Anti-Gay Putin

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Aug 14, 2013 Dig deeper

Seeking Asylum

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Aug 14, 2013 Dig deeper

How Mormons Helped Pave the Road to Gay Marriage

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 14, 2013 After spending an estimated $20 million and employing 77 people full time to ban gay marriage in California with Proposition 8 in 2008, the church's political surrender on the issue has enabled a cultural shift that is spreading rapidly across the United States. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sir Ian McKellen Speaks Ill of the Dead

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2013 The British actor says what the obituaries are leaving out about Margaret Thatcher -- her administration was nasty, especially when it came to homosexuality; gruesome images, like those taken during the Boston Marathon attacks, can teach us true sympathy and should not be censored or ignored; and maybe our Founding Fathers are to blame for the seeming impossibility of gun control. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Boy Scouts and Gays

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Feb 11, 2013 Dig deeper

Drama Over Including Gays in Immigration Reform

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2013 Though President Obama is trying to find a place for gay binational couples in his immigration reform plan, Republicans such as Sen. Lindsey Graham just won't have it; as a tribute to the late Aaron Swartz, MIT should make academic articles free to the public; meanwhile, new studies show that urbanites have developed neural responses that keep them constantly on the lookout for danger. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Would Thomas Friedman Write?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2012 The columnist receives the satire treatment; a gay GOP group places an anti-Chuck Hagel ad in The New York Times to get President Obama's attention; meanwhile, the Chinese government is mandating people visit their elderly parents. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Banned in California

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 1, 2012 Same-sex marriage is still not legal in California, but the Golden State took a positive step for gay rights over the weekend when it became the first in the U.S. to ban a controversial form of therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of children and teens. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama, Romney Call for End to Boy Scouts’ LGBT Discrimination

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 9, 2012 It's rare that Mitt Romney and Barack Obama agree on anything, but both presidential candidates have called for the Boy Scouts of America to end its discriminatory practice of banning LGBT Scouts and leaders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homosexuality May Become a Felony in Liberia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2012 Liberia is considering two proposals that would make consensual same-sex acts punishable with jail time; NATO refuses to get involved in the crisis in Syria; and a Jewish journalist killed by terrorists was baptized posthumously by the Mormon Church. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )