New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s withdrawal of his nomination as President-elect Barack Obama’s Commerce Secretary has tongues wagging that Fred Hochberg could emerge as a contender for the position. If selected and confirmed, Hochberg would become the first openly gay cabinet secretary... 

According to a post from Matt Hennie at Project Q Atlanta: A gay man expected to formally announce his campaign for Atlanta City Council this week is apologizing for remarks he made three years ago when he said transgender people and drag queens were on the fringe of society and hurt the gay equality... 

Yesterday the nominee for Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, withdrew from his nomination. He said a federal investigation into political donations from a company awarded contracts by the New Mexico state government would not be completed in time for him to begin work. Since then,... 

South African president Kgalema Motlanthe has appointed openly gay and HIV-positive judge Edwin Cameron to the nation’s highest court. According to the The Star, Cameron was considered for the Constitutional Court nearly a decade ago, but then-deputy president Thabo Mbeki blocked the appointment. Speaking... 

Justice Edwin Cameron, a justice on South Africa’s Supreme Court, has been appointed to the Constitutional Court, the nation’s highest court by the nation’s President Mothlanthe. Cameron has been particularly vocal on the subject of HIV/AIDS and has been praised by Nelson Mandela as... 

When the New Mexico state legislature re-convenes on January 20, 2009, one of the first bills to be considered is House bill, HB 21, a domestic partnership bill which is sponsored by Rep. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuqurque. The Bill would establish that two unmarried people who live together as a committed couple...