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V. Gene Robinson, the recently retired Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, was the church’s first openly gay priest to be elected and consecrated a bishop. He is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Follow him on Twitter @BishopGRobinson.

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Gay Pride Must Be More Than a Party

Stand Together

The night of the horror in Orlando, I was at a party where older and younger revelers had very different ideas about what we were celebrating.

Gene Robinson | Published Jun 16, 2016

Washington Gets In on the LGBT Animus

Obscene

An appalling federal bill would enshrine the right to discriminate as long as the person doing it really, sincerely wants to do it.

Gene Robinson | Published May 22, 2016

How NC’s About to Hurt Every Minority

FOOLS

Bathroom-obsessed conservatives may have targeted transgender people with HB 2, but they also hurt other minorities.

Gene Robinson | Published May 01, 2016

A Gay Bishop’s Open Letter to the Pope

BROTHERS

The Vatican is reportedly upset that Bishop Gene Robinson will be at the White House to greet the Pope. In an open letter, Robinson explains why they shouldn’t be.

Gene Robinson | Published Sep 19, 2015

How Episcopalians Embraced Gay Marriage

AT LAST

Gene Robinson received death threats when he became the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop. Twelve years later, his church is performing gay weddings. That’s progress.

Gene Robinson | Published Jul 05, 2015

The Man Who Led the Fight for Gay Rights

PROPHET

Why we should all give thanks to ACT UP! founder and civil rights icon Larry Kramer.

Gene Robinson | Published Jun 29, 2015

In Orlando, a Baptism Will Go On. But...

Teaching Moment

The infant son of a male gay couple will receive the sacrament, the local bishop has ruled. But why was it even controversial to begin with?

Gene Robinson | Published May 10, 2015

Religious Freedom? No. Discrimination

Call It What It Is

Conservatives can’t stop gay marriage. But they can stop laws that prevent discrimination. And in Indiana and elsewhere, they’re succeeding.

Gene Robinson | Published Mar 25, 2015

Kansas Guv Endangers Thousands of Gays

Backwards

Suddenly, the Kansas governor has rescinded an order that protects LGBT workers from discrimination. What’s the matter with Kansas indeed.

Gene Robinson | Published Feb 19, 2015

Oscar Romero, the People’s Saint

All the Right Enemies

In another extraordinary break with recent conservative orthodoxy, Pope Francis clears the leftist Salvadoran archbishop for sainthood. Wow.

Gene Robinson | Published Feb 08, 2015

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