Perhaps the awarding of a Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk by President Obama will motivate California’s Governor to sign the Harvey Milk Day legislation now pending in his office. CLICK HERE to read the official announcement from the White House. //

It’s probably no surprise that many people are using social networking websites, like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, to come out. In fact, many people have made videos of their coming out stories and posted them online. There are literally hundreds of these videos from people of all ages, both male and female. Every coming out [...]

One of the questions I am asked periodically is about whether or not sexual orientation is a choice. On of the assertions religious extremists make when arguing that homosexuality is a sin is that people “choose” to be gay. Let’s be clear – your sexual orientation is not a matter of choice. If you are [...]

For the first time in history, a reception honoring National Pride Month was held in the White House, hosted by President Obama. While may leaders in the LGBT community have grown impatient with the perceived lack of progress, President Obama makes some strong and specific commitments in his speech during the reception. Listen to it [...]

This week I had the pleasure of meeting another amazing role model from the San Francisco Police Department. Sergeant Pete Thoshinsky has been working the street of San Francisco for almost three decades. He loves the action and is the last to shy away from assignments including SWAT and the Tenderloin Task Force. He’s a [...]

MTV has had a long history of supporting equal rights and of fighting discrimination. Here is one of the best public service announcements that I’ve seen in a long time. //

Here is another example of the damage being done by the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Another successful member of the U.S. Military was murdered, apparently by another member of the U.S. Military, on a military base and it sounds like the motivation was because of the victim’s sexual orientation. August Provost, 29 years [...]

Congratulations to the San Francisco Police Department Pride Alliance on a great turn out at this year’s pride parade. In addition to being able to see my good friend Ben walk in uniform, hand-in-hand, with his boyfriend Scott, I saw the soon to be retired police chief, new police chief, and the entire command staff [...]

Author Greg Miraglia will be facilitating the Hate Crimes Investigations class at the 2009 International Diversity Symposium sponsored by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Regional Community Policing Institute, and Gay Peace Officers’ Association of Southern California. Join us September 2 through 4, 2009 in Palm Springs, California. This conference will over some fascinating training [...]

It strikes me as so hypocritical and wrong that as we enter the July 4th holiday weekend another distinguished member of the United States military, who happens to be gay, is being dismissed for simply that reason under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. What’s wrong with military leadership in this country that they are [...]