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Poll Finds Record Maryland Support for Marriage Equality

Support for marriage equality is surging among African-American voters.

Buttigieg Takes Down Rush Limbaugh's Homophobia on 'Ellen'

The gay presidential candidate also addressed his lack of support from African-American voters.

Poll: Support Surging in Maryland for Marriage Equality

Voters favor the new marriage equality law by 49% to 39%, with more than half of African-American voters in favor, but those numbers could change when opponents launch their anticipated media campaign.

The Lambert Factor

American Idol may have its first openly gay contestant, and while the blogosphere and American voters seem to be saying it doesn't matter, Dale Hrabi thinks it does.

LGBTQ+ voters are all in for Democrats, while anti-transgender candidates are alienating everyone: GLAAD

LGBTQ+ Americans and registered voters in general want politicians to work more on the economy and climate and less on restricting the rights of women and trans people.

GOP House Candidate: Illiterate Blacks Enabled LGBTQ Protections

Cleveland-area congressional candidate Beverly Goldstein says Cuyahoga County passed the law because of African-American voters who are not "literate."

New Figures Show Majority of Americans Support Marriage Equality

A new Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of American voters support marriage equality, but another poll by Politico suggests lingering dissent.

Black Voters Support Marriage in Illinois By Wide Margin

A new poll shows that African-American voters in President Obama's home state support marriage equality 60% to 16%, a much wider margin than measured nationally.

Bloomberg Rallies for Marriage Equality in Baltimore

The New York City mayor urged voters to support Question 6 while a new poll suggested the measure is losing favor among African Americans, a key constituency in Maryland.

The GOPs antigay pitch to blacks

The Republican Party is reaching out to African-American voters with a pitch that hones in on their presumed homophobia. The party's blatantly antigay "misinformation campaign" is detailed in a new report from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

'No on Prop. 8' Reaches Out to Black Voters

As marriage equality opponents galvanized in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles to target African-American voters, clergy members and other activists gathered just miles away to fight against California's upcoming ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage.

Jonathan D. Lewis, Gay Activist Against Prop. 8 and DADT, Dead at 64

Lewis provided funding for GetEQUAL and was on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, among many other activist and philanthropic endeavors.

Trump '16 Campaign Employed Elaborate Plot to Suppress Black Vote

The president used Facebook and other platforms to discourage Black voters from going to the polls.

Poll Shows Strong Support for Maryland Marriage Equality Law

A polling memo says that "a November win for marriage equality at the ballot box in Maryland is well within our grasp."

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We Can Stop the GOP's Disenfranchisement of Black, Trans Voters

McConnell and his ilk will do anything to stop minorities from voting; it must be our mission to win back our inalienable right.

Op-ed: Yes, Your Vote Is Being Suppressed

LGBT voters of all races, genders, and economic levels are meeting more roadblocks to vote than anyone would have imagined in 2014.

Dissecting South Carolina Politics

South Carolina will be the first Southern state to weigh in on decision 2008. Blogging from Charleston to Myrtle Beach on her way to the Democratic debate next Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kerry Eleveld will explore the relationship between the LGBT and African-American communities, the Donnie McClurkin effect, and the momentum of the Democratic campaigns.