Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay.

Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute...

In less than 24 hours, more than 2000 people have joined a petition campaign started on Change.org calling on the Home Office to halt the deportation of Robert Segwanyi to Uganda, where he was imprisoned and tortured for being gay.

Segwanyi is scheduled for deportation on Thursday,18 August, 2011 on...

Pressure is increasing on Apple to remove their online store from the Christian Values Network (CVN) after several other corporations have removed their stores this week. More than 3,500 people have signed Western Washington University student Ben Crowther's Change.org petition to Apple. CVN is used as a fundraising...

Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, has issued an exclusive statement to Change.org in response to an embarrassing controversy linking the popular urban apparel company to anti-gay, anti-choice group "Focus on the Family."

After Christianity Today reported that Mycoskie was apparently developing a relationship with Focus on the...

A petition calling on the Hong Kong government to drop "gay cure" therapist Hong Kwai-wah -- who claims he can "cure" LGBT people through cold showers, prayer, and abstinence -- has reached more than 14,500 signatures in the last 48 hours, signaling momentum for the campaign started on Change.org by gay rights advocates Dan...

Today, the San Francisco Giants became the first team in professional sports to produce an "It Gets Better" video taking a stand against anti-gay bullying and homophobia, supported by more than 6,000 fans via a Change.org petition.

The Giants video features four current players -- Matt Cain, Sergio Romo, Andres...

The San Francisco Giants will become the first team in professional sports to produce an "It Gets Better" video taking a stand against anti-gay bullying and homophobia, supported by more than 6,500 fans and four San Francisco mayoral candidates. The development comes just a few days after Atlanta Braves pitching coach...

I don't believe President Obama still has to "evolve" on the freedom to marry for gays and lesbians. The president is the most supportive president in history on LGBT issues. This week's historic announcement that the DOJ will no longer defend Section 3 of DOMA is more proof.

I...

Libyan demonstrators filled a crowded downtown Seattle shopping center with calls for support on Presidents Day.

"Stop the killing now" and "Down Down with Kadafi" they chanted while waiving Libyan flags and signs that read, "Where's Obama now?"

The demonstrators handed out a simple white piece of paper with...

State Senator Ed Murray and Representative Jim Moeller introduced legislation that would grant the freedom to marry to Washington State's thousands of gay and lesbian couples.

From a Valentines Day blog post on the Senator's site:

This Valentine's Day, Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, and Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle,...

Last night, President Obama acknowledged that gays and lesbians will serve openly in the armed forces this year thanks to last year's repeal of the so called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law. In exchange, the President has asked the college campuses and universities that banned the ROTC from recruiting on...

A 19-year-old former student has teamed up with the ACLU of Washington to sue the Aberdeen School District in Washington State. He alleges the school did nothing to stop years of harassment based on his race and perceived sexual orientation.

Russell Dickerson III told reporters that he was diagnosed with...

As I removed each ornament from the box I've been keeping them in since I was a kid, I remembered. A tiny book on a gold string with an inscription from my fourth grade teacher, a black and white dog at a typewriter to recognize my childhood dream from my...

When Target contributed $150,000.00 to conservative anti-gay Minnesota Candidate for Governor Tom Emmer, they quickly became a target of a boycott from the LGBT community and progressives.

More importantly, their $150,000 bought millions of negative impressions on social networks, and even more clicks to negative stories on every major news...

Three of Iowa's Supreme Court Justices were up for a retention vote in Iowa on Tuesday. NOM spent millions trying to oust them after their unanimous Supreme Court ruling granting Same Sex marriage equality. Sadly, the judges were punished for simply saying that all Iowans are equal under...

Spiritual bullying is deadly. Children are listening when religious leaders call gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people sinners. Children hear them when they shout "abomination" from the pulpit, when they scream, "Thou shalt not!"

There is no turning back when a child has heard he or she is evil...

When someone dies in your family, you never have time to plan your travel in advance of their death to take advantage of discount fairs. Yet, when we experience a loss, we still want to be with our family. Given the tough economic times we face, who has an extra...

In case you missed it, Republican leadership has completely gone off the deep end ... I mean completely.

There is Texas Congressmen Lou Gohmert, whose insanity brought us "terror babies." (I swear they are real. There was one at brunch on Sunday who wouldn't stop screaming. No, I...