Brody Levesque

Community activists in San Francisco's predominantly gay Castro neighborhood are outraged by a recent statement by the Mission Delores Neighborhood Association calling for removal of the Rainbow flags that are hung from the light posts in the Castro. [ Read more → ]

Media Matters, a Washington D. C.-based media watchdog group has announced it is launching a new effort to combat the increasingly strident offense against LGBT equality rights by right wing conservative organizations and conservative run media outlets such as Fox News and pundits such as... [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- In a 65-31 vote this afternoon, the United States Senate has voted to repeal the 17 year old ban on Gays & Lesbians openly serving in the armed forces of the United States. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama for his... [ Read more → ]

The White House has released President Barack Obama's response to the cloture vote taken earlier this morning in the U. S. Senate. [ Read more → ]

Reaction was swift today from LGBT activist groups, who praised the Senate's passing of the cloture vote on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Here are some excerpts: [ Read more → ]

In a closely watched Saturday session of the U. S. Senate, Senators voted on the cloture vote to end debate regarding the measure to end the ban on openly gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces. The cloture vote passed with a vote of 63-33. [ Read more → ]

General James Amos, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps., underscored his opposition to repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," telling reporters Tuesday afternoon that Marines fighting in combat units in Afghanistan are extremely concerned that permitting gays to serve openly could disrupt “unit cohesion." [ Read more → ]

On Monday morning we reported that dozens of books dealing with LGBT subject matter, were vandalized at a Harvard library with what appeared to be urine. But now the college has announced the damaged books were the result of an "accident," and not a suspected hate crime as University police originally suspected. [ Read more → ]

At least 40 books at a Harvard University library dealing with LGBT subject matter have been vandalized with what appeared to be urine, and University police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. [ Read more → ]

I'll have to admit, I was stunned and left speechless at the very callous and uncaring way that quote was so causally tossed into the public discourse by the spokesman for the so called American Family Association's radio network, Bryan Fischer. [ Read more → ]

"Love Drugged" is the story of Jamie Bates, a Chicago high school freshman who is gay but in the closet. He wants nothing more than to fit in, but when a classmate learns his secret, he fears his life will be ruined. Jamie tries to keep his cover by getting involved with a beautiful female student, and that relationship leads him to discover an untested drug that can "cure" homosexuality. [ Read more → ]

In the second round of scheduled hearings on the Pentagon's Work Group report on repeal of "Don't Ask-Don't Tell," the heads of the five military branches and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, giving Senators... [ Read more → ]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Wednesday that GOP Senators will block any legislation from coming to the Senate floor until two key economic issues are addressed: funding the government -- the “continuing resolution” which must pass to prevent a government shutdown -- and the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. [ Read more → ]

In a new interview, Oscar nominated actor Johnny Depp reveals that Disney hated his "gay" portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, and that he once quipped to film executives that all his characters "are gay." [ Read more → ]

Last week, the Family Research Council was included in a list of 13 hate groups because, as the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report explains, the group has “continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexual and other sexual minorities.” [caption id="attachment_14011" align="alignleft" width="300"... [ Read more → ]

The Senate Armed Services Committee has announced two days of hearings set to begin next week covering the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” report commissioned by Defense Secretary Robert Gates last spring. [ Read more → ]

VALLEJO, Calif. -- Angry parents in the Vallejo Unified School District, located in San Francisco's East Bay, packed a school district board meeting last week to protest the district's proposed curriculum plan that includes lessons on gay rights. [ Read more → ]

By a unanimous vote, the Dallas Independent School District school board this week approved a new an anti-bullying policy that for the first time included protections for LGBTQ students. [ Read more → ]

Last night all of the major broadcast networks covered the story regarding the new U. S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration rules now in effect in the numerous U. S. Airports that are using the aptly named "full-body scanners." [ Read more → ]

A high school economics teacher in Howell, Mich., suspended after ejecting two students from his class after the students said they believed that gays and lesbians are immoral, has garnered considerable support from the local community, and from one student in particular. [ Read more → ]