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Trump bans transgender troops to divert attention from growing Sessions scandal

Donald Trump today announced a ban on transgender American serving in the US military. Trump not only reversed President Obama’s earlier decision permitting trans troops to serve, ...
7/26/17 3:29pm by John Aravosis 4

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Malta legalizes gay marriage

The island country of Malta today legalized marriage for gay couples. Damn. Malta is a strongly Roman Catholic country, yet only one lawmaker out of 67 opposed the same-sex marriage ...
7/12/17 4:07pm by John Aravosis 3

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Contribute to LGBT Members of Congress

Progressive values have never been more under attack. Please join us in showing your pride in, and support for, LGBT members of Congress with a generous donation to each of them. We’ve ...
6/27/17 3:29pm by John Aravosis 0

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Trump tweets about the Pulse Nightclub mass-shooting anniversary

Donald Trump commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre on Twitter today. 49 people were killed and 58-wounded in a mass shooting on June 12, 2016 at the LGBT ...

6/12/17 3:18pm by John Aravosis 5

Yes Virginia, corporate America played an important role in the LGBT rights revolution

Let’s have a frank talk about the role corporate America has played in the LGBT rights movement. Because it’s likely more than you realized. I started working on national ...

6/11/17 2:13pm by John Aravosis 27

Trump White House excludes gay spouse of Luxembourg PM from photo caption

The Trump White House this morning excluded Gauthier Destenay, the First Gentleman of Luxembourg from the photo caption of the group shot of NATO leaders’ spouses. Destenay and ...

5/27/17 6:32pm by John Aravosis 5

100 Chechen gays kidnapped, tortured, arrested in growing Russian pogrom

The NYT has a blockbuster story today about the growing anti-gay pogrom in Russian Chechnya. Chechen authorities, who claim that homosexuality doesn’t exist in Chechnya — ...

4/21/17 12:58pm by John Aravosis 4

Colbert on Putin banning depiction of himself as a gay clown

Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly banned a depiction of himself, used by opposition protesters, as a gay clown. It’s not known exactly which gay-clown depiction ...

4/8/17 12:15pm by John Aravosis 6

Send a letter to your Senators: Block Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch

Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, is moving along in confirmation hearings. Gorsuch is a right-wing ideologue, but even Senate ...

4/2/17 5:59pm by John Aravosis 4

Tell Trump & GOP: My Web history and geo-location aren’t for sale

The Republican Congress has passed legislation, that Trump has promised to sign, repealing Obama-era Internet privacy protections that prevent your Internet provider (Verizon, Xfinity/Comcast, ...

3/29/17 1:20pm by John Aravosis 4

The terrifying, tolerance-promoting “Beauty and the Beast” (fun video)

Randy has taken on the controversy over Disney’s new “Beauty and the Beast” having a kinda sorta gay character.

3/21/17 6:19pm by John Aravosis 0

No Supreme Court nominations until the Russia investigation is complete

Trump ally Devin Nunes says Donald Trump’s administration is now under a “big gray cloud” because of yesterday’s news that the FBI is investigating Trump for ...

3/21/17 4:14pm by John Aravosis 0