A great article was published via the NY Times today with financial aid application tips for kids with lesbian, gay and/or bisexual parents in a variety of parenting situations.

I applaud the NY Times for including information that is key to accessing education for married LGB folks and the ...

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Our Families: LGBT Latino Stories

Our Families: LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Stories

Our Families: LGBT African-American Stories

This series of interviews and stories about LGBT people in African-American, Latino and Asian and Pacific Islander communities was created as part of BasicRights' Our Families campaign in Oregon that gives LGBT ...

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Today is the thirteenth anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death.

While I was only eight years old at the time of his death, like many other youth of my generation, his death shaped my understanding of what it meant to be LGBT in America. Througout my childhood and teen years ...

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The end of DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is a historic day for both lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals serving in the military, and the rest of the community. Not only will it increase access to services and rights for LGB service members and their significant others, but ...

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Today Ron Bastien will discuss the impact of DOMA on the lives of LGB service members and why it must be repealed if those fighting for our freedoms ever hope to fully enjoy the rights they defend each day. Ron is a Biology major with a Pre-med concentration at SUNY ...

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The clerk's office in Rochester will open on Sunday, July 24th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Rochester is not alone in opening its office on Sunday. The same thing is happening in Brighton, Syracuse, Binghamton and New York City. In fact, in New York City, state ...

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According to the Associated Press, David Shupe-Roderick and Ryan W. Dupree, a gay couple from Wyoming, are suing their state for marriage equality. Wyoming, ironically dubbed "The Equality State," defines marriage as "between a male and a female person."

But here’s where the story gets interesting: Roderick,25, and ...

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The religious right loves to paint marriage equality as something nasty. They want the world to hear the word gay and think sex. Well I think these photographs, posted by the Boston Globe, present marriage equality as what it really is: all about love. From all races, religions, nationalities, and ...

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As I’m sure everyone remembers, on Election Day of November 2008 the people of California had the power to revoke the rights of a minority. It was the day Proposition 8, (also known as prop H8) stripped thousands of Californian lesbian and gay couples of the right to marry ...

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We borrowed this from Reverend Irene Monroe's blog on queer issues and spirituality. We thought her writing on this issue is really thought-provoking and important.

Black Queers Tying Knot

More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of African descent are marrying.

An idea that was once ...

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