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In a rare crossover, Rep. Matt Gaetz courts House Democrats to unseat Speaker Kevin McCarthy, intensifying GOP discord as the shutdown clock ticks.
After more than five months of no action on his agenda for the LGBT community, expectations are high for Obama in the month of June -- Pride month. But will he deliver?
Bored with conventionality, novelist Michael Lowenthal yearned for the go-go gay days of the past -- until an old friend explained just how "glamorous" those days really were.
Public outrage over $165 million in bonuses for AIG executives shifted this week to scrutiny of the Obama administration and Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner.
The last time girl-group Labelle dropped an album, the thought of a black president or same-sex marriage seemed as "far-out" as the band's disco-spacewoman suits and fusion of disco, rock, and soul. But the button-pushing, soul-singing trio has reunited, and on the heels of Prop. 8 passing and Barack Obama being elected president, Patti LaBelle talks to The Advocate about the mix of emotions she's dealt with over the past few weeks.
Misogyny isn't hard to spot anywhere, especially among LGBT folks.
The 2008 election may already be one for the record books, but triumphant Democrats are still vying for an elusive political prize -- the 60-seat supermajority required to overcome Republican filibuster attempts and advance their legislative agenda swiftly beginning in January. But what are the odds of actually getting 60 seats -- and will it really push gay rights to the front of the line?
After a gay-positive ad was yanked from TV, Ellen Kahn of the Human Rights Campaign found a case for optimism, both personally and professionally.
Malta, population 420,000, shows what political will and a commitment to separation of church and state can accomplish.
The man who organized a protest 50 years ago against police brutality was thanked publicly by police.
Senator Clinton celebrated how far LGBT rights have come in the U.S. in an op-ed for CNN.
