LGBT Rights
Vietnam considers same-sex marriage
August 8, 2012Today I am proud to call myself a socialist. And I am proud to be gay at a historic intersection of two diverse and compatible movements.
Read moreGore Vidal: brilliant provocateur
August 8, 2012Gore Vidal was a very specific sort of figure, heir to the heritage of Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. His description of himself: a "gentleman bitch."
Read moreChick Fil-A debate missing the point
August 2, 2012The debate over equal rights for LGBT Americans has recently focused, bizarrely, on an American fast food staple: the chicken sandwich.
Read moreLawsuit challenges DOMA over same-sex rights
July 20, 2012The suit, for which class-action status is sought, concerns a Santa Ana lesbian couple and was officially filed July 12 in the U.S. District Court.
Read moreAFL-CIO, Change to Win, go to bat for gay marriage
July 12, 2012The nation's two largest labor federations filed a brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional.
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