National Headlines

An immigration judge in San Francisco has dropped the deportation case against a married gay man following the Obama Administration’s announcement last week of policy changes that would relax enforcement of “low threat” cases. [ Read more → ]

The Obama Administration has announced it plans to implement changes in U.S. immigration policy, the result of which could benefit bi-national same-sex couples. [ Read more → ]

Michele Bachmann has championed the “Christian” cause, sprinkling her speeches with scripture and holy buzzphrases. But one in particular caught my ear. [ Read more → ]

While there is a lot of noise being made over the NOM's pledge to "protect marriage," a passage in that pledge is escaping some much deserved scrutiny. Presidential candidates who signed the pledge have promised to "Appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters." [ Read more → ]

Recent statements of Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and presidential candidate, emphasize the anti-gay elements that have permeated this GOP primary season. Perry’s views are largely out-of-step with those of mainstream Americans – including people of faith. [ Read more → ]

Joe Walsh: Perhaps it would be a good idea to pay your damn child support before you start creating caste systems against loving families simply because they may contain parents of the same-sex. [ Read more → ]

GLSEN on Monday issued a cease-and-desist letter via its attorneys to the Family Research Council "demanding that FRC cease distribution and publication of a video clip containing false and defamatory statements, as well as any other similar false and defamatory statements that may be contained in a longer video associated with that video clip." [ Read more → ]

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who just weeks ago denounced gay marriage by saying it “defies common sense,” has abandoned his campaign for the presidency. [ Read more → ]

Texas Governor Rick Perry — who recently cozied up to the anti-gay, and certified hate group, American Family Association, for a day-long prayer rally — on Saturday entered the GOP field as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. [ Read more → ]

In the third nationally televised GOP presidential debate, none of the eight candidates on the stage strayed from their already stated positions on marriage for same-sex couples, but there was some pushing and prodding for several of the candidates to move even farther to the right. [ Read more → ]

Athletic footwear company New Balance, is distancing itself from news that its Chairman, James Davis, contributed $500,000 to Mitt Romney's campaign for President -- Romney is one of four GOP hopefuls that have signed the NOM's pledge to oppose marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

As fictional character Forrest Gump once said, "Life is like a box of chocolates..." And as (some would say, "fictional") GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says, "Marriage is like a napkin" ... or is it like a glass of water, or a beer? [ Read more → ]

Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger will once again be left out of a nationally televised debate among Republican presidential hopefuls -- this time, in Iowa on Thursday night. [ Read more → ]

After some legal wins in the cases of bi-national gay and lesbian couples, this devastating story comes out of San Francisco. [caption id="attachment_30911" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk"][media-credit name="Noah Berger, Special to the SF Chronicle" align="alignleft" width="250"][/media-credit][/caption] The San Francisco Chronicle reports... [ Read more → ]

Not to be out-bigoted by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats and his anti-gay outfit "The Family Leader," the National Organization for Marriage has prepared its own "Marriage Pledge" for the 2012 GOP Presidential hopefuls to sign. [ Read more → ]

The American Psychological Association, the world’s largest organization of psychologists, on Wednesday voiced its support for "full marriage equality for same-sex couples." [ Read more → ]

In a report issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new multi-year data disclosed that the annual rate of new HIV infections in the United States has remained relatively stable. [ Read more → ]

San Francisco based gay activist and blogger Roy Steele is organizing, and calling for a nationwide boycott of retailer’s enrolled in the Christian Values Network (CVN) shopping web portal, including Sears, Walmart, Sam's Club and Target. [ Read more → ]

The LGBT movement is making progress, but it’s being seriously outspent by opponents and still has “a long way” to go to reach equality. That’s the conclusion of an in-depth analysis by an independent think tank. [ Read more → ]

The Williams Institute has released a report summarizing academic studies and other documented evidence of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the negative impact such discrimination has on lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people. [ Read more → ]