President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland, shares his story and his thoughts on being nominated to sit on the nation's highest court. Merrick Brian Garland is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was widely seen as...

An Australian member of parliament (MP) delivered an impassioned speech Tuesday on gay marriage calling Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his anti-gay colleagues an “anachronistic joke.” The speech, delivered by Victorian Labor MP Tim Watts, was also a stirring account of his gay uncle, who was unable t

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his coalition government look set to fast-track a vote in Parliament to legalize gay marriage before the end of 2012, as opposition to the plan within his Conservative Party gains momentum. Tories are divided over Prime Minister David Cameron's unwavering support ...

WCBS-TV New York, Channel 2 News coverage of ACT UP protest at Manhattan's marriage license bureau in 1989. The report features an on-camera interview with former Lambda Defense and Education Fund executive director, the late Thomas B. Stoddard. Anchor: Ernie Anastos; Reporter: J.J. Gonzalez.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the attendees of the HRC LA Gala about the importance of LGBT equality. In addition to his work on Equality in his City, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has written to President Obama asking him to designate the Stonewall Inn in NYC as a National Monument. The lette...

Another state finally recognizes the freedom to marry, bringing the national total to ten. With work accelerating in Delaware and Illinois, that could increase to eleven or twelve in the next few weeks. Civil unions start in Colorado, and a civil union bill in tiny Arizona town could bring about civ...

Representative Steve Simon (DFL Hopkins/St. Louis Park) says a proposed Minnesota constitutional amendment is largely about religion. He says if sexual orientation is innate as science is showing us, and not a lifestyle choice, then God created gay people. He asks how many gay people must God create...

Some same-sex couples in England and Wales wasted no time in expressing their commitment as gay marriage became legal across the two nations at midnight on Friday. Couples across the two countries competed to become the first to marry under the new Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act. England and Wal...

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul is dead at the age of 76. This video live from Kennedy Center in Washington, DC represents a tribute to her incredible career and her contribution to the world of music and amazing work for civil rights and the right's of women and equality in this country and aro...

This video is for everybody who has ever loved and has been loved in return. To those that think it never does or will get better: It does. It does get better.