Former Connecticut Democratic State Rep. Evelyn Mantilla came out as the nation’s first bisexual state official in 1997. Since then the number of bisexual state-level officials who have come out during their term has slowly grown to six.

( The six are: Evelyn Mantilla, former Connecticut State Representative; Angie Buhl, South Dakota State Senator; Micah Kellner, New York State Representative; Kyrsten Sinema, former Arizona State Senator now running for Congress; Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State; JoCasta Zamarripa, Wisconsin State Representative )

The Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the United State’s of America’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, today endorsed marriage equality at an meeting on Saturday, 19 May 2012. The organization had originally been founded in 1909 to improve the lives of the country’s African ( Read more... )

GENEVA (AFP) - Liechtenstein will officially recognise same-sex couples with a civil partnership law after residents of the tiny principality voted in favour of the move on Sunday, media reported.

Gay and lesbian couples will receive the same tax, inheritance and welfare rights as come with marriage following a referendum in which 68 percent ( Read more... )

 At NetRoots11, a political conference, Dan Pfeiffer -- White House Communications Director -- was an interview guest.  He was asked about the 1996 statement by Barack Obama endorsing same-sex marriage, to which Pfeiffer replied that it wasn't actually Obama who filled out the questionnaire.

The White House quickly told everyone that Pfeiffer doesn' ( Read more... )

BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday nominated a lesbian who is married to her partner to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ( Read more... )

From the Washington Post:

Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. He noted that the congressional debate during passage of the Defense of Marriage Act "contains numerous expressions reflecting moral ( Read more... )

I read this on Yahoo when I went to check my email. I think it's great that there is an official study where actual troops and their wives gave their opinions and that to them it doesn't matter. Anyway, thought it was interesting.

After strong appeal from Pentagon, opponents of ‘Don’t ask’ repeal ponder next move

If confirmed, she'll be the fourth woman to ever be on the Supreme Court, and raise the number to 3 total.Of course, the confirmation battle - in an election year, no doubt - should be interesting (if predictable). Kagan would almost undoubtedly be a proponent of equality on the Court. What could be most interesting is how much of an issue her ( Read more... )

In response to this thread, generally arguing in favor of government mandated non-discrimination (as opposed to moral persuasion and people generally not being dicks to each other), I present this opinion piece-

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8371/That pretty well describes the consequences of and arguments against things like ( Read more... )

On the heels of Governor MacDonald's decision to revoke protection for gay Virginians who are employed by the state, Attorney General Cuccinelli has declared that universities can't protect gay employees. He said universities need to "back off" on gay rights and that only the legislature can make nondiscrimination determinations ( Read more... )