For the first time in American politics, gay rights supporters are putting considerable pressure on all the candidates for President of the United States.

For the past three years, the LGBT community has been quite vocal with President Barack Obama over gay rights issues such as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which was repealed this year. Obama, who is presumed to be the Democratic nominee, has done more for gay rights than any president in history, but some in the LGBT community still want him to evolve further on marriage equality.

Bishop Eddie Long, one of the Black Church’s prominent pastors of "prosperity gospel" and bling-bling theology in the Southeast, is flashing neither his gold nor silver these days.

The embattled pastor had hoped that settling a sex scandal lawsuit for an undisclosed amount against allegations that he used influence, trips, gifts and jobs to coerce young males into sexual relations would close the lid on the matter.

By resorting this week to gay bashing, Rick Perry has hammered the last nail in his own coffin, signaling a final and desperate attempt to spark any interest in his badly failing campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Black lesbians and transgender men in South African townships and rural areas face an overwhelming climate of discrimination and violence despite protections promised them in the country’s constitution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.