San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is the not-so-unexpected "star" of the new Yes on 8 commercial designed to get voters to overturn marriage equality in California on Nov. 4.

In an extemporaneous speech before the LGBT Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club Sunday night aboard the Queen Mary, Newsom...

"A man of conscience." The phrase seems almost quaint today when most leaders talk largely about tactics, strategies, and short-term goals while not rocking the boat.

But some of us remember the agonizing efforts of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War -- men and women of substance such as...

It's strange how someone's death can trigger the oddest of memories. When I heard that Paul Newman died, I suddenly flashed to the moment he walked into the house where I was babysitting and said, "Come on, kid - let's clean these fish."

Piercing blue-eyes. Brilliant smile. Easy-going, if somewhat...

The historic Democratic National Convention is over but one question remains: what the hell happened to the gays?

Like so many others around the world, LGBT people watched through excited tears as Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination at Invesco Field last Thursday. But there was tremendous anxiety in LGBT...

They came pumped and ready to give. They knew what was at stake and they wanted to be part of history.

And by the end of the 15 minutes allotted to fundraising Saturday night in the packed International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Equality California raised over...

That joyful noise you hear rumbling across America is the sound of equality applauding: today the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that lesbian and gay couples have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.

The decision could be overturned, however, if a constitutional amendment...

Whooping news: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has always referred to Prop. 22 and the "will of the people" as one of the reasons for twice vetoing the California marriage equality bills, came out against the antigay marriage constitutional amendment initiative currently in the signature-gathering stage.

Speaking before the national...

As the nation tries to read the political tea leaves in Super Duper Tuesday Part Deux, Californians are trying to guess which way the state Supreme Court is leaning after hearing oral arguments this morning on marriage equality for same sex couples in what the San Francisco Chronicle...

Let's be honest: most people will probably tune into ABC's drama A Raisin in the Sun tonight to see if Sean "P-Diddy" Combs can act. He can. In fact, the entire cast is achingly brilliant. See the excellent New York Times review here.

And with the 40th anniversaries...

Change? Bah, humbug.

When I watched John Kerry endorse Barack Obama, I couldn't help but think: "Here we go, again."

Kerry, in case you forgot, was the Vietnam war hero turned anti-war hero who didn't have the courage to stand up to Karl Rove and the Swiftboaters and...