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This heartwarming story about Joe Biden will help you survive the Republican convention
The Republican convention will feature racists, anti-LGBTQ activists, and con men. And that doesn’t even count the triple threat president.
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Trans candidate Sarah McBride has blazed many trails. Now she’s ready for a new challenge.
At just 29 years old, transgender Delaware state senate candidate Sarah McBride has racked up an impressive number of accomplishments. In 2013, as a member of the Board of Directors of Equality Delaware, she played a pivotal role in getting LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws passed in the state. For her efforts, she was awarded the highest […]
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Community leaders mourn after transgender rights pioneer Babs Siperstein passes
“Babs is a leader, a trailblazer, and a role model for an entire generation.”
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Which potential Democratic National Convention host city would be best for LGBTQ people?
Houston, Miami Beach or Milwaukee?
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Are these recent wins the beginning of a Blue Wave for 2018?
It’s beginning to look like Democrats could capture the majority in both the House and Senate in 2018.
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Hillary Clinton: ‘We need to stop the violence and save LGBT lives’
The Democratic nominee for president says in an op-ed, she won’t quit fighting for LGBTQ rights because “they are human rights.”
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In highlighting diversity, Democrats take heat from straight white men
Trump taps into a “legitimate” frustration acute among small-town and rural white men whose fathers and grandfathers once helped elect Democrats.
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Herstory made: Hillary Clinton accepts nomination for President
“I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans, independents, for the struggling, the striving and the successful. For those who vote for me and those who don’t.”
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First openly trans speaker at Dem convention knocks it out of the park
“My name is Sarah McBride and I am a proud transgender American,” she said. And she made us proud.
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Televangelist Jim Bakker: If Trump loses, government will shut me down
The convicted con artist has reinvented himself as an end times survivalist lately, but he’s afraid his scam won’t survive a Clinton presidency.
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Gay black man living with HIV addresses Democratic convention
He was the first person with HIV to address the crowd since 2004.
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President Obama to Democrats: ‘I’m ready to pass the baton’
“I’m asking you to join me – to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what’s best in us; to elect Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States.”
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Mother of Pulse shooting victim brings Democratic convention to tears
“Love always trumps hate,” she said.
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Bernie supporters who won’t back Clinton should remember Richard Nixon
I was able to vote for the first time in 1968. When Eugene McCarthy didn’t win the Democratic nomination, I refused to vote. The country got Richard Nixon.
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Democrats officially choose Hillary Clinton as presidential nominee
Clinton becomes the first woman to ever lead a major political party into the general election.
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5 queer things to watch for at the Democratic National Convention
Here’s a DNC drinking game: take a shot every time a speaker mentions “LGBTQ.” You probably won’t be sober until next weekend.
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Hostility flares as Clinton becomes first woman to rise to nomination
A glass ceiling is shattering as Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination, making her the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race.
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Sanders, Warren, and First Lady calm rowdy Democratic convention crowd
Behind the scenes, Sanders and Clinton aides joined forces to try to ease tensions.
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Drop everything and watch Michelle Obama’s speech to the DNC
This is the speech everyone will be talking about tomorrow. The First Lady proved tonight that her husband isn’t the only orator in the family.
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It’s time to end the religious test for elective office in America
While Article 6 of the Constitution forbids a religious test for elected officials, the beliefs of candidates have determined their chances in the political arena.