Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, along with the Speaker of the House of Delegates and President of the State Senate, sign HB 438 (Civil Marriage Protection Act) on March 1, 2012, making it law. Same-sex couples will be able to get married in 2013.

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and a University of San Diego law professor got into heated debate over transgender rights during a House Judiciary Committee hearing this week about federal regulations. The law professor, Gail Heriot, was on hand to challenge the U.S. Department of Education Office of

Freedom, justice, and human dignity have always guided our journey for a more perfect union. With historic victories for marriage, we've delivered a mandate for full equality.
The wind is at our back, but the journey has just begun.

The tens of thousands of protesters who took to the National Mall Friday, marking the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, showed the power of the movement against police brutality that has mobilized across America this summer. But the demonstration was tinged by concern that efforts to sup...

RuPaul Runner Up Courtney Act Wants Your ‘Body Parts’ in Sexy New Music Video. RuPaul’s Drag Race season six runner up Courtney Act has a sinfully delicious new single out that sounds like the love child of Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” and Kylie Minogue’s “Sexercise.”

John Glenn, NASA astronaut, U.S. Senator and the first American to orbit the planet, died on December 8, 2016 at the age of 95. Senator John Glenn, an american hero and role model for young americans who admire the work of NASA and would like to make a career of space exploration, was the first amer...

In Israel, history is unfolding before our eyes. Hundreds of thousands of courageous Israelis have taken to the streets in an unprecedented civil resistance movement. People are rising up against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing government, who seek to push through radical legisla

With President Trump taking aim at the NFL and its players who protest during the national anthem, the league is broadcasting a message of unity: a one minute ad that it produced for the Super Bowl earlier this year. It was originally made to "demonstrate the power of football to bring people togeth...

Aside from being an EGOT winning, music and acting icon, Harry Belafonte played a major role in civil rights movements throughout his life. Passed away at 92 in April 25, 2023

A man performed John Lennon's classic 'Imagine' on a piano outside Bataclan concert hall in Paris - the scene of mass murder on Friday Novemebr 13, 2015