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Today's headlines include a poor fundraising quarter for the Republican presidential candidates and President Obama's dedication speech at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

This morning at 12:01 a.m., ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'' the discriminatory policy that forced LGBT members of the military to hide their sexual orientation, officially came to an end. It's been a day of celebration for Americans, and both President Obama and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released statements to commemorate this historic day.

LGBT veterans open up about their experience of being gay in the U.S. military and reflect on what today's official repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" means for them.

Yesterday, the White House announced its support for a measure being introduced today in Congress that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) -- which currently defines marriage as a union between a man and woman.

Several months ago, a friend told me a story about a conversation he had in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a local taxicab driver. When he learned my friend was American, the cab driver mentioned that he and his wife, who is in a wheelchair, always travel to the United States on vacation.

As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month gets started, the White House launched a new online resource: Winning the Future: President Obama and LGBT Americans. This new page will help you keep apprised of all the Obama administration is doing to advance the issues most important to the LGBT community.

Yesterday, President Obama issued a proclamation that affirmed June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. This celebration commemorates those who have fought for equality in our communities and fairness in our justice system -- and represents the President’s ongoing effort to end discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Eighteen years ago today, America lost one of its greatest civil rights leaders and an icon of social justice, Cesar Chavez. Born in 1927 and raised in the fields of America’s Southwest, Chavez dedicated his life to fighting injustice through peaceful actions and noble protests. His legacy is the lasting change he fought for to empower working men and women.