The LGBTQ community and its allies celebrated several outcomes of Tuesday’s elections — including the legalization of same-sex marriage in several states and the election of the first openly gay senator, Tammy Baldwin (R-Wis.). 

When Mitt Romney met retired Army Sergeant Bob Garon on the campaign trail, the many ironies of that vision left Adam Lerner '13 awestruck. 

In reaction to a federal appeals court’s Feb. 7 decision to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage, many Cornellians said they support the ruling and believe people should be allowed to marry whom they want.

Seven months after same-sex marriage was legalized in New York State, the Cornell campus still has yet to see a same-sex wedding. Even so, religious leaders and gay rights advocates say, the legislation has already affected Cornell students and faculty.

The Student Assembly debated Resolution 77, which would require student organizations to make their events accessible to people with disabilities.

In the wake of the Obama administration's policy shift on the Defense of Marriage Act, Cody Gault '11 examines the role of gay marriage in American political life.

Cody Gault '11 says it's time for President Obama to take a stand on gay rights.

I remember May 26, 2009 quite vividly. My friend Ben and I took the subway into San Francisco. Protest signs in hand, we made our way to the steps of the California Supreme Court building, joining the throngs of people who had been waiting there all morning — waiting, eagerly, for the announcement of the decision of Strauss v. Horton, the case that would decide the fate of the well-known and highly controversial Proposition 8.

Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill yesterday that would legalize gay marriage in New York.

“For too long, gay and lesbian New Yorkers — we have pretended they have the same rights as their neighbors and friends. That is not the case. All have been the victims of what is a legal system that has systematically discriminated against him," Paterson said at a news conference yesterday, according to the Associated Press.

The bill comes on the heels of recent victories for gay rights advocates in Iowa and Vermont, where a court and a legislature, respectively, approved same-sex marriage. Con­nec­ticut and Massa­chusetts are the only other states that permit same-sex marriage.

In light of the recent legalizations of gay-marriage in Iowa and Vermont, author Sherry Wolf yesterday seek to bring attention to the continuous fight against the oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning communities throughout history, from the 1969 Stonewall riots to the current controversy over Proposition 8, California’s 2008 ban on gay marriage.

The lecture, which was sponsored by the International Socialist Organization and Haymarket Books, attracted about 20 people.