Coverage From the Front Lines
Erie, Penn. Shows Up in the Rain2008-11-20 13:27 On Saturday, November 15, residents of Erie and the surrounding area took part in a nationwide event protesting the recently voted on Proposition 8 in California, which removed the rights of same sex couples to marry. For more info, check out http://www.eriegaynews.com. Photos by Deb Spilko. Janice Hanusik and Laurie...
Read the full post... Seattle Rallies for Marriage Equality2008-11-17 21:36 The massive protest rally and march for marriage equality in Seattle began Saturday morning with a moment of silence at 11 a.m. to observe the "extinguishment of our freedom to marry in California." An impassioned lineup of speakers followed, including Washington State senator Ed Murray, state senator Joe McDermott, King...
Read the full post... A Personal Story From the Austin Rally2008-11-17 20:07 In May, California's supreme court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and when the ruling was implemented 30 days later, people like Jeff Lutes and Gary Stein exchanged vows and signed a marriage license. "There was something about looking into this man's eyes that I've loved for 11...
Read the full post... A Walk Through Williamsburg2008-11-17 18:16 How'd you like to protest through scenic Williamsburg, Virginia? Though organizers expected to get maybe 50 people to attend their rally on Saturday, more than 150 showed up, thanks in large part to Facebook and help from the College of William and Mary Lambda Alliance.
Read the full post... From Hawaii to Alaska2008-11-17 17:22 Through sun and snow, LGBT's turned out to rally over the weekend. Check out these pics we just got from Fairbanks, Alaska and, from a decidedly more sunny climate... Honolulu, Hawaii.
Read the full post... Music City USA Raises Its Voice for Marriage Equality2008-11-16 21:18 This picture of the Nashville protest doesn't do it justice. There were over 200 people in attendance. Shortly after the picture was taken, the rally turned into an impromptu march down Broadway (the main strip of downtown Nashville). It was amazing! We had a lot more supportive honks than negative...
Read the full post... Ashton Kutcher Gets Emotional About Prop. 82008-11-16 20:43 OK, so it doesn't really surprise us that Ashton Kutcher is against Prop. 8. It just sort of seems to go with his whole vibe. But the fact that he got so passionate about that fact that Americans are ever voting on civil rights took us off guard. Check out...
Read the full post... Houston Comes Out Loud and Strong2008-11-16 20:32 The Lone Star State's largest and most vibrant LGBT community showed up almost 1,000 strong Saturday amid the glass-and-steel towers of downtown Houston to protest California voters' unfortunate decision to deprive their fellow gay and lesbian citizens' of the right to marry. The protesters' sense of solidarity with their California...
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Complete Live Election 2008 Blog Coverage >
Stung by the
Warren decision, GLAAD's former executive director Joan
Garry offers the Obama transition team some sage advice.
December 30, 2008
By Joan Garry
In April, The
Advocate's Kerry Eleveld sat down for an exclusive
interview with now-president-elect Barack Obama. Now,
on the eve of his inauguration, Advocate.com takes a look
back at what he said then on all things LGBT.
December 23, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
In the wake of
the decision by President-elect Barack Obama to
select Reverend Rick Warren to give the invocation at his
inauguration, Equality California executive director
Geoff Kors calls on Obama to live up to his promise of
"One America" and prove he is the ardent supporter of
LGBT equality he claims to be.
December 19, 2008
By Geoff Kors
Disheartened by
writer James Kirchick's recent commentary 'A Friend to
Gays and Antigay Dictators Alike,' Cleve Jones writes a
letter to the editor in support of his friend Sean
Penn, a man he says is a "tireless champion of human
rights both in the U.S. and around the world."
December 13, 2008
By Cleve Jones
National Black
Justice Coalition CEO H. Alexander Robinson discusses
the U.S. government policy that "requires all federal
agencies to recognize only opposite-sex marriages for
the purposes of administering federal programs."
December 12, 2008
By H. Alexander Robinson
California’s Proposition 8 got all the attention, but
successful antigay measures in Arkansas, Arizona, and
Florida could have further reaching implications for
those states’ residents -- gay or straight.
December 3, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
As America
continues to rejoice in election of Barack Obama -- while
gay Californians lament the passing of Prop. 8 --
overseas, political activists look on from a distance.
Zachery Scott has watched the drama following Election
Day unfold as he serves in the Peace Corps in
Mozambique.
November 28, 2008
By Zachery Scott
COMMENTARY:
Thirty years after the death of Harvey Milk, Americans can
still learn from his inspiring and profound work as an
activist, politician and friend. With the story of his
life opening in theatres this week, Lane Hudson takes
a look back at how Milk's legacy lives on -- and what
we can to do pay tribute to the legend.
November 27, 2008
By Lane Hudson
Three weeks ago,
like many LGBT Americans, I woke up with, to say the
least, mixed feelings. The euphoria of Barack Obama’s
election and the expansion of the pro-LGBT majority in
Congress was tempered by sadness and anger at our
devastating losses in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, and,
of course, California. The silver lining of these defeats
has been a renewed focus nationwide on the issue of
marriage equality.
November 24, 2008
By Joe Solmonese
The 2008 election
may already be one for the record books, but triumphant
Democrats are still vying for an elusive political prize --
the 60-seat supermajority required to overcome
Republican filibuster attempts and advance their
legislative agenda swiftly beginning in January. But what
are the odds of actually getting 60 seats -- and will it
really push gay rights to the front of the line?
November 21, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
As the
Obama-Biden transition ensues, insights are
surfacing into the new administration's agenda
for gay Americans. While many of the policy
pronouncements read like a list of old favorites, some
lesser-known initiatives will likely gain momentum
early on.
November 21, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
17 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Letters from 26
gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
17 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.
November 19, 2008
COMMENTARY: Prior
to the election of Barack Obama, the gay rights agenda
risked becoming nothing more than a wish list. But after
nearly 30 years during which no major piece of gay
rights legislation has been passed by both houses of
Congress and signed by the president, it is time to make a
a real push for true equality. Our time at the back of the
bus must end. Now.
November 19, 2008
By Lane Hudson
As
President-elect Barack Obama transitions to power, out U.S.
representative Tammy Baldwin shares her insights on how
LGBT issues played out in the election and what our
community can expect in 2009 from Congress
and the new administration.
November 8, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight spent Election
Day volunteering for No on 8, standing 100 feet away from
poling places handing out palm cards and urging people
to vote against the same-sex marriage ban. Here he
recounts the well-wishers who brought cookies and
cheered from cars and the Prop. 8 supporters who yelled
and spat -- one even got violent. But Knight says all
he ultimately felt was sadness when Prop. 8
passed.
November 6, 2008
By T.R. Knight
As liberal
America cheered the election of Barack Obama, the country's
first African-American president, California's LGBT
community wasn't able to join in the celebration. The
passing of Prop. 8, eliminating same-sex marriage in
the state, left the community defeated. These are the words
our friends and family members need to read.
November 6, 2008
By Shahan Sanossian
As LGBT Americans
simultaneously celebrate the civil rights
advancement of electing a black president and mourn our
movement's amendment losses, perhaps we can employ the
wisdom of Middle America in charting the course
for a more perfect union.
November 6, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
In 1968, U Street
in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., was on
fire and a focal point of racial tension. Forty years later
it was a scene of a racially diverse celebration of
Barack Obama's election as president of the United
States of America. But what does this excitement mean
for our country? Will it translate into anything for the
LGBT community?
November 5, 2008
By Lane Hudson 
Triangle Square,
Hollywood's LGBT senior living center, was abuzz Tuesday
morning with all things election. Volunteers shuttled a
few groups of residents who had not already voted with
an absentee ballot down to the nearest polling place.
Today, now that the votes have been tallied, check out
what some of our community's seniors thing are the biggest
issues facing the gay community -- and how far gays and
lesbians have really come.
November 5, 2008
By Michelle Garcia
Despite the early
encouraging mood of the Log Cabin Republicans, John
McCain’s all-out final push and rousing call to
action seems to have come too late. McCain’s
voice, however hoarse it may have been after a long
and arduous day of campaigning, did not suggest
defeat.
November 5, 2008
By Duane Wells
California's vote against same-sex marriage was one
negative consequence of Obama's victory.
November 5, 2008
By Aaron Hicklin
A group of New
York City lesbians took to the streets of Philadelphia to
turn out the vote for Barack Obama. The Illinois U.S.
senator holds a comfortable lead there, but John
McCain has fixated on Pennsylvania as the only sizable
blue state he hopes to turn red.
October 31, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
LGBT people in
Ohio suffered a stinging blow when the state's
constitutional ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2004, but
the episode also served as a call to action to
activists across the state.
October 31, 2008
By Lynne Bowman
Ohio has passed
both a law and a constitutional amendment banning
same-sex marriage, but that hasn't stopped the GOP from
trying to stir up antigay sentiment in order to keep
its four-seat advantage in the state house
of representatives.
October 30, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
Making his way
across Amsterdam and the U.K. to chat up Europeans and
Americans living abroad on the upcoming U.S. elections,
Christopher Lisotta finds that many people are more
fed up than we are -- and nearly all see the
potential for change in Barack Obama.
October 30, 2008
By Christopher Lisotta
Tony Marconi
supported gay rights long before his ex-wife came out as a
lesbian...and long before he ran for Ohio State
representative. But Bush's 2004 win, plus that year's
constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage in
Ohio, made Marconi and his wife, Martha Filipic, LGBT
rights advocates for life.
October 29, 2008
By Libby Post
The Advocate continues its coverage of four
swing states this week with Ohio, the state that could well
decide the 2008 election ... and the state that John
Kerry lost by a scant 119,000 votes in 2004. This
story is the first of four pieces focusing on the
state's political dynamics, LGBT concerns, and how it all
will play out on Election Day.
October 29, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
COMMENTARY:
According to polls, George W. Bush received around 25% of
the gay vote in 2000 and 2004 in spite of his
abandoning a promise to be a compassionate
conservative. Now the Log Cabin Republicans have endorsed a
McCain-Palin ticket, and while this endorsement is
essential to LCR's remaining politically relevant
within the GOP, the gay community should not
follow Log Cabin's lead -- and instead
should fervently and actively support Barack Obama.
October 28, 2008
By Lane Hudson
Equality Virginia
takes stock of state politics since the marriage ban
passed in 2006 and finds that even conservative
Republicans are starting to think twice before
targeting LGBTs.
October 24, 2008
By Dyana Mason and Mark E. Board
The antigay
Virginia marriage amendment may have passed with
57% of the vote in 2006, but it also prodded thousands of
LGBT activists to action, laying the groundwork for
the presidential election in 2008.
October 23, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
With Barack Obama
making Virginia look like it might just go blue in
2008, things are slowly improving for the LGBT community
throughout the state. But with the state still not
recognizing civil unions or domestic partnerships --
nevermind marriage -- Equality Virginia's Molly
McClintock recognizes they still have a long way to go.
October 22, 2008
By Libby Post
The Advocate continues its coverage of four
swing states this week with Virginia, a traditionally red
state where some recent polls give Sen. Barack Obama a
dougle-digit advantage. Today’s story is
the first of four pieces focusing on the
state's political dynamics, LGBT concerns, and how it
all will play out on Election Day.
October 21, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Writer Michael
Joseph Gross joins a crew of 50 campaign volunteers from
Boston (who traveled on a bus they dubbed "The
Not-So-Straight-Talk Express”) and about 100
Ohio volunteers to canvass for Obama throughout
Columbus and finds that not all of the locals are receptive
to Obama's promise of change.
October 21, 2008
By Michael Joseph Gross
The weekend
brought of flurry of political endorsements, with Gen. Colin
Powell breaking his silence on the presidential
race to back Sen. Barack Obama and Gov.
Sarah breaking with her running mate, Sen. John
McCain, to voice her support for a federal marriage
amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
October 18, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
Sen.
Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call Thursday
intended to highlight his policy prescriptions for combating
the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- including increased
funding for research, care, and prevention as well as
developing a national HIV/AIDS strategy within the
first year of his administration.
October 17, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
In the midst of
an ugly battle, something beautiful is happening in
Florida. Despite a too-close-to call battle over Amendment 2
-- which would go further than California's Prop. 8 by
stripping away all legal protections for unmarried
couples, gay or straight -- LGBTs are organizing
in hanging-chad, butterfly-ballot, nail-biter,
presidential-election-decider Florida.
October 17, 2008
By Nadine Smith
Remember the Fort
Lauderdale mayor who wanted to spend $230,000 on a
“robo-toilet” to cut down the number
of men who have sex with men in public restrooms?
His name is Jim Naugle, and after 18 years in office,
come spring 2009, the homophobic mayor will bid adieu to
City Hall. Two gay men are seeking to take his place
and, in aligning themselves with Barack Obama's bid
for the White House, hoping to make Florida a blue
state in 2008.
October 16, 2008
Libby Post
Polls show
Florida's gay marriage ban is just shy of the 60% support
needed to pass, but the state's complicated demographics
make the outcome of the vote anyone's guess.
One thing is certain: Amendment 2's sweeping nature
would affect far more people than the gays and
lesbians it's targeting.
October 15, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
The Advocate continues its
coverage of four swing states this week with
Florida, which went red in 2004 and infamously decided
the 2000 election for George W. Bush. Today’s
story is the first of four pieces focusing on the Sunshine
State's political dynamics, LGBT concerns, and how it all
will play out on Election Day.
October 14, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
A registered
Republican from the swing state of Ohio has a few questions
for Sarah Palin and John McCain on the heels of Palin's
vice-presidential debate. Specifically, Kim Peters
wants to know: Just how "tolerant" would a McCain
White House be of Peters's lesbian daughter?
October 10, 2008
By Kim Peters
Long before
Kristofer Eisenla became deputy chief of staff and
communications director for U.S. representative Diana
DeGette (D-Colo.), he campaigned for Clinton marching
around the living room of his staunchly Republican
grandparents' home with a sign he'd crafted himself.
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine 16 years later
he'd be so actively involved in the planning of the
2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
October 9, 2008
By Kristofer Eisenla
This is the third
article in The Advocate's continuing coverage
of four battleground states: Colorado, Florida,
Virginia, and Ohio. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Jared
Polis is set to make history by becoming the first
openly gay non-incumbent male elected to the U.S.
Congress, but the milestone has failed to send shock
waves through his Colorado district. Some think that
could represent the greatest progress of all.
October 8, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
Wonder where the
presidential hopefuls stand on gay issues? Look no
further.
October 8, 2008
By Emmet Sullivan
After eight years
of avoidance by the Bush administration, will Obama or
McCain champion gay rights in American foreign policy?
October 8, 2008
By Ryan Richard Thoreson
Since
Colorado’s Amendment 2 changed the state constitution
to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from
discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has
been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights
battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado
looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's
election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman
and Equal Rights Colorado.
October 7, 2008
By Libby Post
We thought we
were winning. Until a few days ago, California’s
proposed anti-gay constitutional amendment, Proposition 8,
was lagging in the polls. Now they're ahead. What
happened? Money, an effective ad campaign, and a
passionate voter base willing to stop at nothing to get
their point across: In their minds, gay marriage is simply
wrong.
October 7, 2008
By Anne Stockwell
The Advocate is profiling four battleground
states this month -- Colorado, Florida, Virginia, and Ohio
-- all of which went red in 2004. Today's story is the
first of four pieces focusing on the Rocky Mountain
State's political dynamics, LGBT concerns, and how it
will all play out on Election Day.
October 4, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
As Alaska
governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden sparred
over same-sex unions in their first and only debate
Thursday night, one thing was clear: They both oppose
gay marriage. But when Biden delved deeper into equal
rights and protections for gay couples, Palin didn't
take the bait.
October 3, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Gov. Sarah Palin
talked abortion and LGBT issues with Katie Couric in the
lead-up to Thursday's debate and arguably gave one of her
stronger media appearances thus far. But her
public record on social issues and how her debate
performance will play remains less than clear.
October 1, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
ELECTION 2008:
The Right
Hook
Election 2008:
The Right
Hook
Sen. Barack
Obama's campaign is reportedly launching a "Faith,
Family, and Values Tour" next week that will include
Catholic legal scholar Douglas Kmiec as one of the
campaign's surrogates. Kmiec wrote an op-ed for the
San Francisco Chronicle this summer in
which he urged support for passing California's
marriage ban, Proposition 8.
September 20, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
The Obama
campaign is getting back to the basics this week,
talking about the economy, swing states, and shoring
up the Democratic base. The campaign also finally
sits down with Philadelphia Gay News, making
good on that blank page publisher Mark Segal
infamously ran alongside the publication's interview
with Sen. Hillary Clinton.
September 18, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
Surrogates for
Sen. Barack Obama briefed reporters Tuesday on the
senator's support for repealing the military's
discriminatory policy, saying it is outmoded and
serves as a hindrance to recruiting the best and
brightest for the nation's Armed Services.
September 17, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
While Alaska is a
solidly red state and one of the first in the
nation to pass a constitutional measure banning same-sex
marriage, being gay in Wasilla isn't quite what you
might think according to the natives.
September 13, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
Patrick Sammon
takes questions from The Advocate about Log
Cabin’s decision to endorse the McCain-Palin
ticket and predicts seeing more inclusive language from the
campaign before voters cast their ballots November 4.
September 12, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
The Week That Was: What’s in a song?
Apparently a lot, if the song happens to be Heart’s
1977 hit “Barracuda” and the people
playing it happen to work for Republican vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Moments after the McCain
camp used the song to highlight the GOP’s brash
new political star, Heart front women Nancy and
Ann Wilson publicly issued a cease-and-desist order.
As the McCain campaign continues using the song on the
trail, the battle lines have been drawn... but who's
going to come out victorious?
September 12, 2008
By Duane Wells
When Barack Obama
tapped Delaware senator Joseph Biden to be his vice
president, he made a good move for gay rights.
September 10, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
OPINION: Last
week's rapture of love and support for Republican
vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her unwed,
pregnant daughter was a a far cry from the attention
shown to Mary Cheney, lesbian daughter of Vice
President Dick Cheney, when she hit the packed convention
four years ago with her partner, Heather Poe.
September 9, 2008
By Eric Hegedus
For anyone still
wondering, on the left or the right, where John McCain
now stands on two of the most divisive social issues of our
time -- abortion and gay rights -- the Arizona
senator made his beliefs clear as he accepted the
Republican Party's nomination for president Thursday
night in St. Paul, Minnesota.
September 5, 2008
By Sean Kennedy
Senior McCain
campaign strategist Steve Schmidt spoke to Log Cabin
Republicans, calling them "an important part" of the
Republican Party and sounding a personal note
about his lesbian sister.
September 4, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
OPINION: As Sarah
Palin stood before the average American family
Wednesday night, touting hers as one and the same -- her
five-months-pregnant, 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, dressed
in formfitting fabric appearing to almost accentuate
her baby bump while the daddy-to-be, clean-shaven
(unlike his rougher-looking MySpace photos), sat
alongside adoringly, the picture of Abercrombie perfection
-- for the first time, I saw what all this gay
marriage fuss was all about.
September 4, 2008
By Ross von Metzke
As
vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin said in her hotly
anticipated speech Wednesday night at the Republican
National Convention, the only difference between a
hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick. And the Log
Cabin Republicans who gathered together at a downtown
Minneapolis hotel to watch her dig her teeth into
Barack Obama were all too pleased by the bloody
spectacle.
September 4, 2008
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As Republicans
crush out on Alaska governor Sarah Palin and
Democrats do a victory dance, the independent voters who
will decide this election have yet to choose their
suitor.
September 3, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
While Sarah Palin
and Hurricane Gustav dominated talk on the abbreviated
opening day of the 2008 Republican National Convention, a
prominent Republican pollster confirmed that the
recent change of language describing Proposition 8 was
a positive one.
September 2, 2008
By Sean Kennedy
Sen. Barack Obama
accepted his Party's history making nomination for
president Thursday night with a speech that was also
momentous for its inclusion of gays and lesbians.
August 29, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld and Sean Kennedy
Obama's highest
ranking gay staffer implored LGBT delegates
Wednesday to get involved in the election, one of
several clear pushes by the campaign this week to
tap the resolve of our community.
August 28, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Hillary Clinton
had two objectives with her address to the Democratic
National Convention Tuesday night: prove she's committed to
electing Barack Obama president, and persuade her
primary voters to embrace the Democratic nominee too.
She certainly accomplished the former.
August 27, 2008
By Sean Kennedy
From Sen. Ted
Kennedy's reference to erasing barriers between gays and
straights to Michelle Obama's gripping primetime address to
the largest-ever LGBT caucus meeting, The
Advocate brings you Day One at the DNC.
August 26, 2008
By Sean Kennedy and Kerry Eleveld
Activist Robin
Tyler enlists the help of some notable friends and
takes the campaign against California's proposed gay
marriage ban into her own hands.
August 20, 2008
By Anne Stockwell
As Congress
grapples with solutions for a faltering economy, Barney
Frank sits at the center of power.
August 13, 2008
By John Gallagher
Judging from her
congressional testimony, Elaine Donnelly may be the most
strident civilian opponent of lifting "don’t ask,
don’t tell." Too bad her reasons for keeping
the policy in place aren’t sound.
August 13, 2008
By Conn Corrigan
Gay Republicans
are hoping the Arizona senator can be won over to
our side. Don't count on it.
August 4, 2008
By Charles Kaiser
John McCain
stated last week that he flatly opposes gay adoption,
but now his campaign says he thinks the
issue should be left up to the states.
July 15, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Senator Obama's
pledge to spend $500 million to expand religions'
social services for people in need is a tough sell
to many LGBT activists, even as some lean toward
cautious optimism.
July 8, 2008
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The Log Cabin
Republicans have confirmed that Sen. John McCain has
switched from holding a neutral position on California's
anti-gay marriage measure to supporting it.
July 2, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
The formation of
an LGBT affinity group at the SEC and an LGBT
congressional caucus presage a warmer atmosphere for gays in
Washington.
July 2, 2008
By William Henderson
Sen. Obama
reminded us this week that he believes marriage is
between a man and a woman, something LGBT people
might have easily forgotten over the course of
the primary.
June 20, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
As many diehard
LGBT Clinton fans conclude that Hillary's bid is over,
about to be over, or should be over, they are making peace
with an Obama nomination.
May 20, 2008
By Julie Bolcer
Four years after
he pushed same-sex marriage forward in the national
debate, Gavin Newsom is waiting for his answer in the
California supreme court. So are we.
May 14, 2008
By Sue Rochman
The Victory Fund
begins vetting those interested in working for the
next president with far more applicants than when the
process first took place in the '90s.
April 19, 2008
By Andrew Noyes
What do Jennifer
Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They
both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for
their candidate in Philadelphia. Check out our Election 2008 blog for all the
action.
April 17, 2008
If election 2008
sweeps a Democratic administration into office, who in
our community might be walking the halls of the White House
and weighing in on key policy decisions? The
Advocate takes a look at some potential power
players.
April 15, 2008
By Andrew Noyes
As the knock-down
drag-out race for the Democratic presidential
nomination wears on, LGBT political insiders have begun
speculating about possible administration gigs. If
Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton goes on to win in
November, who might the new president tap for high-level
appointments or key White House staff? The
Advocate offers a sneak peek at a few of the contenders
for both camps -- and a couple of unaffiliated talents
either candidate may draft.
April 9, 2008
John McCain
isn’t perfect on gay issues. But New Republic
editor Jamie Kirchick thinks gay voters should
approach the Arizona senator with an open mind.
March 20, 2008
By James Kirchick
In the wake of
the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's potentially corrosive
comments, Barack Obama gave a speech Tuesday that
may define his candidacy.
March 18, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
The Obama
campaign aims to target specific sectors of the LGBT
community to improve his odds in the remaining
primaries.
March 11, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
One gay voter's
change of heart leads him to a change of party.
March 7, 2008
By Emily Kim
LGBT Hillary
backers from Iowa, South Carolina, and Texas weigh in on the
Clinton/Obama divide and whether it can be
bridged.
March 5, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
The LGBT
community becomes a battleground as Obama tries to undercut
Hillary's gay support.
March 4, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
New York City
mayor Michael Bloomberg has put the final dagger through
the heart of his might-be presidential bid --
dashing any hope for a marriage
equality candidate in 2008.
February 28, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
As the epic
battle for the Democratic nomination grows ever
nastier, average voters have a role to play in holding the
party together.
February 21, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
Jason Rae, an out
21-year-old junior in college, isn’t exactly
what people envision when they hear the word
"superdelegate." But his vote is worth as much as
President Clinton’s. Find out what he plans to
do with it.
February 15, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Hillary Clinton
and Barack Obama begin making their case to win over
the 800 superdelegates -- 21 of them LGBT -- who may decide
the Democratic presidential nominee.
February 12, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld 
A critical mass
of John Edwards’s LGBT steering committee is going
public with support for Sen. Barack Obama over Sen.
Hillary Clinton.
February 1, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Susie Prueter and
other LGBT activists in South Carolina have been
building up their relationship with the state
Democratic Party. One major breakthrough came
during the CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston last
summer. Check out our pre-primary blogging about the
intersection of race and LGBT issues in S.C.
January 25, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Five
years ago transgender and intersex Michelle Bruce
managed to win elected office in Georgia without
incident. Her reelection attempt was another story.
January 23, 2008
By Bryan Ochalla
South Carolina
will be the first Southern state to weigh in on decision
2008. Blogging from Charleston to Myrtle Beach
on her way to the Democratic debate next
Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kerry
Eleveld will explore the relationship between the LGBT
and African-American communities, the Donnie McClurkin
effect, and the momentum of the Democratic campaigns.
January 18, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Is out North
Carolina Democrat Jim Neal too much of a long shot to unseat
incumbent Elizabeth Dole? Andrew Noyes finds out.
January 14, 2008
Clinton, Edwards,
and Obama all reached out to the community in different
ways, leaving gay activists to choose which
candidate's approach will produce results for
LGBT equality.
January 8, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Gay Libertarians
face off over Ron Paul’s idealism and what it means
in the fight for gay rights.
January 4, 2008
By John Barclay
Meet
R.J. Droll, a Biden supporter and the LGBT caucuser
whom we will follow live tonight as he navigates his
way through an Iowa caucus for the very first time.
January 3, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Lamar Lapp is a
Republican who hasn’t totally fallen for any of his
candidates so far. He is the fourth of five LGBT Iowans whom
we are following through the Iowa caucuses on January
3, the first contest in the nominating process.
January 3, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Dennis Kucinich
is the politician we've been asking for. So why aren't
gays supporting him for president?
January 3, 2008
By Rachel Dowd
From exclusive
reports on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to live
blogging from primaries and debates, The Advocate is leading
the way in LGBT news coverage of Election 2008.
January 2, 2008
Caucusing 101:
Drake University Professor Rachel Paine Caufield gives
The Advocate the lowdown on caucusing in Iowa,
how unpredictable it is, and why it matters to have an
LGBT presence.
January 1, 2008
By Kerry Eleveld
Susan Webster
is a Clinton supporter and the third of five LGBT
Iowans whom we are getting to know as we follow them through
the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008, the first step in
nominating process on the road to the White House.
December 28, 2007
By Kerry Eleveld
Jeff Westendorf
is president of the Log Cabin Republicans chapter in Iowa
and a Giuliani supporter. Westendorf is the second of five
LGBT Iowans whom The Advocate will follow
through the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008.
December 27, 2007
By Kerry Eleveld
Dispatch 1: Meet
Sharon Malheiro, an Obama supporter and the first
of five LGBT Iowans whom we are getting to know as
we follow them through the Iowa caucus on January 3,
2008, the first step in nominating process on the road
to the White House.
December 26, 2007
By Kerry Eleveld
University of
Toronto business professor Richard Florida wrote in his
best-selling book The Rise of the Creative Class that
a large gay presence helps a city’s economic
performance. So we asked the mayors of five cities:
“Why should young gay professionals move to your
city?”
September 11, 2007
By Todd Henneman
Democrats are
trying to bridge the God gap by reaching out to a new breed
of “values voters.” What they’ve found
just might shock gays and lesbians in more ways than
one.
August 14, 2007
By Kerry Eleveld
Presidential
candidate Mike Gravel's views on LGBT issues are a
refreshing change, but can his candidacy garner enough
popular support to really make waves?
July 3, 2007
By Kerry Eleveld
