Politics

Pacific Gas & Electric has donated $250,000 to join the battle against California Proposition 8 this November. Read the story here: PG&E Supports Fight Against Prop 8 With Donation

Recently Congress held hearings on whether the military policy of "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" (which allows gays and lesbians to serve in the military as long as they don’t disclose their sexuality) should be struck down in order to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. It’s astounding to witness the tired,

Get involved in-order to battle the current movement to forever ban the LGBT community from achieving marriage equality by amending the California State constitution. Vow to Vote NO on Proposition 8! We all work hard to treat other fairly because each of us deserves the same. Be careful if approached to vote on a proposition

The Stonewall Democrats sent out a report today detailing some recent comments by John McCain concerning the rights of LGBT Americans. Yesterday, on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, John McCain had this to say about adoption by same-sex couples: "I want to help with family values." In an interview with The New York Times last

Election officials in California have made a change to the language of Proposition 8. Some activists think the language change, which spells out the removal of the right for same-sex couples to marry, could help add support to defeat the amendment. Read the story here

JAMIE BARNETT: Our duty to our gay defenders in military 07/24/08 THE FRESNO BEE Did you know that your safety and security depend on gay men and lesbians? An estimated 65,000 gay men and lesbians serve in the U.S. armed forces, though, by law, they cannot be open about their sexuality. As we fight two

The House of Representatives voted 303 to 115 late Thursday to approve a sweeping global AIDS relief bill that includes language repealing a 1993 U.S. immigration law that prohibits HIV-positive visitors from entering the country and bars most foreigners with HIV from obtaining legal immigrant status. Read the full story here: House Approves Repeal Of

Proposition 8 is the gay marriage ballot measure which will be voted on in November by Californians. If passed, it may nullify the California State Supreme Court ruling which legalized same sex marriage in the state.  Maybe…the problem is no one really knows what will happen.  I’ve discussed this with several people and there’s a

The upcoming November election is a critical one for the LGBT community. Besides making sure that a Republican does not get elected, LGBT Californians and their supporters need to turn out in force to defeat the Gay Marriage Ballot Measure, which would reverse the recent Supreme Court Ruling. If you aren’t registered to vote you

The California Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to hear a challenge to a ballot measure asking voters to ban same-sex marriage. Read the story HERE