As quickly as dozens of GLBT activists—including past Instinct cover guy and Leading Man of 2009 Lt. Dan Choi—chain themselves to the fence surrounding the White House to call attention to President Obama's inaction on a DADT repeal, D.C. police and the Secret Service are taking them to jail.

We received the following remarks Choi is reported to have told the crowd before he headed to the White House:

“Hello. My name is Lt. Dan Choi. I am being discharged from the U.S. Army because I am gay and dared to say it out loud.

Today, I am here on a mission with Capt. Jim Pietrangelo, and we are asking you all to join us. We’re calling you to action because we are at a turning point—a moment in time where talk is no longer enough, and...

When will they learn love eventually prevails over hate?

For a second time, a D.C. Superior Court ruled against foes of marriage equality. Today's decision upholds marriage equality in the district, which the Human Rights Campaign applauds.

"This second, back-to-back ruling by the DC Superior Court is an overwhelming victory for fairness, the rule of law and the protection of all DC residents against discrimination," responded Joe Solmonese, Human Rights Campaign President. "DC has the right to govern itself and make its own laws without the interference of thirty-nine Republican members of Congress, more interested in scoring cheap political points than in the everyday lives of DC residents. As DC law justifiably recognizes, no...

With the spotlight on the Human Rights Campaign in DC this weekend, queer liberation group, Bash Back, took the opportunity to commit what it calls an act of "glamdalism" on the HRC's capitol headquarters. Though it had been speculated over the weekend that the notorious group was responsible for the "Quit leaving queers behind" graffitti, it was yesterday when Bash Back took responsibility in a post on its website:

Just like society today, the HRC is run by a few wealthy elites who are in bed with corporate sponsors who proliferate militarism, heteronormativity, and capitalist exploitation. The sweatshops (Nike), war crimes (Lockheed Martin), assaults on working class people (Bank of America, Deloitte, Chase Bank, Citi Group, Wachovia Bank)...

Organizers of the National Equality March on D.C. have today released a complete list of speakers scheduled to appear and motivate during the weekend of events. Highlights on the list include David Mixner, Cleve Jones, Judy Shepard, Lt. Dan Choi and Dustin Lance Black. The full list of speakers to this date follows:

Stuart Applebaum
Richard Aviles
Jarret Barrios
Dustin Lance Black
Julian Bond
Marsha Botzer
Staceyann Chin
Lt. Dan Choi
Tanner Efinger
Hawaii Board of Education Member Kim Coco Iwamoto
Cleve Jones
Michelle Lopez
Robin McGehee
David Mixner
Nicole-Murray Ramirez
Chloe Noble
Tobias Packer
Reverend Troy Perry
New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Los Angeles Council Member Bill Rosendahl
Babs Siperstein
Judy Shepard
Maxim Thorn
Urvashi...

After much success in Atlanta, the White House has announced its next HIV/AIDS community discussion. Hosted by the Obama-minted White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), the second installment will take place on Monday, September 21 in Washington DC.

For more information or to RSVP a spot, visit ONAP's registration site here.