Christopher Cocca, 05.11.2011

Writer, blogger, editor. Social media enthusiast. MDiv-bearer. MFA-seeker.

For too long, many Christians have used spot-checks in Scripture to exclude groups from the radical equality and freedom before God that serve as the base of Jesus' Gospel message.

Christopher LaTondresse and Chris Stedman, 05.11.2011

Founder and CEO, Recovering Evangelical

As a committed Christian and a queer atheist who both work to advance interfaith and intercultural understanding, we've watched with heavy hearts as Sojournershas been taken to task.

Bruce Reyes-Chow, 05.11.2011

Pastor, Blogger, Dad

This has always been about homosexuality and whether or not we will recognize LGBT folks as being called into ordained leadership in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Rep. Mike Honda, 05.11.2011

U.S. Representative for California's 15th District

Immigration reform would yield $1.5 trillion to the US GDP over a ten-year period. Every day we wait, our economy loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue and consumer spending.

Marjorie J. Hill, 05.10.2011

CEO, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)

As we at Gay Men's Health Crisis make our new house a home, we begin a new conversation about HIV/AIDS -- an ongoing conversation that looks to current and upcoming needs.

Paul Lakeland, 05.10.2011

When the Church requires life-long celibacy of all people who are not heterosexual, it imposes a life of less love. A call to be less loving, body and soul, is a call to be less in the image of God.

Joseph Ward III, 05.10.2011

Director of Communications, Intersections International

We understand that dialogue is not always easy, and requires an ability to respectfully listen to all opinions at the table, but all opinions must certainly be welcomed.

Cindy Handler, 05.09.2011

Political writer, BluewaveNJ

If a majority of voters support gay marriage, but most of the voices being heard are against it, the problem for legalization advocates is not the message, but mobilization.

Trish Bendix, 05.06.2011

Managing Editor, AfterEllen.com

Blake Shelton didn't mean to be homophobic and perpetuating anti-gay violence, but did those who RTed The Voice coach get that? Probably not.

Bryan Safi, 05.06.2011

Host/Writer, That's Gay on Current TV's infoMania

Beer ads are usually the province of babes in bikinis. So when a new Budweiser ad featured two young men locked (briefly) in a tender embrace, the Internet's gaydar started tingling.

John Gascot, 05.06.2011

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A true queen's queen, Alexis Mateo stole our hearts with sharp-tongued wit and unbeatable stage presence. This native of Puerto Rico (where as of late...

MJ Rosenberg, 05.09.2011

Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Media Matters Action Network

MONDAY UPDATE: Tonight the City University of New York will reverse the decision to ban playwright Tony Kushner for his views on Israel. See the New ...

James Peron, 05.05.2011

President, Moorfield Storey Institute

Shortly after Barack Obama took office and ratcheted up the war machine, it was noted by some that it's Obama's war now. I would argue it's Obama's Defense of Marriage Act now as well.

Johann Hari, 05.05.2011

Columnist, the London Independent

McCraney has made an unusual journey in his life -- from the slums of Miami, where his crack-addicted mother died of AIDS and his brother ended up in jail, to writer-in-residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Irene Monroe, 05.05.2011

Native of Brooklyn, graduate of Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia

African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities have always existed in Harlem, residing here since this former Dutch enclave became America's Black Mecca in the 1920s.

Jan Fishler, 05.04.2011

Author, 'Searching for Jane, Finding Myself (An Adoption Memoir)'

An offensive new Arizona State Senate bill makes an assumption that growing up in a heterosexual household with two married parents is always the best option. In my opinion, the bill misses the point entirely.

Mike Amato, 05.06.2011

Writer, Comedian, Playwright

A GOP-led push for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in Minnesota passed the House Civil Law Committee. Republicans now control th...

Jarrett Barrios, 05.03.2011

President of GLAAD and former Massachusetts state senator

Just as Kurt and Karofsky finally make amends, someone else is wreaking havoc at McKinley High. This time, it's not a homophobic high school football player, but anti-gay culture critic Dan Gainor.

James Sims, 04.29.2011

Senior Editor, BroadwayWorld.com

Priscilla is the story of three friends who head out on an adventure across the Australian outback, each in search of something missing in their lives.

John Gascot, 05.02.2011

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And the winner is... On Monday night's finale of RuPaul's Drag Race, this year's "Next Drag Superstar" was crowned. Acclaimed makeup artist Sutan Am...

Jim Pickett, 04.28.2011

Director of Prevention Advocacy and Gay Men's Health, AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Why, 30 years into the AIDS crisis, are rates of HIV highest among young gay men, particularly men of color? I interviewed Dr. Ron Stall, a leading HIV prevention expert.