Gay and Lesbian Relationships

Donald Trump Gets Statesmanly By Calling Arianna Huffington Ugly. Florida GOP Stands By His Statesmanship

Billions of dollars can buy just about anything, but it can't buy class -- as is made painfully obvious by "Birther" billionaire Donald Trump on almost a daily basis.The Donald's latest act of douchiness happened just a few hours ago -- like a 13-year-old girl, he took to Twitter this morning to cal ... More >>

Selling a Newly Out Armed Forces

The Pentagon makes sure the public supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal

Gay-Bashing Massachusetts Macho Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime After Attack On Gay Queens Man Backfires

Cristian Flores must have thought he was pretty tough when he and a few of his buddies decided to hassle a gay couple in Queens last year. However, Flores wasn't such a tough guy when one of the gay men tackled him to the ground and held him until police showed up -- and that was only after Flores a ... More >>

Washington State on the Road to Same-Sex Marriage Equality, Perhaps Within a Week

The Washington State Senate passed a bill paving the way for same-sex marriages last night. Before the vote was taken, same-sex marriage watchers believed that it could be a very tight vote. However, it ultimately passed comfortably 28 to 21. It will now move on the Washington's House, where it is e ... More >>

Fuck You, Dancing With The Stars!

​The show is including Chaz Bono, which is a welcome addition of a transgender person to the ballroom. But will they ever incorporate a same-sex couple already? The show came closest to actualizing a gay duo just moments ago, when they considered putting Carson Kressley with a man. But they ... More >>

10 Reasons Why Same-Sex Couples Want to Wed on the Very First Day

Forget the fear of laws changing - people lined up to see him the first day he came out! So why not their spouse?​Some people have asked us: If same-sex marriage is here to stay, just why exactly do couples have to get married the first day, anyway? Isn't it a waste of money for the cash-strap ... More >>

Same-Sex Sunday: City Marriage Bureaus to Open Specially on July 24 for Gay Weddings

Erica Carpiniello​When Governor Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act into law, it was set to go into effect 30 days later on July 24, a Sunday. As we reported yesterday, just when same-sex couples could actually get married was up for debate, because government offices are closed on Sundays ... More >>

How Will the Law Recognize Your Same-Sex Marriage? The NYCLU Explains

After July 24, no one​The New York Civil Liberties Union has created an excellent guide to what same-sex couples can expect legally after they've tied the knot. The Marriage Equality Act creates a certain level of legal equality for same-sex couples under New York State law, but in no way does ... More >>

First Comes Loves, Then Comes Gay Marriage (After Societal Pressure), Then... Divorce!

​Since late Friday night, much has changed for gay couples who are now free to get married in New York state; may everyone who wants to eat plain pizza and Baskin Robbins while looking "miserable." But seriously, it's a huge step, and as after every bit of forward progress, there's the impatie ... More >>

Gay Marriage Gets an Ad Campaign, May Fix the Economy

​Following Friday's passing of same-sex marriage in Albany, the office of the mayor has already updated NYC.gov to provide some new info on nuptials, including the heartening headline: "New York City to Welcome All to Marry Here." It continues, "We look forward to welcoming all couples who wan ... More >>

Dean Skelos Calls For a Gay Marriage Vote; Religious Exemptions Finally Come Out

​Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has just announced that the Marriage Equality Bill will get a vote in the Senate. This comes moments after the Senate released proposed language for a "religious exemptions" amendment to the billl, which will allow religious groups and their affiliate busin ... More >>

Girl-on-Girl Action Becomes Passé

With lesbian sex not only accepted but boring, what's left to outrage?

Marjorie Hill (GMHC) Responds to Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s Anti-Gay March Plans

In response to Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s plan to hold an anti-gay marriage march at the same time as the AIDS Walk, Marjorie Hill, the CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), has responded:

Dixie is So Gay: Surprising Census Info About Gay Parents in the South

The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for creative demographers. Despite the lack of any question about sexual orientation (hence, no info on s ... More >>

California's Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The long awaited decision was just released from the U.S. District Courthouse for Northern California in San Francisco. The case, Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, was a lawsuit in which two gay couples sued that Propo ... More >>

Gay-Marriage Rights Are Dealt Setback by Jersey High Court

Marriage-equality advocates have been dealt another blow, and this one came Monday in neighboring New Jersey, where the state's Supreme Court declined to hear an equal-protection case involving six gay couples.

Paterson "Backpedaling" Gay Marriage, or Peddling It?

The status of Governor Paterson's gay marriage bill is garbled, possibly by the Governor himself. "Paterson backpedals on gay marriage," says Newsday, claiming he will "go along with a plan by State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith not to put a same-sex marriage bill to a vote without knowing i ... More >>

Diaz Says "Billionaire-Master" Bloomberg Backs Gay Marriage As He "Humiliates" the Disabled

Rev. Ruben Diaz, the anti-gay-marriage Democratic state senator, has released a statement denouncing Mayor Bloomberg for supporting marriage equality, and as always finds a fascinating way to make his point: Diaz links Bloomberg's tolerance of gay couples with his treatment of disabled reporter Mich ... More >>

Paterson Puts In Gay Marriage Bill

Gay Socialites is twittering Governor Paterson's introduction of his gay marriage bill at his Manhattan office. The Times has Paterson's comparison of the gay marriage movement to prior civil rights battles ("We have all known the wrath of discrimination, we have all felt the pain and insult of hat ... More >>

Rev. Diaz Says Paterson Should Let Cuomo Take Over, Pass Gay Marriage Bill (Which He Opposes)

photos by John DeSio While Governor Paterson made it official that he would introduce a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in New York State, Albany's most outspoken opponent of the bill is lashing out at the governor, calling his proposal a political gimmick and demanding that he not run for r ... More >>

Vermont, D.C. Keep the Same-Sexiness Coming

The Vermont legislature approved same-sex marriage. The Governor vetoed it. Now the legislature has overridden his veto, making Vermont America's first legislatively-decided gay state. Hurrah! Iowa made us feel inadequate with its unanimous Supreme Court gayness, but Vermont has struck back for coas ... More >>

A Ban On Mormon Marriage And Their "Religious Fascism"!

This had to happen! The Universal Free Church is calling for a national petition drive to allow gay marriage and to ban Mormon marriage! (That should even things out. Otherwise, the chapels will be way overbooked.) Like so many people out there, they feel the Mormons have a right to say whatever t ... More >>

Obama Used To Back Gay Marriage!

It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

Wanda Sykes Comes Out

Thousands Protest Prop 8 at Mormon Temple

Obama Win Bittersweet for Gay Rights Supporters

Writer Eileen Myles on the Election, Gay Marriage

LGBT New Yorkers Put Muscle Behind Obama

Michelle Obama Woos Gay Democrats in Midtown

NY's Highest Court Upholds Lesbian Couple's Canadian Marriage

The Queer Agenda 2007

An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

It Only Seems Like the New York Times Is in Charge

Mixed Marriage Ruling in New Jersey

Verbatim: NY Gay-Marriage Ruling

Your Turn: Bloomberg on Gay Marriage?

Same-Sex Nups Squeeze Mayor Again

Bi-positional Bloomberg and the gay-marriage ruling

Mike & Freddy Woo Gays

Marriage of Two Minds

Gay nups may have become inevitable, but for now it's a world of pain

Diff'rent Strokes

Mixed-race loving in the gay community turns the rainbow into a reality

Odd Man Out

With his fancy footwork over gay marriage, Bloomberg could be stepping on too many toes

Same-Sex Marriage Case Wins in New York City

Off the Court

New bill would block federal judges from hearing key gay-marriage cases

My Big Fat Funky Queer Marriage

Forget the rice. (We're on Atkins.) No his-and-his towels. (Nothing matches in our house.) Just give us Viagra—and wish us well

Separate Still Not Equal

If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer

Standing on Ceremony

A Rites Issue: Straight Couples Who Refuse to Marry Because Gays Can't

No Time To Celebrate

Same-Sex Marriage in the Court of Public Opinion

Love and War

Gay Americans Won a Court Victory. Now Comes the Fight to Wed.

Lesbian, Gay, and Binational

Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Queer Couples