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May 16, 2013
Third consecutive Gallup Poll shows more than 50% of Americans in favor of gay marriage

Current 53% level of support is essentially double the 27% in 1996

Support for gay marriage among Americans seems to be solidifying above the 50% level, according to a poll released today by Gallup.

The latest poll shows that 53% say the law should recognize same-sex marriages. This marks the third consecutive reading of 50% or above in Gallup polling over the past year.

May 11, 2013
Minnesota state House Speaker Paul Thissen was uncertain about marriage bill passing

House Speaker Paul Thissen talks about how Minnesota turned toward same sex marriage

Minnesota state House Speaker Paul Thissen had early doubts there were enough votes for a marriage bill.

'I wasn't particularly confident at all that we could get there. I mean I wasn't un-confident, but I just didn't know.'

May 4, 2013
First Lady Michelle Obama to fundraise for DNC LGBT leadership council

First Lady Michelle Obama will attend fundraising event for LGBT Democrats that will be hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen

In late May, First Lady Michelle Obama will attend a New York City fundraiser for an arm of the Democratic Party committed to LGBT issues.

According to a report from the website Politico the 29 May affair will be hosted by Andy Cohen, the Vice President of Development for the television channel Bravo. Cohen is an out gay man.

May 4, 2013
First Lady Michelle Obama to fundraise for DNC LGBT leadership council

First Lady Michelle Obama will attend fundraising event for LGBT Democrats that will be hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen

In late May, First Lady Michelle Obama will attend a New York City fundraiser for an arm of the Democratic Party committed to LGBT issues.

According to a report from the website Politico the 29 May affair will be hosted by Andy Cohen, the Vice President of Development for the television channel Bravo. Cohen is an out gay man.

April 22, 2013
Albania’s prime minister strongly supports the gay community

Dr. Sali Berisha, Albania’s prime minister, expressed his support of LGBT rights and gay marriage

Albanian Prime Minister, Dr. Sali Berisha met with local gay activists expressing his full support for LGBT rights in the country.

In the first ever meeting of its kind, Berisha, of the right-wing Democratic Party, welcomed today (22 April) two Albanian LGBT activists, Xheni Karaj and Kristi Pinderi.

He is the first Albanian PM to do so, after being the first Albanian politician to have declared himself in favor of same sex marriage, almost 4 years ago, after the elections of 2009.

March 2, 2013
Al Qaeda objects to gay politicians and same-sex marriage in the US

The English language mouthpiece of terrorist group Al Qaeda has criticized President Barack Obama’s support for marriage equality as valueless and pointed to openly gay congressman Barney Frank as a symbol of the corrupt American dream

Islamist terror group Al Qaeda has criticized the Obama Administration for its support for marriage equality and the election of openly gay public officials in the United States.

In the latest issue of the group’s English language mouthpiece, Inspire, an infographic attacks the US for ‘standing on no values,’ quoting President Barack Obama as saying, ‘My stance is still evolving … I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.’

February 26, 2013
Italian parliament turns rainbow again

Four gay politicians are elected in the two chambers. A gay candidate, Sergio Lo Giudice, enters the Italian Senato for the first time in the last decade

Four gay Italian politicians have become members of parliament in the last general election (24 and 25 February).

Sergio Lo Giudice, Alessandro Zan, Nichi Vendola and Ivan Scalfarotto have now a seat in one of the two chambers of the Italian parliament.

Lesbian politician Anna Paola Concia, who was the only LGBT representative in the last parliament, has not been elected.

Former Arcigay’s president and local councillor with Partito Democratico Sergio Lo Giudice has been elected in the Italian Senato, the higher chamber.

February 21, 2013
Why the Republicans secretly want to lose their Supreme Court marriage fight

The five reasons why the GOP will benefit if the US Supreme Court to rule for marriage equality – even if they are fighting against it

One thing I have learned as a parent to two 10 year old boys – sometimes while a child sometimes says he wants one thing, he secretly may be hoping he doesn't get it. Their voices quiver as they ask for it, while their eyes say ‘get me out of this mess, Daddy!’

That is kind of what is happening these days with the Republicans and the Supreme Court and their former favorite wedge issue, the denial of marriage equality to LGBTQ people.

February 11, 2013
Colorado Senate gives formal passage to civil unions bill

Legislation now heads to House where it is also expected to pass

The Colorado State Senate gave formal passage on Monday (11 February) to a civil unions bill that now moves on to the House for consideration.

It was the bill's third and final reading in the Senate which last Friday approved the bill with all Democrats voting in favor and Republican Senator Ellen Roberts crossing party lines to vote in support.

January 27, 2013
New York Times article hints anonymous LGBT group might be supported by GOP dollars

New York Times article traces Use Your Mandate to Republican linked organizations

For the past week Use Your Mandate has been using Twitter, mailings in seven states and TV ads to knock Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense. The group insists it's made up of Democratic party LGBT operatives, but its members have chosen to be anonymous.

January 6, 2013
The Advocate names Tammy Baldwin as Person of the Year

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is called the person of the year by The Advocate

The LGBT news magazine The Advocate picked Senator Tammy Baldwin as its person of the year. Considering she was sworn in last week as 'the first openly gay US. senator' very few will argue with her selection.

December 28, 2012
Majority of Americans still support ban on gay scouts leaders

A new Gallup poll has found majority support for most key areas of gay and lesbian rights but a majority also still support the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on openly gay scout leaders

New research by the Gallup polling agency has found that a majority of Americans still support the Boy Scouts of America being allowed to bar gay men from leadership roles despite most Americans now being comfortable with gays and lesbians adopting and receiving spousal benefits.

December 27, 2012
Majority of Brits now support gay marriage

ICM poll for the Guardian shows strong lead for gay marriage including support from most age ranges, all social classes and voters for all three major parties

Gay marriage is now supported by 62% of British voters with only 31% opposed – boosting government plans to legalize it next year.

The UK government is pressing ahead with legislation to introduce equal marriage in England and Wales and a separate bill will do the same job in the Scottish Parliament in 2013.

The poll showing overwhelming support for the changes comes after a Christmas marked by attacks on same-sex marriage.

December 14, 2012
US House Republicans secretly bump budget to defend DOMA in court to $2 million

Democrats livid over 'wasting taxpayer dollars to defend the indefensible'

The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives, currently locked in a major budget war with President Barack Obama, has quietly raised the limit it had set for itself to defend the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act in court to $2 million.

The 1996 law that keeps the US government from recognizing same-sex marriages will be reviewed by the US Supreme Court next year. Obama asked the Justice Department not to defend the constitutionality of the law in courts last year so the Republicans stepped in and hired a private law firm to handle the appeal.

December 1, 2012
Will Hillary Clinton announce support for gay marriage?

What will Secretary of State Clinton say about same sex marriage when she leaves the Obama administration?

The political future of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets as much press as the country's looming fiscal cliff. Now the chatter focuses on her on gay marriage position. She is one of the few top tier Democrats to keep silent on the topic.

In the 2008 Democratic party primary, she supported civil unions. This put her in the mainstream. All top tier candidates in that election, including then Senator Barack Obama, favored civil unions over same sex nuptials.

December 1, 2012
Will Hillary Clinton announce support for gay marriage?

What will Secretary of State Clinton say about same sex marriage when she leaves the Obama administration?

The political future of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets as much press as the country's looming fiscal cliff. Now the chatter focuses on her on gay marriage position. She is one of the few top tier Democrats to keep silent on the topic.

In the 2008 Democratic party primary, she supported civil unions. This put her in the mainstream. All top tier candidates in that election, including then Senator Barack Obama, favored civil unions over same sex nuptials.

November 20, 2012
Urgent memo to Republicans: go secular or die

Ditch the racist, homophobic, creationist, climate change-denying dominionists: inclusive, secular conservatism is the only option for Grand Old Party, says Adrian Tippetts

The US presidential election was not so much an endorsement of Obama as a verdict on the Republican Party. Given the dire economic circumstances, any challenger would have strolled into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They even outspent the Democrats on their presidential campaign by a factor of 3.5 to one. The recriminations and post mortems are in full swing. At least Newt Gingrich has the honesty to admit being ‘far off’ wrong.

November 18, 2012
Secretary of State Clinton's foreign policy and LGBT legacies

Secretary Clinton has set the standard for LGBT rights and US foreign policy

November 16, 2012
Gallup Poll: 76% of gays voted for Obama while 22% supported Romney

Among straight voters, each candidate received 49 percent of the vote

Since President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney received roughly the same amount of votes - 49 percent - of straight people in last week's presidential election but Obama got more than three times the number of votes from gay voters.

Exit polls showed that 76 percent of voters who identified as gay supported Obama while 22 percent supported Romney, according to a Gallup survey conducted in conjunction with Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

November 7, 2012
United States celebrates historic day for gay rights

With four marriage equality battles won and the first lesbian to be elected in the US Senate, gay rights advocates are celebrating in America

The United States can now celebrate a historic day for gay rights after the first sitting president in history to back marriage equality has been given a second term.

President Barack Obama won the election after gaining the 270 electoral votes needed.

With only Florida’s 29 electoral votes still undecided, Obama won 303 votes to Mitt Romney’s 206.

In three states, Maine, Maryland and Washington, gay people are now able to get married and enjoy the same legal benefits as their heterosexual peers.

October 30, 2012
Sicily welcomes its first openly gay governor

Rosario Crocetta from Partito Democratico became the first openly gay governor of Sicily when he won last Sunday's election

Rosario Crocetta, an openly gay politician from the Italian Partito Democratico party, has become the first openly gay governor of Sicily.

He won last Sunday’s election on the Italian island with more than 30% of the votes, winning over the right-wing PDL (Popolo delle Libertà), which has governed in Sicily for last decade.

Crocetta is Italy's second openly gay governor, after Puglia’s Nichi Vendola, who now is running for the leadership of the entire left parties.

October 27, 2012
Gallup says LGBTs could swing US election

A new report says the votes of LGBT Americans could push President Obama over the line into a second term in a narrow election

A new report from the prestigious Gallup polling organization has suggested that overwhelming support in the LGBT community could be enough to win US President Barack Obama a second term in office.

October 27, 2012
Pro-gay Republican getting major donations and Democratic support

David Boies, lawyer fighting California's anti-gay marriage ban, donates to Rep. Nan Hayworth reelection effort

Rep. Nan Hayworth, a Republican known for her gay rights voting record, is getting support from both sides of the aisle. As reported by BuzzFeed, lawyer David Boies and his wife donated $5,000 to Hayworth's reelection campaign.

Boies, a Democrat,  is well known for working with Ted Olson to overturn California's ban on marriage.

October 21, 2012
Tammy Baldwin holds slim lead in Wisconsin race

Out lesbian Rep. Tammy Baldwin has slim lead in Senate race in Wisconsin

Rep. Tammy Baldwin is in a close race for the Wisconsin Senate seat. As reported by The National Journal, the Democratic candidate is leading former Gov. Tommy Thompson 49 percent to 45 in the Midwestern state.

October 7, 2012
Alabama judicial candidate says gay marriage will destroy the US

Former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore campaigns against gay marriage

Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the southern US state Alabama, is denouncing same sex marriage.

In a campaign stop speech (6 Oct.) the Republican candidate railed against LGBT equality and the Democratic Party platform plank supporting marriage rights.