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Gene Robinson

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.

Stand Together

Gay Pride Must Be More Than a Party

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

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Obscene

Washington Gets In on the LGBT Animus

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

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FOOLS

How NC’s About to Hurt Every Minority

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

Gene Robinson

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BROTHERS

A Gay Bishop’s Open Letter to the Pope

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

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AT LAST

How Episcopalians Embraced Gay Marriage

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

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PROPHET

The Man Who Led the Fight for Gay Rights

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

Gene Robinson

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Teaching Moment

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

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

Call It What It Is

Religious Freedom? No. Discrimination

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

Gene Robinson

Backwards

Kansas Guv Endangers Thousands of Gays

Suddenly, the Kansas governor has rescinded an order that protects LGBT workers from discrimination.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

Gene Robinson

All the Right Enemies

Oscar Romero, the People’s Saint

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

Gene Robinson

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