In a final vote of 250-175, the House votes in an overwhelming majority to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in spite of staunch disapproval from several House Republicans. This was announced at 5:24 via live stream from cspan.org by Rep. Barney Frank. Stay tuned for more information...

UPDATE: House introduces stand-alone bill. Timetable for debate is TBD. CLICK HERE for more information! WASHINGTON (AP) – In a new showdown on a volatile issue, the House this week will take up a bill that would overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...

Marcus Brandon has been elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He will represent the cities of Greensboro and High Point in the state legislature. Brandon will be the only openly LGBT state legislator in North Carolina, and one of just five openly LGBT African-Americans serving in state...

Providence, R.I. Mayor, David Cicilline, has been elected to serve in the House of Representatives, becoming the 7th in the history of the nation to do so! Congratulations to Mr. Cicilline on his victory. The Victory Fund, an organization that supports LGBT elected officials, has supported Cicilline...

If you have ever uttered the words, “I wish there was something I could do,” — we have JUST the solution for you! Congress is currently on recess, which means our representatives are exactly where we want them — AT OUR FINGERTIPS! Take five minutes out of your day to call Rep....

Background You may be asking yourself, what exactly is “HB 4192,” and that’s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB...

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is maintaining that passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is still on track in the U.S. House, although he said he’s “less sure” about the bill’s prospects in the Senate. In a DC Agenda interview, Frank on Tuesday said lawmakers working on the bill were...

AP — The mayor of Providence, R.I., and a former state Democratic Party official are running for Patrick Kennedy’s U.S. House seat. Kennedy announced this week that he would not seek a ninth term. Providence Mayor David Cicilline says he’s in the race. In 2002, the 48-year-old attorney became...

House proponents of comprehensive immigration reform unveiled an ambitious proposal last week with much fanfare, but lost in the buzz was that their bill isn’t entirely comprehensive: They intentionally left out protections for gay and lesbian immigrants. A bill introduced earlier this year by Rep....

Many in the nation celebrated yesterday as news broke of the U.S. House of Representatives’ close vote to pass a historic health care reform bill. The months leading up to the vote have been tense and packed with emotion, as stories of verbally and sometimes physically violent town hall meetings...