Julie Bolcer

Turkey’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, was raided on April 7 for the second time in a year.

In a survey from Harris Interactive, just over half of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog, compared to 36 percent of heterosexual adults.

Patrick becomes first woman to win an IndyCar race.

NYC may now be transitioning to a 2am closing time for bars and restaurants.

A news gays-only space in a municipal ceremony in Copenhagen.

New cities added to the group that protect on the basis of gender identity and expression.

Annual award for accomplishments and impact on the lesbian community given to the California Senator.

Infamous director honored in NYC for leadership in the LGBT community.

U.S. State Dept. urged to focus on global LGBT violence and discrimination.

Kathryn Kolbert, a renowned civil rights lawyer, advocate and award-winning journalist, assumed the role of president at People for the American Way in mid-March.

The American Psychoanalytic Association issued statement supporting the legal recognition of same-sex civil marriage.

President Lech Kaczynski of Poland delivered a nationally televised speech against gay rights using footage from an American couple’s wedding to illustrate the dangers of same-sex marriage.

This summer, Logo presents Gimme Sugar, a new reality show about five hot, young ladies on the prowl for love and success in L.A.’s lesbian scene.

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton has won endorsements of leading gay political groups in the major cities of Pennsylvania.

A new documentary will relay the tale of one of the 20th Century’s greatest story tellers, Zora Neale Hurston.

If any consolation for LGBT rights could be found in the sad and surreal spectacle of the prostitution scandal that led to the swift resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Representative Sally Kern made anti-gay remarks that were captured on audio and uploaded to YouTube, prompting outrage from the GLBT community.

In an effort to give new freedom of movement to women in Saudi Arabia, the country recently opened its first women-only hotel.

Three-term U.S. Senator Larry Craig did not file for re-election by his state’s March 21 deadline.

Acclaimed British soul singer and actress Joss Stone will play a lesbian bingo-caller and campsite entertainment manager in the upcoming romantic comedy, Snappers.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee taped a segment for The Tyra Banks Show on Feb 7 that aired on Feb 29.

The LGBT Expo, the GLAAD Media Awards and more…

A federal appeals court overturned a Texas ban on sex-toy sales on Feb 12.

In what is believed to be the largest single bequest ever given to LGBT causes, one of the original five employees of Microsoft Corporation has left $65 million to gay rights and HIV/AIDS organizations.

According to a report released by a special commission in New Jersey, the state’s one-year-old civil union law creates a “second-class status” for same-sex couples and poses particular challenges for minorities, transgender individuals, the poor and members of the military.

A nonpartisan initiative aims to increase the number of openly LGBT professionals appointed to positions in the next presidential administration.

A Swedish lesbian won her lawsuit against a kennel owner who refused to sell her a puppy because she was a lesbian.

The U.S. Department of State lifted its ban on admitting HIV-positive persons to the Foreign Service on Feb 15.

Four years after Germany established that it would build a memorial for the thousands of gay and lesbian victims of the Nazis, the government has agreed to a design that should be ready within months.

Same-sex couples in Israel were extended the same adoption rights as heterosexual couples on Feb 10.

Opponents of a new law to protect transgender people in Montgomery County, Maryland may have collected the 25,000 signatures necessary to put the measure on a November referendum.

A federal judge in Oregon lifted an order blocking Oregon’s domestic partnership law from taking effect on Feb 1.

Freeheld, the gripping 38-minute film about a dying New Jersey police lieutenant’s successful fight to transfer her pension benefits to her domestic partner, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Short Subject category.

E. Denise Simmons made history on Jan 14 when she was elected mayor by her City Council colleagues in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lawmakers in New Jersey on Jan 7 passed legislation to strengthen protections against hate crimes and bullying in schools.

As New York state barreled toward its presidential primary Feb 5, U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoyed endorsements from all four of the Democratic LGBT political clubs in New York City that registered a preference on the matter.