By Advocate.com Editors Robin McGehee and Kip Williams Some bristle at their tactics; others revel in them. One thing’s for sure: When GetEqual’s Kip Williams and Robin McGehee (pictured center, along with backers Paul Yandura, left, and Jonathan Lewis, right) launched the direct action group this spring, they did it with a bang — organizing  Read More »

For 2010, Jimmy Gruender and Meg Sneed are recognized as local activists who risk arrest while making a national impact for equal rights By Glenn Gullickson When the leaders of the local grassroots LGBT organization Human & Equal Rights Organizers were assembling a video featuring their top actions for 2010 they had a difficult time  Read More »

Get Equal, HRC, GOProud, Log Cabin Republicans and more by Chris Geidner Published on December 23, 2010, 3:05am When then-Lt. Dan Choi and former Army infantryman James Pietrangelo II took a group of attendees at a Human Rights Campaign rally for the repeal of ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” away from the rally’s location on Freedom  Read More »

At about the 5:10 mark, Jane Hamsher goes into a few lessons that we can learn from the lame-duck session, including the value of groups like GetEQUAL using urgent activism to ensure that progressive issues and values move forward.

By NATHAN HODGE Proponents of ending the military’s ban on gays serving openly in uniform are cheering a Senate vote Saturday in favor of repealing the policy, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” But the policy remains in force, and implementation promises more political fights. For gay-rights advocates who mobilized in support of passage, the  Read More »