by Michael Adams | Jul 25, 2023
By Michael Adams. This article originally appeared in the Advocate.com As LGBTQ+ people and our allies continue to celebrate Pride throughout the summer, we have been pummeled with an avalanche of laws passed in more than 20 states targeting LGBTQ+ youth, their...
by Michael Adams | Jun 4, 2018
Today, the Supreme Court ruled narrowly in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to provide a wedding cake to a gay couple. But the court also refused to create a license to discriminate and made it clear that civil rights laws still bar discrimination in businesses...
by Michael Adams | Aug 17, 2017
This article originally appeared in The Advocate magazine. This week, the president made the profoundly misguided and dangerous statement that there are “two sides to the story” of the hate-filled events in Charlottesville, Va. While it can sometimes be...
by Michael Adams | Jul 31, 2017
This post originally appeared on the SAGE website. SAGE, the nation’s largest and oldest organization serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender elders, will not stand by quietly as the Trump administration continues its attempts to erase the transgender...
by Michael Adams | Mar 29, 2017
This letter was originally published on the SAGE blog. Dear Friends, It’s highly unusual for me to send you two messages in two weeks asking you to stand up and advocate for LGBT elders. But these are highly unusual times. We must be prepared to step up to the...