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Cheyenne Jackson’s Secrets to a Successful Marriage

  Entertainer Cheyenne Jackson, who was wed to longtime partner Monte Lapka last September, reveals his secrets for maintaining a strong marriage. Entertainer Cheyenne Jackson, who was wed to longtime partner Monte Lapka last September, reveals his secrets for maintaining a strong marriage in a new interview with activist David Mixner. It’s already been an […]

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WATCH: A Poignant Ad for Marriage Equality

The “It’s Time” video promoting marriage equality and watched by hundreds of thousands across the globe has spurred an offshoot with a different plot but the same message. The new video, titled “Love is Love,” was posted Sunday. The creators say they were inspired by the original Australian video from GetUp! and its first-person camera

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Five Things Every Couple Should Do When They Get Married

Congratulations! You met the love of your life, you made the big decision to get married, and now you’ve taken that gi-normous step together.  Surviving the wedding planning process and the actual weekend of events is only Step 1 of the becoming-married process.  Despite what your credit card statements may be telling you, the wedding

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MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts To Marry

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts is set to become the first openly gay news anchor to get married. The New York Observer reports: Mr. Roberts says his late-September wedding to Patrick Abner, of Merck Pharmaceuticals’ HIV/AIDS division, and his public persona as a gay man, are unlikely to hurt his career at MSNBC—not least because, unlike

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Married & Counting: One Gay Couple, Seven Weddings

A new documentary about a same-sex couple who got married in every state that would let them takes aim at marriage inequality After 24 years together, Pat Dwyer and Stephen Mosher decided it was about time they get married. It was 2010 and same-sex marriage was not yet legal in New York State, where they

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Retired Navy Captain Seeks To Address Republicans About Marriage Equality

Captain Joan Darrah, USN (ret) has written a letter to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell asking to be allowed to address the Republican Party platform committee in support of marriage equality and the freedom to marry when the committee meets in Tampa next week. She wants to explain to the platform committee how supporting marriage equality

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The 8 Best Marriage Equality Videos From Around the World

1) With the release of the viral “It’s Time” marriage-equality PSA rending hearts across Australia and the world, we thought it might be time to collect some of the world’s best pro-gay-marriage videos. If these moving pieces doesn’t convince your friends to support marriage equality, we don’t know what to do for them. 2) Canada

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Democrat Committe Approves Marriage Equality Plank Unanimously

The Democratic Party’s Platform Committee unanimously approved language expressing support for marriage equality at its meeting Saturday in Detroit, sending the proposal on for ratification at the national convention next month in Charlotte, N.C. A DNC source told The Advocate that the full committee accepted the language revealed on Thursday without controversy, and approved an amendment

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Prop 8 Organizers Face $49K in Fines

More than $1 million in contributions to the organizers behind 2008’s ballot initiative to ban marriage equality in California were not properly reported to state authorities. The California Fair Political Practice Commission ordered ProtectMarriage.com: Yes on 8 to pay $49,000 in fines after failing to report some of the contributions received for the campaign. ProtectMarriage.com

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Chick-fil-A vandal speaks out

Manny Castro, the L.A.-based artist who claimed responsibility for the graffiti spray-painted on the side of a Torrance, California Chick-fil-A last week, has not been arrested for what he did despite his coming forward, and offers a statement to the Huffington Post about why he did it: My statement painted on the side of the