COMMENTARY: GOProud's Jimmy LaSalvia says the labeling of newly elected Hawaii congressman Charles Djou as antigay is unfounded and just anther example of liberal bloggers attacking Republican politicians.

Brittany Novotny is hoping to become Oklahoma's first transgender state representative — by giving the boot to Sally Kern.

Tuesday’s Illinois primary election boasted numerous openly gay candidates and saw wins for several.

Following her historic election in Houston over the weekend, mayor-elect Annise Parker talks about her hard-fought campaign—and her emerging role as a gay politician on the national scene.

Right-wing group's spending gets desired results in Maine but not in Washington.

As the curtain lifted on same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital in early March, the country witnessed the most diverse showing yet of gay couples entering into matrimony.

Reports that a gay couple was denied admittance into a taping of Top Gear, a British television show for car enthusiasts, have forced the BBC to release a statement insisting that it does not discriminate against gays.

Rupert Murdoch wants to make all the news his News Corp. media empire generates unavailable to Google users. Is this mere folly or a move that could further divide our divided nation?

Just hours before President Obama is scheduled to sign the Matthew Shepard and James Bryd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Eastern), the Human Rights Campaign has released a tribute video to Judy and Dennis Shepard, who have lobbied for passage of this legislation since they lost their son Matthew to hate-motivated murder in 1998. 

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church found themselves outnumbered during their anti-Semitic protest at Rutgers University on Wednesday.

David Mixner has been volunteering, getting arrested, and standing up for noble causes since he was in high school. As the Point Foundation honors him with its Legend Award April 19, Mixner reflects on decades of activism and what's to come in the future.

Robert Gibbs took exception to Congressman Barney Frank’s charge that the White House is “ducking” on a “don’t ask, don’t tell” timeline, but Gibbs provided no specifics on timing for repeal. 

The new executive director of Log Cabin Republicans, R. Clarke Cooper, on BP, the GOP, and DADT.

Brittany Novotny is hoping to become Oklahoma's first transgender state representative — by giving the boot to Sally Kern.

A show-of-hands vote killed a bill that would have protected Virginia's gay state employees from discrimination.

He’s aggressive, calculating, and determined to end inequality for gay and lesbian couples once and for all. This is why Chad Griffin, mastermind of the federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, is the new face of the marriage movement.

Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami, two of the four plaintiffs challenging California’s Prop. 8 in federal court, talk to Advocate.com about their resolve (and occasional nerves) during the testimony phase of the trial.

After 12 days of arguing from nearly every conceivable angle that marriage is a fundamental right, the plaintiffs' co-lead attorney David Boies tells The Advocate, "I think we’re at the cusp of putting this discrimination behind us."

In Tuesday's testimony David Blankenhorn had great difficulty in answering this question: Do any scholars assert that permitting same-sex marriage would result in a lower rate of heterosexual marriage?

A battle over statistics dominated Tuesday’s testimony at the federal Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco.

President Obama asserted his authority over the military this week when he fired General McChrystal, but that doesn't necessarily bode well for his appetite to challenge the Pentagon on "don't ask, don't tell."

"Don't ask, don't tell" repeal advocates are bracing for next week, when both the House and a key Senate committee are expected to vote on repeal.