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Roland Palencia, New Equality California Executive Director, Repeats Old Excuses for Proposition 8 Loss

Debra EvansEQCA Executive Director Roland Palencia​On Monday, Roland Palencia was named the new executive director of Equality California, the statewide gay rights group. He is replacing Geoff Kors, who built the organization into a political powerhouse while also playing a major role in the ... More >>

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Uncomfortably Finds Itself in the Middle of a Knock-Down Union Blow Out

The Bilerico ProjectL.A. Gay & Lesbian Center CEO Lorri Jean​The Los Angles Gay & Lesbian Center, which bills itself as the "world's largest LGBT organization," probably hoped its battle with hotel workers union Unite Here Local 11 would somehow fade away before its big gala dinner this Satur ... More >>

Queer Town: Gay Inc. Vets Facebook Exec at WeHo Nightclub

Gay Inc. (the mostly Southern California branch) is vetting Facebook executive and California Attorney General candidate Chris Kelly at the West Hollywood nightclub Eleven on Thursday night.CA Attorney General candidate Chris Kelly​We received our invitation via email on Saturday from West Hollywo ... More >>

LiveNation & AEG Live Cancel Buju Banton Concerts Due to Gay-Bashing Lyrics

Under pressure from the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, concert promoter monoliths LiveNation and AEG Live have each canceled upcoming concerts by Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton, including the AEG promoted October 14 date at Club Nokia. The artist, who has been decried for his homophobic lyrics, ... More >>

Queer Town: L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Holds Amateur Contest to Fend Off Gay Marriage Foes

Last week, the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay marriage group, released a very professional, very message-driven video titled "Gathering Storm" on YouTube and also bought TV air time in Iowa, where that state's supreme court recently legalized gay marriage. In response to the slick a ... More >>

New Gay-Marriage War Coming to California

Many expect state Supreme Court to back Proposition 8

Queer Town: The Subtle Lessons of the Equality Summit

On Saturday, January 24, Equality California and other major gay organizations hosted an event called the Equality Summit at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A.. Since these groups, many of which were heavily involved in the "No on 8" campaign, never held a live, in-person town hall m ... More >>

Queer Town: "No on 8" Executive Committee Revealed

Late yesterday, gay rights activist and blogger Michael Petrelis accomplished the seemingly impossible--he found and published the 16 "principal officers" of the "No on 8" campaign's executive committee. If you think that kind of information would have been easily available, you are very, very wrong ... More >>

Proposition 8 Gives Rise to New Generation of Gay Leaders

Failure to prevent passage of same-sex-marriage ban shifts political landscape

Letters: Old and Not in the Way

The face of post–Prop. 8 gay leadership; and more musings on Gold

Queer Town: Power Lesbian Criticizes "No on 8" Campaign

On Saturday, in the Huffington Post, power lesbian and longtime gay rights activist Torie Osborn did something few people in her A-list position have been willing to do: Publicly criticize the "No on 8" campaign.   While Osborn doesn't name names, she still takes the "No on 8" campaign to ... More >>

Young Gays Take Reins From Elders on Prop. 8

In wake of gay-marriage ban, the mantle is shifting from battle-scarred AIDS warriors

Queer Town: "No on 8" Leadership on the Hot Seat

For weeks, activists and political observers in the gay community have been calling for a post-Prop. 8 town hall meeting, where "No on 8" staffers can take, and hopefully answer, tough questions about the Proposition 8 loss. Tonight at 6 p.m., the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center will host a "vi ... More >>

Dirty Laundry Over Prop. 8

Blame-game erupts over Latino and black support for the gay marriage ban

Prolonged Battle over Proposition 8

It looks like the gay marriage ban won, but activists could upend the victory

Queer Town: "No on 8" Supporters Rally in West Hollywood

With less than 48 hours until Election Day, hundreds of "No on 8" supporters gathered in West Hollywood Park on late Sunday afternoon, showing their resolve to defeat Proposition 8, the ballot measure that seeks to eliminate the right of gays and lesbians to legally marry in California. The peaceful ... More >>

Riding the Cultural Divide with Proposition 8

What's at stake in California's gay-marriage ban

California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Citing the 60-year-old landmark case Perez v. Sharp, which struck down California's ban on interracial marriage, the California Supreme Court ruled today that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional. The Court's decision nullified Proposition 22, the statewide referendum out ... More >>

Gay Marriage Squabble

Why California’s Supreme Court ruling was a lost battle, not a lost war

Letters

What's Next?

The Gay Movement at the Crossroads