George Smitherman, the Deputy Premier of Ontario, Canada, will reportedly announce his candidacy to become the next mayor of Toronto, according to a report in the Toronto Sun:

The massive health insurance reform bill that passed late Saturday night in the U.S. House of Representatives contains several provisions aimed at improving health care for LGBT Americans, according to post by Michael Cole at HRC Backstory. ...

Openly lesbian Maryland Delegate Heather Mizeur has penned an op-ed calling on state officials to recognize the marriages of Maryland’s same-sex couples who are married in jurisdictions where it is legal.

Alabama State Rep. DuWayne Bridges says the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s plan to offer domestic partner benefits to its unmarried employees is immoral and and a waste of money designed to ...

Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s bill to provide domestic partnership benefits to federal employees could make it the House floor for a vote by the end of 2009, according to The Hill. The bill, H.R. 2517, states ...

Kalamazoo, Mich. citizens voted to keep a city ordinance barring discrimination against LGBT persons Tuesday. But somewhat lost in the celebration of that victory was the election of Terry Kuseske to ...

Towleroad teases out an interesting nugget from an article in The Hill about next year’s legislative agenda in Congress. The paper reported that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) isn’t certain the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will make it to the floor in 2010. ...

Openly gay and lesbian candidates swept to victory in local and state races across the country last night, according to results released today by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. The group, which endorses ...

It was tough to watch what happened in Maine, but that painful loss is not the whole story of last night. We’re winning Referendum 71 right now in Washington state, and voters in Kalamazoo overwhelmingly ...