A Look Inside How LGBT Readers of The Advocate Voted Last Week
November 15 2012 5:00 AM ET

How You Voted: The Advocate's Election Exit Survey

Michelle Garcia

The Advocate's Election Day exit survey shows 9% of you voted on marriage equality in some form and 64% of you have a clear candidate for 2016.

Poll Finds LGBT People Are an Ineffective Bogeyman for GOP
November 14 2012 7:50 PM ET

Poll: Gay People Are an Ineffective Bogeyman for GOP

Lucas Grindley

In a new poll, the Human Rights Campaign reinforces the growing conventional wisdom that using LGBT people as a bogeyman is no longer a winning proposition for the Republican Party.

Obama Nominates Gay Black Man to Federal Judgeship
November 14 2012 7:07 PM ET November 15 2012 1:28 PM ET

Obama Nominates Gay Black Man to Federal Judgeship

Trudy Ring

If confirmed by the Senate, William Thomas of Florida would be the first out gay black man to be a life-tenured federal judge.

Writer Sacked After Supporting Marriage Equality in Conservative Mag
November 14 2012 4:51 PM ET

Writer Sacked After Supporting Marriage Equality in Conservative Mag

Neal Broverman

Writer D.G.

Mike Huckabee Tells Jon Stewart You Will Not Go to Hell for Voting for Marriage Equality
November 14 2012 2:14 PM ET

Huckabee: Marriage Equality Voters Aren't Going to Hell

Lucas Grindley

Mike Huckabee told Jon Stewart he never meant to imply you're going to hell if you vote for marriage equality. So that's good?

The Internet Loves Gay Geek Nate Silver
November 14 2012 6:42 AM ET

The Internet Loves Gay Geek Nate Silver

Lucas Grindley

The stats geek everyone is in love with now has his own Internet meme, a Twitter parody account, and a very popular (and very funny) hashtag devoted to his praises.

Meet the Shockingly Small Pool of Trans Elected Officials
November 14 2012 6:00 AM ET

Meet America's (Shockingly Few) Trans Elected Officials

Neal Broverman

As part of Transgender Awareness Week, we take a look at the men and women who are finally breaking the glass ceiling of elected office.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Says Now Is The Time for Marriage Equality in Illinois
November 14 2012 5:01 AM ET

Emanuel: Marriage Equality in Illinois Should Be a Priority

Trudy Ring

Noting that "the time is right," Chicago mayor and former presidential aide Rahm Emanuel says it's time to get to work on marriage equality in Illinois.

Gay Lawmaker Becomes Majority Leader of Washington State Senate
November 13 2012 10:02 PM ET

Gay Lawmaker Becomes Majority Leader of Washington State Senate

Trudy Ring

Ed Murray is the second openly gay person in U.S. history to head a state senate.

Billboard for Gay Radio Show Vandalized
November 13 2012 4:21 PM ET

Billboard for Gay Radio Show Vandalized

Michelle Garcia

A Los Angeles billboard featuring two gay radio hosts has been vandalized for the second time,

Supreme Court Pushes Date of Prop 8 Announcement
November 13 2012 3:42 PM ET

Supreme Court Pushes Prop. 8 Announcement

Michelle Garcia

When will the Supreme Court tell us whether it will hear the Proposition 8 case?

Oregon May Be Next to Legalize Marriage Through Voters
November 13 2012 3:33 PM ET

Oregon: Next to Legalize Marriage Through Voters?

Michelle Garcia

After three successful attempts to legalize marriage by the ballot box and another success in preventing a Minnesota constitutional ban on same-sex couples marrying, Oregon may be the next state to

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