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State of the Union

Keeping track of how presidents of the United States have mentioned issues affecting LGBT people in the annual State of the Union address.
Trump Lies
Opinion

Our State of the Union: We Refuse to Sink to His Level

Americans should resist Trump's divisive proclamations -- without turning into him.

Kim Davis SOTU
Marriage Equality

Kim Davis: Obama Has 'Mashed Down' Christians

The defiant Kentucky clerk also maintained that her opposition to same-sex marriage 'was never a gay or lesbian issue.' 

AP Photo
Marriage Equality

Jim Obergefell: John Was There With Me Last Night

From his vantage point one row behind First Lady Michelle Obama, the man whose lawsuit changed marriage in America offers his view of 'the speech.'

AP PHOTO
Politics

WATCH: Kim Davis's 4-Word Review of State of the Union

Antigay Kentucky clerk Kim Davis said she attended the president's final State of the Union address to 'be an encouragement to all Christians.'

op-ed-amanda-kerri
Opinion

We're Looking Back at the Wrong Things From Last Year

It's time to evaluate the state of our union and the progress of our culture, but sometimes LGBT people aren't appreciating what's valuable.

President Obama
Politics

Confident Obama Offers Alternative to Republicans

In his last State of the Union, the president promised to shake up the usual speechmaking.

AP photo
Politics

State of the Union Mystery Solved: Who Invited Her?

Republican Jim Jordan of Ohio learned how his name was inexorably linked to the antigay Kentucky clerk the absolutely worst way: a reporter told him.

Jeopardy Louis Virtel
Politics

GOP Goof: Gay Journalist's Pic in Snapchat Promo

Louis Virtel is not pleased that his image turned up on a website promoting Republicans' Snapchat coverage of the State of the Union. 

Capitol dome in Washington DC
Marriage Equality

NOM Decries 'Extermination of True Marriage'

Marriage equality plaintiff Jim Obergefell's attendance at the State of the Union address is a slap in the face to 50 million Americans whose votes against same-sex marriage were 'stolen by the Supreme Court,' says NOM. 

Jennicet Gutierrez
Opinion

More Than a Heckler: Why I'm Fighting for Liberation

What advancing equality in 2016 means for the trans woman known for interrupting President Obama during a Pride reception last year.

We Remember: LGBT People Killed by Gun Violence in 2015
Politics

We Remember: LGBT People Killed by Gun Violence in 2015

Each day about 30 victims in the U.S. die from gunfire, and LGBT people are certainly not exempt.

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