Robert Cromey, ally priest who performed San Francisco's first same-sex church weddings, dies
Cromey was a pre-Stonewall advocate of LGBTQ+ rights and joined Dr. Martin Luther King on his March to Selma.
January 27, 2025
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Op-ed: Marching Backwards from Selma to Hollywood
The film Selma hits home for some viewers more than others. Is that why Ava DuVernay was shut out of the Oscar race?
February 5, 2015
Finding the Intersection Brings Us Closer to a Beloved Community
The vision of Martin Luther King Jr. is progressing as we stand up for our rights, says filmmaker and minister Gil Caldwell.
February 15, 2017
WATCH: Pundits Compare Alabama to 1960s Selma
Is hate-fueled history repeating itself in the Cotton State?
February 12, 2015
Op-ed: A Call for Protests Outside Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court considers marriage equality for the first time, activists Cleve Jones and David Mixner call for demonstrations in March.
January 30, 2013
Op-ed: Bayard Rustin Was My Love, My Leader
Walter Naegle remembers the legacy of his late partner, the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
January 19, 2015
Human Rights Campaign Honors John Lewis: 'Fight the Good Fight'
The beloved congressman and civil rights leader spent his life fighting for the marginalized.
July 20, 2020
I'm on My Way
Selma's scenes of struggle and violence in the 1960s conjure contemporary comparisons for out actor Colman Domingo.
November 19, 2014
What’s in the Jena 6 Case for 'Us'? Nothing
The six black Louisiana youths known as the Jena 6 have become a cause celebre for many civil rights activists, including the LGBT movement, who say the teens have been wronged. But are they really worthy of our support?
September 27, 2007
Will This Black Gay Man Do the Unthinkable: Sit Out the Oscars?
Why missing the gay Super Bowl may be worth it.
January 21, 2016
Hey, Trump: John Lewis Is a Real Hero
The Georgia congressman (pictured, right) said the president-elect was "illegitimate." Trump responded by belittling the civil rights icon. To quote Trump, "Wrong!"
January 14, 2017
WATCH: Will $1 Million Win Marriage in the South?
Freedom to Marry announced a new $1 million campaign to bring marriage equality to the southern U.S. today.
February 24, 2014
Would MLK Have Supported Marriage Equality?
Martin Luther King Jr. was never given the opportunity to be an advocate for his LGBT brothers and sisters, writes Rev. Irene Monroe.
January 18, 2016
President Obama on Why He Made Stonewall a Landmark
The president's legacy will include designating the first LGBT monument.
June 25, 2016
Obama's activist church enters campaign spotlight
A then-26-year-old Barack Obama walked down the aisle of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, knelt beneath a cross suspended from its rafters, and, as he later explained it, committed himself to God after years as a religious skeptic.
March 20, 2007
New York Governor Repeats Pledge to Sign Marriage Bill
Gov. David Paterson addressed a packed Empire State Pride Agenda fund-raiser Monday night and said fighting for the equal rights of LGBT people was "as American as the signing of the Constitution."
October 22, 2008
Attacking Kimberly Peirce Is Not a Good Idea
There is no excuse for attacking the director of Boys Don't Cry, writes Amanda Kerri.
December 19, 2016
Pete Buttigieg Ends History-Making Presidential Campaign
Buttigieg went farther in a presidential race than any other openly gay candidate.
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March 1, 2020
Democrats Are Staging Sit-In Over Gun Violence in House
C-SPAN cameras are not allowed to show the sit-in, so Democrats have started streaming the protest live using Periscope and Facebook.
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June 22, 2016
Who was James Baldwin? A look at the Black gay writer and civil rights activist's life and legacy
James Baldwin's work remains relevant today, on what would have been his one-hundredth birthday.
August 2, 2024