Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights is a constantly evolving field that can be difficult to keep up with. To help you with this, here is a list of several organizations that deal with LGBT rights and specialize in different areas such...]]> You know the kind of person I'm talking about. They might not have super-human powers, but, in many ways, they're even more remarkable. The Hero Next Door is an ordinary person who embodies compassion, kindness, dedication and inspiration and lives ea...]]> Between health care reform, climate change, and jobs creation, Congress has plenty on its hands.  But it can, and it should, tackle one more issue in the near term.  Congress must properly reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Pre...]]> 96 members of Congress have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling for detailed information on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy that bans openly gay service personnel. The letter, penned by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA8), ...]]> On Monday, Mexico City's legislators approved a bill granting same-sex marriage by a vote of 39-20 and five abstentions, putting Mexico City on course to be the first place in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. Mexico City's mayor, Marcelo Ebrard...]]> Given the success of ballot initiatives in prohibiting same-sex marriage, you'd think the last thing the ACLU would want to do is to ease restrictions in getting issues on to the ballot.  But in Nebraska that's exactly what they are doing.  ...]]> On Tuesday, council members of the District of Colombia (DC) again voted to approve civil marriages for gay and lesbian couples, passing Councilman David Catania’s marriage equality bill with a majority vote of 11 to 2. This means that the bill ...]]> ... with the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Buying for Equality 2010 guide. With Christmas and the winter holidays fast approaching, thoughts are turning to tinsel, turkey (or the vegetarian/vegan equivalent) and time spent with the family. If, like mo...]]> Once a leader in the juvenile justice field, New York has become another in a growing list of states with a system that can only be described as broken.  Despite spending an average of $210,000 per youth annually New York has little, if anything,...]]> video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt8fA8x_EegIt was the murder that shocked a nation. Eleven years ago Matthew Wayne Shepard was savagely beaten one cold October night on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, then lashed to a fence post and left for d...]]>