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April 7, 2011 By: Kevin Jennings/Special for TRT For Carl Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover was a sixth grader in the Springfield (Mass.) Schools in the 2008-2009…

March 3, 2011 By: Kathleen Sebelius* To win the future, America will need to make the kind of investments and reforms that allow our nation…

February 17, 2011 By Christine Nicco/ TRT Online Reporter WASHINGTON-Yesterday, the United States’ Attorney General sent a letter to Congressional leadership to inform them that…

February 3, 2011 By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist Maplewood, MN-GLBTQ Online High School announces a new spring tuition plan for students planning to enroll for fall…

January 31, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter For the second year in row, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech raised the issue…

January 6, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter The Ali Forney Center, which provides housing for homeless LGBT youths in New York City, is experiencing severe…

January 6, 2011 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, along with his partner Sean Eldridge, has given GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and…

December 22, 2010 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter UPDATE: At approximately 9:35 this morning, President Obama signed the bill that struck down “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell.”…

December 18, 2010 By: Christine Nicco/TRT Online Reporter History has been made and the U.S. Senate has shown that equality matters in the military and…

December 14, 2010 By: Echo Brooks/TRT online columnist Recently results of a 17 year study showed that children of lesbians may do better than their…

December 2, 2010 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Jody Cole is preparing to climb Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro next January in a bid to promote equal rights…

December 2, 2010 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Rhode Island LGBT voters elected openly gay Congressional candidate David Cicilline in the race to succeed outgoing Congressman…

December 2, 2010 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter The executive director of the National Organization for Marriage wasted no time in soliciting funds for the nation’s…

December 2, 2010 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Children being raised by lesbian parents are less likely to be abused than children being raised by heterosexual…

Dec. 1, 2011 Por: Peter Renn/Abogado, Lambda Legal Yo era parte de las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. y fui despedido según la ley anti-gay…

Dec. 1, 2011 By: Peter Renn/Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I’m a former U.S. service member who was discharged under “Don’t…

November 4, 2010 by Larry Lazzari/Special for TRT Scott Herman is best known for flexing his muscles on MTV’s Real World and on his weekly…

November 4, 2010 by Dan Woog*/TRT Special Most cross-country bike riders go west to east. Some take the more challenging route, into the wind. Danielle…

November 4, 2010 by Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter On October 15, which has been designated as National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, AIDS organizations across the country…

October 30, 2010 By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter There is a reason to celebrate in the LGBT community. Hate-filled Arkansas Midlands High School Board Vice President,…

November 3, 2010 by Christine Nicco WASHINGTON – Last night, the LGBT community was victorious on many political fronts. Although, the Democrats lost control of…

October 25, 2010 By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter A drastic shift in LGBT voters, who openly and wholeheartedly supported then Presidential candidate Barack Obama, is what…

October 22, 2010 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter In the wake of a string of gay suicides, outraged members of the LGBT community have held vigils…