaders to Back Gay Rights
On Monday, President Obama echoed remarks made in favor of gay rights during a recent trip to Africa while addressing a group…
5,000 Kenyans to Protest Homosexuality by Stripping Naked
It seems Obama’s upcoming visit to Kenya may include more nudity than was initially planned. Led by 33-year-old Vincent Kidaha,…
Confirmed! Married Gay Couples Will Receive Full Federal Benefits
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed that married same-sex couples will finally have access to full federal benefits thanks to the…
Gambian President to Gay Men: ‘I Will Slit Your Throat,’ The US Must Do More to End Violent Anti-Gay Rhetoric by Gambian Leaders
Today, gay rights groups are urging the Obama Administration to take additional action against Gambian leaders as the regime continues to…
Net Neutrality: FCC Chairman Vows to Keep the Internet Free and Open
Despite some hurdles from Republicans, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, announced today that that the FCC voted in support of net…
President Obama Supports the Inclusion of Transgender Military Personnel
A press briefing today at the White House has confirmed that President Obama believes that transgender soldiers should be allowed…
Randy W. Berry Selected to Head First-Ever State Department’s LGBT Human Rights Envoy
Randy W. Berry, a veteran senior US Foreign Service Officer, has been selected as the State Department’s first ever LGBT…
Obama Plans to Help All Gay Married Couples to Receive Full Social Security Protections
President Barack Obama’s budget proposal includes a change to the Social Security Act that would allow legally married same-sex couples…
Yeehaw! Texas Gets its First Openly Gay Federal Judge
Last night the Senate confirmed three judges in Texas—positions that have remained vacant for years—and among the chosen is the…
Department of Labor Prohibits Federal Contractors from LGBT Workplace Discrimination
This afternoon, the Department of Labor published a new rule to prohibit businesses that contract with the federal government from…
Horrific New Anti-Gay Law Passes in Gambia, Gay Rights Organizations Call on Obama to Take Action
Gay-rights and human-rights organizations worldwide are condemning the decision by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to sign into law horrific new…