Pete Buttigieg warns progressives to focus on reinvention and not restoration
“Our job is not to go around picking up the shards of what there was and trying to tape them back together,” the former transportation secretary said.
September 29, 2025
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Homophobe Matt Gaetz Seeks Democratic Alliance to Oust McCarthy Amid Shutdown Drama: Report
In a rare crossover, Rep. Matt Gaetz courts House Democrats to unseat Speaker Kevin McCarthy, intensifying GOP discord as the shutdown clock ticks.
September 29, 2023
Proclamations or Progress?
After more than five months of no action on his agenda for the LGBT community, expectations are high for Obama in the month of June -- Pride month. But will he deliver?
June 2, 2009
The Price of Progress
Bored with conventionality, novelist Michael Lowenthal yearned for the go-go gay days of the past -- until an old friend explained just how "glamorous" those days really were.
April 6, 2009
A Progressive Endorses Freedom to Discriminate?
Liberal Christian Jim Wallis has drafted a letter supporting broad religious exemptions in President Obama's planned antidiscrimination order -- but now he says he may not send it.
July 4, 2014
Op-ed: On Pride and Progress
As we celebrate Pride, let's also celebrate all we have to proud of.
June 30, 2014
Will AIG Paralyze Progressive Reform?
Public outrage over $165 million in bonuses for AIG executives shifted this week to scrutiny of the Obama administration and Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner.
March 20, 2009
Politics and Progress With Patti LaBelle
The last time girl-group Labelle dropped an album, the thought of a black president or same-sex marriage seemed as "far-out" as the band's disco-spacewoman suits and fusion of disco, rock, and soul. But the button-pushing, soul-singing trio has reunited, and on the heels of Prop. 8 passing and Barack Obama being elected president, Patti LaBelle talks to The Advocate about the mix of emotions she's dealt with over the past few weeks.
November 20, 2008
Gay Men Touching Vaginas Is Not Progress
Misogyny isn't hard to spot anywhere, especially among LGBT folks.
February 4, 2016
Marriage Equality Makes Progress in U.K.
Approval by the House of Commons moves the marriage bill forward.
May 21, 2013
Democratic Supermajority No Guarantee for Gay Progress
The 2008 election may already be one for the record books, but triumphant Democrats are still vying for an elusive political prize -- the 60-seat supermajority required to overcome Republican filibuster attempts and advance their legislative agenda swiftly beginning in January. But what are the odds of actually getting 60 seats -- and will it really push gay rights to the front of the line?
November 21, 2008
The Hallmark Scandal Is a Sign of LGBTQ Progress, Not Backsliding
After a gay-positive ad was yanked from TV, Ellen Kahn of the Human Rights Campaign found a case for optimism, both personally and professionally.
January 8, 2020
A Tiny Nation Learns the Rewards of LGBT Progress
Malta, population 420,000, shows what political will and a commitment to separation of church and state can accomplish.
June 19, 2017
Black Cat Shows Protest Makes Progress
The man who organized a protest 50 years ago against police brutality was thanked publicly by police.
February 12, 2017
Hillary Clinton Celebrates the Progress of LGBT Rights
Senator Clinton celebrated how far LGBT rights have come in the U.S. in an op-ed for CNN.
June 5, 2016
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