On Thursday, the Senate held a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (ENDA), a piece of legislation designed to stop bias in the workplace based on sexuality and gender identity. This is the first time the Senate has heard testimony...]]> This country may be unwilling to prosecute torturers, but the Italians are not.  On Wednesday an Italian judge convicted 23 Americans for the abduction and torture of a Muslim cleric in Milan.  The case, the first ever to challenge the United States p...]]> A year ago, the voting public of California favored Proposition 8 and banned gay marriage. Last night, Maine's citizens voted on Question 1 and also chose to keep marriage between one man and one woman. Is it right that gay marriage, and gay rights as...]]> by Meaghan Lamarre, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alternatives to Marriage Project Proponents and opponents alike had their eyes on Maine as voters in that state go to the polls today to decide whether or not to keep the law allowing...]]> As the nation goes to the ballot once again, there are three gay rights laws up for public vote. Those laws are: The right to gay marriage in Maine, the right to domestic partnerships in Washington (which also includes heterosexual couples over 62), a...]]> In 2005 nearly 70 percent of public high school students ages 12 to 18 reported that police officers or security guards patrolled their schools.  Often called "School Resource Officers" or SRO's, these agents are usually sworn police officers emp...]]> As if to signify just how corrupt and defiled the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system had become, yesterday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took an unprecedented step and vacated the sentences of nearly 7000 children who had been adjudicated as delinq...]]> When President Obama signed into law today the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) he helped bring to reality the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, guaranteeing that hate crimes based on sexuality, gender identity and ...]]> President Obama has signed the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law as part of the Defense Authorization Act. This would not have been possible without the 25,000 Care2 members who signed petitions and called their ...]]> Luv Ya Bunches is a children's book about four elementary school girls who don't seem to have much in common, except that they're all named after flowers. Sounds pretty harmless, right? Scholastic have refused to allow the book in their school book fa...]]>