As of Monday, some Alabama counties began issuing same-sex marriage licenses. As for the other counties, judges are refusing by using tactics eerily similar to those used in the Jim Crow era. Alabama’s...

Today marks the first day in Alabama’s history that same-sex couples will be able to have marriage licenses issued to them. It’s a reminder that, yes, Alabama can indeed strive for progress with a...

On Feb. 9, Alabama will become the 37th state in the nation to issue same-sex marriage licenses. I am happily shocked; that’s 12 to 13 places higher than I predicted it would be on that list. Of course,...

A federal judge in Mobile struck down the state of Alabama's ban on gay marriage Friday.U.S. District Judge Callie Granade ruled that Cari Searcy could not be denied a second-parent adoption for a boy...

A solemn Jeffrey Tambor took the stage Sunday night at the Golden Globe Awards. He received his new award for “Best Actor in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy” and offered a sincere message of thanks...

In Apple CEO Tim Cook’s own words, he is “an engineer, an uncle, a nature lover, a fitness nut, a son of the South, a sports fanatic and many other things”; another one of these many descriptors...

Joe Puchner’s recent column, “Christians have a duty to be better Christians,” once again reinforces to me that many Christians do not understand the repercussions of their words. We could get into...

Last Thursday, Nathan James wrote an article calling on Christians to, as he put it, “end LGBTQ intolerance.” While Mr. James rightfully reminded Christians to love their neighbor and be mindful of...

There’s a form of discrimination that America doesn’t like to talk about. Compared to all other Americans, members of one particular minority group are two to six times as likely to attempt suicide,...

Students gathered Monday evening in Gorgas Library Room 205 to discuss the condition of students rendered invisible by mainstream culture. Disabled, LGBT and international students are seen through categories...

In honor of National Coming Out Day, Mandy Carter, a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will speak to students tonight at 7 p.m. in Alston 30. National Coming Out Day is an internationally observed awareness...