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Page 1 of 3 next›› Gay and Lesbian IssuesA 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 | Page 1 of 3 next›› |