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Gay and Lesbian Issues


A March Toward Irrelevance?
The National Equality March drew thousands to Washington for workshops, speeches, and "dancestravaganzas." But was anything really done to advance gay rights?
October 9, 2009 | | web only

The Deification of Matthew Shepard
What the gay-rights movement has lost by making Shepard its icon.
September 4, 2009 | | web only

Marion's Moral Compass
The philandering former D.C. mayor leads a crusade against gay marriage.
August 4, 2009 |

Where Blacks Lead the Fight for Gay Rights
Black leadership is changing the fight for gay rights in D.C.
June 26, 2009 | | web only

The Real Stonewall Legacy
Waiting our turn isn't working. Asking nicely isn't working. What will work is what worked that fateful night at Stonewall.
June 26, 2009 | | web only

Meet D.C.'s Anti-Gay Marriage Crusaders
An alliance between local and national activists is a test of the effectiveness of Republicans' reliance on culture-war wedge issues.
June 12, 2009 | | web only

Is Homophobia the New Anti-Semitism?
As the gay-rights movement has been globalized, so has religious and political opposition to homosexuality.
May 19, 2009 | | web only

We've Already Won the Battle Over Gay Marriage
Public support for marriage equality is on the rise, and it is conservatives who are ceding ground.
April 14, 2009 | | web only

The NAACP Takes a Stance Against
Prop. 8

The national office of the NAACP took its first stance on gay-marriage rights, reinvigorating the debate over gay rights in the black community.
March 4, 2009 | | web only

Getting Ahead of Congress
The president must begin reaching out to Congress to build support on key social issues right away.
December 30, 2008 |

Don't Call it a Culture War
We will continue to lose battles like Prop. 8 until we can successfully relabel LGBT rights a civil-rights issue, rather than an issue mired in the culture-war swamp of moral controversy.
November 25, 2008 |

The Aisle of Least Resistance
What am I to make of my commitment to not participate in a sexist, historically racist institution when my own gay friends are rushing to the altar?
July 21, 2008 | | web only

Will the Next President Lift the Ban on Gays in the Military?
What will our military look like in the years to come? Depends on if the next president addresses the increasingly unpopular "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
February 26, 2008 | | web only

The Good News for Gay Rights
Victories won by "undemocratic" courts -- like the Massachusetts Supreme Court, which legalized gay marriage in 2003 -- haven't produced the backlash that many pundits expected.
June 19, 2007 | | web only

The Future of Anti-Gay Activism
The Christian Right is recruiting black pastors to make the case that equating gay rights with civil rights is an affront to African Americans.
June 18, 2007 | | web only

Hollywood Values Save America!
From Mel Gibson to Ann Coulter to Don Imus, the backlash against celebrity bigots has rolled eastward.
May 23, 2007 |

The Gay Grenade
Are ERA proponents agitating for women's rights at the expense of gays and lesbians?
February 27, 2007 | | web only

Crossing Borders
A gay rights festival comes to Jerusalem, a city where identities cross, collide, and -- sometimes -- co-exist peacefully.
August 8, 2006 | | web only

A Losing Formula
Despite what some may think, cutting taxes won't give Democrats running room to advance rights.
June 12, 2006 | | web only

Slightly Un-Orthodox
Silent no longer: Religious gay men and lesbians start speaking out.
December 18, 2005 |

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