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West Virginia Republicans want to prosecute 'pedophile librarians' over 'obscene' material

Not sure what constitutes "obscene matter?" Neither are the West Virginia Republicans who wrote a new bill seeking to prosecute educators for spreading it.

Love Stories Tony Kushner and Mark Harris

If there's one man who is essential to the gay brain trust, it's Tony Kushner. His towering, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Angels in America galvanized Americans to make a deeper political and emotional commitment to the value of a gay life. Kushner found that same commitment with author and columnist Mark Harris.

Progressive Christians Promote Love, Inclusion at Values Voter Summit

Vote Common Good is attending the far-right event to provide an alternative to anti-LGBTQ Christian conservatism. 

What We Learned From an Obama Win

Take the marriage moniker out of the dialogue, and gay rights have made seemingly insurmountable strides in the past four years.

A Tale of Two Cities

Antigay family values defend the girls of the Big Easy and attack the boys of Boise.

Pete Buttigieg Can’t Reach Ron DeSantis to Talk Florida Transportation Projects: Report

The Florida governor appears more concerned with targeting the LGBTQ+ community than fixing the state’s transportation problems.

Ted Kulongoski

As a freshman Democratic member of Oregon's state house in 1975, Ted Kulongoski introduced legislation to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. It didn't pass. Now, as the state's governor, the 65-year-old Kulongoski is still fighting for equality. Citing the refusal by the Republican house speaker to bring a gay-inclusive antidiscrimination bill to the floor for a vote in 2005, he recently established the Governor's Task Force on Equality to advance the bill next year and to rally the public against any further antigay Republican positioning.

My Future in Film

Jeremy Podeswa is known for his work on projects that deal heavily with issues of sexuality like Six Feet Under, Queer as Folk, and Nip/Tuck. But with his latest film, Fugitive Pieces, which is about the Holocaust, he looks past identity politics and hopes to redefine what it means to be a queer director.

We all must hang together...

...as Benjamin Franklin once said, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Antigay priests and ministers must not be the only religious figures with a say in gay rights: It's time for pro-gay religious leaders and our secular allies to present a united front.

Values Voter Summit Speakers Stand Behind Kavanaugh, Praise Trump

Speakers dismiss sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee and say Trump has created a "golden time."

When Politics Becomes Personal

The Republican mayor of San Diego upset the party line when he came out in support of same-sex marriage last year. Now Jerry Sanders is ruffling feathers again by fighting to beat Proposition 8.

Was James Buchanan the First Gay President?

Writer Thomas J. Balcerski on the 15th president and his very close male friend. 

There Will Not Be a Third President Bush (This Time)

The brother and son of presidents has abandoned his bid for the Republican nomination after a dismal showing in the first three contests of the campaign.

Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler’s rape investigation expands to video voyeurism

Sarasota police widen the probe to include unlawful videotaping, as Republican Party leadership is set to remove Ziegler at an upcoming meeting.

Could This Be the First Out Gay Man Elected to the U.S. Senate?

Former diplomat Dan Baer, who just landed an endorsement from the Victory Fund, hopes to unseat Colorado's Cory Gardner.

GOProud Leaders Stepping Down

Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron will step down from the conservative gay group they founded four years ago.

Rhode Island Gov. Signs Marriage Equality Bill

Immediately after the state House of Representatives approved the Marriage Equality Act, Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the measure into law.

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Jill Gutowitz on Excavating Sapphic Pop Culture in Girls Can Kiss Now

The social commentator and Taylor Swift aficionado chats with The Advocate about diving into lesbian pop culture in her funny and affecting memoir.