On Wednesday, Feb. 23, Attorney General Eric Holder declared in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that “the President and I have concluded...
In 2010, President Barack Obama took the opportunity to use the State of the Union to declare that he would ''work with Congress and our...
The defense was no surprise on Jan. 13. The Department of Justice had announced in October its plans to appeal the July decisions striking down...
JANUARY The transition from 2009 to 2010 was harsh, marked by a murder. The year's first issue of Metro Weekly reported on the shooting of...
At a little past 9 a.m. today, Dec. 22, President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law in...
[Photo: The audience and members of the media — as well as a set of pens — await the arrival of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who...
In a ceremony on the floor of the U.S. Senate this evening, Vice President Joseph Biden swore in Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), according to a...
Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-W.V.), was sworn in to office by Vice President Joseph Biden on Tuesday, July 20. The former general counsel to West Virginia...
''I just hope that President Obama steps up to the plate on LGBT issues.'' Mentioning repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy and the...
Solicitor General Elena Kagan is nominated for the Supreme Court and LGBT issues have been front and center since the May 10 announcement Elena Kagan...
There's the old Woody Allen joke about how being bisexual can double your chances of getting a date. It's not terribly funny, but it gets...
With his spouse holding the Bible, David Huebner was sworn in this afternoon as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa in a...
IT IS SOMETIMES DONE with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles. Still, advocates and enemies alike...
Ready for a recount? This Sunday at the Super Bowl, it's Obama versus McCain all over again. (Technically, it's more Biden v. McCain — and...
There have been other Inauguration Days in U.S. history and many are yet to come. But on Jan. 20, 2009, America will break a long...