Rachel

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DADT’s being repealed doesn’t mean that same-sex couples will be treated equally on base or off.

Falafel is for lovers.

Republicans may have succeeded in making sure the Violence Against Women Act doesn’t have any protections for LGBT people — unless Obama vetoes it.

Rachel’s Team Pick: Look, a new queer literary magazine for you to submit to!

President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, and then what happened?

Maybe young people aren’t going to be the saviors of the campaign for equal rights for gays.

Rachel’s Team Pick: Mother’s Day cards that are a little more inclusive than we’re used to.

“I have never seen a community mount such a forceful, unified, creative response to a collective threat. I have never had so many neighbors tell me, “Your battle is mine too.”

Obama has just announced he personally supports gay marriage.

Now that marriage equality has passed in New York state, one organization is turning its attention towards gender identity protection in the workplace.

The Violence Against Women Act was going to be updated to include protections for gay people, undocument immigrants, and Native American communities, but House Republicans are doing their best to make sure it isn’t.

Rep. Zach Wyatt of Missouri came out as a “proud gay man” on the floor of the House.

North Carolina’s anti-gay Amendment 1 looks like it might succeed.

Once upon a time, Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, and he wasn’t quite as anti-gay as conservatives might like.

Tea: for fun and profit! Just kidding, it’s only for fun.

Don’t front like Alien didn’t give you a crazy crush on Sigourney Weaver.

Mitt Romney’s spokesman is openly gay, and the AFA’s Bryan Fischer is very upset about it.

You are awesome, and deserve better than this awful day.

The unicorns need you to do something for them.

It’s no accident that the Boy Scout Oath calls for young scouts to be “morally straight.”

Obama decided not to sign a piece of paper that would give LGBT employees of federal contractors the right to not be fired because of their sexual orientation.

Rachel’s Team Pick: What if you could take a class called “Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender” (and more) for free? YOU CAN.

“You don’t have to live on Long Island to join. You don’t have to be gay or have a kid who is gay… All you have to do is believe in the movement.”

“For all this concern about how I damage people, where is the damage?… don’t you think there’d be a busload of people who are damaged?” Yes.