Andrew Sullivan makes the case for Eisenhower being the best president of 20th century. I favor Roosevelt

History repeats itself: many of the states with marriage equality/civil union laws were leaders in the anti-slavery movement

This is another reason why we and the U.S. Supreme Court need to help out our LGBT community in the South. Southern society, organized along English feudal lines, tends to change slowly compared to the rest of the country.

I love the "salty" language of LBJ as he phones in his order for pants

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.

More & more historians are talking about Abraham Lincoln's intimate relationships with men

Last year, my friend Phil told me that Abraham Lincoln was a bisexual man, but I didn't believe him. Then he gave me a book on the subject, by the famous sex researcher C.A. Tripp, and I was more convinced that Phil might be right. In a recent change.org article, the author talks about a new generation of historians who believe this to be true about Lincoln and aren't afraid to talk about it.

I am not one of those gay guys who thinks everyone is queer. But I do think the truth should not be covered up about important historic figures if they were gay or bi, given that young gay people need role models and heroes growing different in a straight world.

View these rare color photos from 1930s & 40s

View these rare color photos from the 1930s and 40s.