Inauguration 2013

“Now he’s got Lady Gaga,” Trump said of Biden before the election. Turns out, he does.

Trump’s first week has paved the way for a “governing” style concerned more with bravado and bluster than measured actions emphasizing shared power with potential negotiating partners.

“Our Country First” has been the battle cry of nationalist fascism throughout the world.

Don’t love cats? Live-stream a Broadway event featuring Rosie O’Donnell or be inspired by Sylvia Rivera.

All In Service organizers say the inauguration fundraising campaign is about “love and compassion for our diverse community.”

The Broadway star apologized and said her career is deeply indebted to the LGBTQ community.

Milo Yiannopoulos will be a featured guest at the event, which is described as a “TrollCon” and promises “so many surprises” and “memes galore.”

The chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee says the singer approached Trump to say he would perform and Trump declined.

The 16-year-old singer is facing criticism from some who say it’s hypocritical to perform for an administration that doesn’t support her transgender sister’s rights.

Instead of throwing an equality ball, Human Right Campaign is encouraging its supporters to get involved in demonstrations and marches.

MIAMI — The Miami neighborhood where inaugural poet Richard Blanco grew up, in many ways, resembles Cuba his family left behind. Down the street, a man sells avocados from a small table. His favorite bakery, a few blocks north, serves guava pastries and cafe con leche.

President Barack Obama’s emphatic gay rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to what steps should be taken next.

Presidential inauguration days are often filled with pomp, circumstance, cheering crowds, and moments to remember, but rarely do they so perfectly illustrate a dramatic shift in our country’s understanding and acceptance of cultural changes. The second inauguration of President Barack Obama did just that. … To be sure, having our President call for full equality for gay Americans in what is one of the biggest and most viewed speeches of his Presidency is monumental.

It has been awhile since Bryan Fischer went off on a good ol’ fashioned anti-gay rant on his radio program, but yesterday’s inaugural address by President Obama seems to have set him off. In his remarks, Obama declared that “our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else […]

The National Organization for Marriage on Tuesday criticized — to no one’s surprise — President Barack Obama’s LGBT-inclusive inaugural address, calling it an attempt to “further divide the nation on the question of what is marriage.”

In this scene from Monday night’s Inaugural Ball, President Barack Obama bows as he and first lady Michelle Obama, wearing a ruby colored chiffon and velvet Jason Wu gown, gets ready to dance as singer Jennifer Hudson, right, sings Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”

Poet Richard Blanco delivers his an inaugural poem “One Today” on Monday at President Barack Obama’s second term inauguration. In addition to being the youngest ever inaugural poet, Blanco, 44, is the first Hispanic and the first openly gay person to serve in the role. Watch: More on Richard Blanco is here. The text of […]

LGBT advocacy groups on Monday hailed President Barack Obama’s historic call for LGBT equality, becoming the first American president to include his support for marriage equality as part of his inaugural address.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key moments in the struggles for blacks and women.

WASHINGTON — Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, recited a poem that painted vivid scenes about America and included reflections on his experience growing up as Cuban exile in New York City and Miami. His poem, “One Today,” […]