Remembering Norman Lear and His Pioneering LGBTQ-Inclusive Shows
Lear featured some of the first gay characters on TV and founded the liberal advocacy organization People for the American Way.
December 6, 2023
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November 13, 2024
Op-ed: Marching on Washington and the Issues We All Face
Whether our cause is ending racial discrimination or boosting LGBT rights, we're all in this struggle together.
August 28, 2013
Kern Coulter on Conversion Therapy
Two right-wing takes on praying the gay away: Oklahoma legislator Sally Kern (pictured, right) thinks it's hateful to say gays can't change, while Ann Coulter (left) says it might work for those "weren't really gay" but "were molested as children."
July 29, 2011
Op-ed: What I Learned Protesting in Ferguson
Every minority group in America is fighting some sort of war, be it social, economic, or political. Imagine what an army of minorities could do if we fought together.
October 2, 2014
Muslim Registry: Failed Policy That Threatens Our Values, Constitution
We cannot go here again.
November 28, 2016
Wisconsin High Court Justice Once Called Gays 'Degenerates,' 'Abnormal'
Rebecca Bradley has apologized for the student writings, which surfaced as she stands for election to a full term on the state Supreme Court.
March 7, 2016
Wanna Defund Planned Parenthood, Trump? Ask Pence How That Went
The president is playing a dangerous game by threatening this vital resource, writes Brian Tashman of People for the American Way.
March 10, 2017
This Trans Veteran's Message for 9/11: Turn Fear Into Action
The world is as scary as it was 19 years ago, but channel your anxiety into battling racism and Trump's reign of terror.
September 11, 2020
Trump Judicial Nominee: Marriage Equality Part of 'Assault on Nature'
The assault began with contraception, says federal court nominee Gordon Giampetro, who's made other anti-LGBT comments, along with racially incendiary statements.
February 15, 2018
WATCH: Santorum on Why Smart People Will Never Support Him
The antigay former senator and presidential hopeful makes a surprising admission.
September 15, 2012
Is HUD Keeping Secrets About Rollback of LGBT Programs?
A federal lawsuit seeks information on removal of LGBT references from descriptions of housing and justice programs.
March 2, 2018
Trump Is Trying to Turn Gays Against Muslims
Both the GOP nominee and many of his LGBT supporters are using Islamophobia to sway Democrats. It's disgraceful, writes People for the American Way's Peter Montgomery.
October 3, 2016
How a Group of Grandparents Is Mobilizing to Push Back Against Moms for Liberty
Grandparents for Truth, a project of progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, is working to fight book bans, right-wing school boards and what it describes as authoritarianism in the nation’s schools.
December 21, 2023
Let's Sue the GOP
This equality advocate is furious with Republican obstruction over the Supreme Court justice nominee — and he's proposing a novel idea to deal with it.
March 21, 2016
Antigay Leaders Fear Obama's After Their Guns
A leader of the American Family Association distorts an executive order to stoke fear that the Obama administration will decide anti-LGBT activists are 'too dangerous to get guns.'
January 18, 2013
AG Pick Jeff Sessions Got a Zero on HRC's Scorecard
Sessions voted against expanding hate-crimes law to cover anti-LGBT attacks, opposes marriage equality, and wants to sanction discrimination in the name of "religious freedom."
November 18, 2016
Op-ed: Why the Tim Tebow Debacle Was a Culture War Victory
The NFL quarterback's decision to back out of a speaking engagement is a milestone for LGBT equality, argues Right Wing Watch's Peter Montgomery.
March 4, 2013