Cyndi Lauper tops our list of The Advocates 2024: 'Hon, I'm a family member'
The legendary icon continues to use her voice to create beautiful music and stand up for equality for all.
June 20, 2024
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Fed Judge Won't Throw Out Prop 8 Decision
The landmark decision striking down California's Proposition 8 will stand, even though the judge happens to be a gay man.
June 14, 2011
4 Arguments That Could Make Supreme Court Take Michigan's Marriage Case
A federal judge has ruled that Michigan cannot revoke marriage from gay and lesbian couples who received marriage licenses during a 24-hour period last May when the state performed them.
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January 16, 2015
HRC Sets Its Sights on the Deep South
The LGBT rights organization is opening offices in Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi.
April 26, 2014
Trump Offers Yet Another 'License to Discriminate' Order
On the National Day of Prayer, he establishes a new faith-based initiative that's bound to be bad news for LGBT people.
May 3, 2018
Marriage Supporters Introduce New Argument to Stop Amendment
Gay rights activists asked California's highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens' initiative that would again ban same-sex marriage. Lawyers for Equality California filed a petition arguing that the proposed amendment to the California constitution should be invalidated because its impact was not made clear to the voters who signed petitions to qualify the measure before the state supreme court legalized same-sex unions. ''This court has recognized that gay and lesbian couples have a fundamental right to marry, and as of June 16 such couples have been getting married across the state,'' the petition states.
June 24, 2008
Same Fight, Different Approach
Prop. 8 opponents Gloria Allred and Jerry Brown don't quite see eye to eye on the next step in the fight for marriage equality.
January 13, 2009
Could Jamaica End Colonial-Era Gay Sex Ban?
A constitutional challenge is filed against the 1864 Offenses Against the Person Act, which is seen as the basis for much of the nation's notorious homophobia.
December 11, 2015
These 10 states are voting on abortion in November — is yours one?
Constitutional amendments to protect abortion will be brought to vote in November in 10 states.
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April 7, 2024
Calif.'s Prop. 8: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Even if California voters pass the antigay marriage amendment in November, marriage equality could still prevail.
July 18, 2008
Oral Arguments on Prop. 8 Begin March 5
The California supreme court will begin to hear oral arguments on March 5 that will decide the fate of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state.
February 6, 2009
NAACP Calls for Overturning of Prop. 8
The NAACP announced support on Monday for California's supreme court to invalidate Prop. 8, the November ballot initiative that constitutionally banned same-sex marriage in California.
February 25, 2009
Abortion Clinics Don't Just Serve Straight Women
HIV care, trans clinics, cancer screenings for lesbians and bi women — many abortion clinics offer these services, so the battle to keep them open is our fight too.
June 29, 2016
Mormon Church Finds a New Target for Their Homophobia
Will LDS members continue to open their purses and wallets to stop marriage equality?
June 2, 2016