Robin Roberts feared coming out, almost refused marriage equality interview with Obama
The Good Morning America anchor opened up about this and more in an interview on The Jamie Kern Lima Show.
July 10 2024 5:07 PM
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James Inhofe, anti-LGBTQ+ former Republican senator, dead at 89
Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, was a homophobe, transphobe, and denier of climate change.
July 09 2024 2:55 PM
Why are Republicans challenging Biden's Title IX rules in court?
The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.
June 19 2024 11:00 AM
Celebrating Pride Month and democracy with the Human Rights Campaign’s leader, Kelley Robinson (exclusive)
The history-making president opens up about her role in an exclusive interview with The Advocate.
June 07 2024 9:20 AM
Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
June 01 2024 7:37 AM
Jon Lovett of Pod Save America is a contestant on Survivor’s upcoming 47th season
Out media personality Jon Lovett who was once Obama's speechwriter appeared in a teaser ad for the next season of the Emmy-winning reality competition show.
May 23 2024 2:27 PM
California political activist couple Peggy Moore and Hope Wood killed in car crash
They met while campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008, worked for numerous other candidates, and later founded a consulting firm.
May 19 2024 8:29 PM
The country did a complete 180 on a once-divisive issue starting 20 years ago
The vast majority of Americans opposed same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004, when the first same-sex couples took their vows after a court decision in Massachusetts. Well, times have changed.
May 17 2024 9:53 PM
Barack Obama made history by publicly supporting same-sex marriages 12 years ago today
In the years since, the LGBTQ+ community has seen tremendous strides in the push toward equality, but much work remains to protect the rights of marginalized people.
May 09 2024 12:45 PM
RFK Jr. makes California ballot by collaborating with political party with a bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ past
The son of the former Democratic attorney general under President John F. Kennedy accepted the American Independence Party’s ballot spot in California. The group has a problematic history.
May 03 2024 4:45 PM
Biden sacrifices LGBTQ+ Pride flags at U.S. embassies to pass 'critical' spending bill (exclusive)
The Biden administration has agreed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags from flying at U.S. embassies in order to fund numerous health initiatives, including the AIDS relief plan.
March 22 2024 12:37 PM
David Mixner, veteran LGBTQ+ activist and presidential adviser, has died at 77
Mixner's advocacy spanned from the 1960s movements for civil rights and peace to the 21st-century fight for marriage equality and included notable involvement with Bill Clinton on the issue of gays in the military.
March 11 2024 10:17 PM
Out State Dept. official Ned Price to be deputy to U.N. ambassador
Price's "judgment and expertise will be a tremendous asset," said Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
February 17 2024 10:18 AM
Mike Johnson Says His High School Friends Would Have Claimed to Be Trans to Spy on Girls
Johnson, now speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, made the comment on a Louisiana radio station in 2016.
November 22 2023 5:00 PM
Mike Johnson Friendly With Minister Who Said Gays Were Punished by Mpox, Obama Could Be Antichrist
Johnson, now House speaker, has been on the board of anti-LGBTQ+ activist Ray Comfort's Living Waters ministry since 2013.
November 15 2023 3:03 PM
How Barack Obama's Sexuality Became a News Topic in 2023: Report
A 1982 letter and unsupported claims have stoked speculative fires among conservative circles about Obama.
October 18 2023 12:36 PM
Military Veterans Sue to Reclassify Sexuality-Based Discharge Records
The LGBTQ+ veterans demand access to the healthcare, financial and education resources an honorable discharge would have afforded them.
August 10 2023 12:56 PM
Obama Slams Book Bans in Open Letter to American Librarians
The former president took aim at the recent push by right-wing extremists to ban books from public and school libraries.
July 17 2023 11:50 AM
New Doc Chronicles the Inspiring Story of Gay Politician Malcolm Kenyatta
Al Roker executive produced Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn, a film that examines Malcolm Kenyatta's political rise.
March 24 2023 1:57 PM