Gay/Lesbian News

OCTOBER 15: Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson of Heart perform onstage at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 12th Annual An Enduring Vision Benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on October 15, 2013 in New York City.

A gay teacher at a Catholic high school was fired late last week after he applied for a marriage license.

On Saturday, Lady Gaga made a huge announcement : "The United States should not go to the Olympics in Russia," the vastly fading pop star said.

On Friday, Dec. 13, the Women's Therapy Center will celebrate 40 years of serving Philadelphia's women with low-cost psychotherapy services.

Actress Meredith Baxter, best known for her role as Elyse Keaton on the '80s sitcom "Family Ties," married her longtime partner Nancy Locke, People magazine reports.

Gay rights activists are demanding the organizers of a Vietnamese new year's parade in Orange County allow them to march.

One hundred thirty same-sex couples married in a mass wedding at Rio de Janeiro's Superior Court on Sunday, the Agence France-Presse reports.

Israeli President Shimon Peres announced his support for same-sex marriage during a trip to Mexico, the Israeli newspaper Ynet News reports.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed a controversial news anchor to head a restructured state news agency, a move signaling the Kremlin's intention to tighten control over the media and use it increasingly for propaganda of ultraconservative views.

The waitress and former Marine who has been accused of orchestrating a hoax by claiming a family left her a homophobic note instead of a tip is no longer working at the New Jersey restaurant where she'd claimed the incident occurred.

Dear Abby: I was laid off from work, but my husband, "Keith," works full-time in a factory.

When Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo teamed up to respond to comments on the Tumblr "Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber," they weren't expecting to start a movement.

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation was scheduled to debate Sunday a bill that would allow same-sex couples to receive the same mortgage benefits granted to married couples.

Corporate support for gay and transgender rights is reaching workers in new corners of the country and economy six months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, according to a new report card from the nation's largest LGBT advocacy group.

The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighborhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbors that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps.

Corporate support for gay and transgender rights is reaching workers in new corners of the country and economy six months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, according to a new report card from the nation's largest LGBT advocacy group.

Using the national census, Gallup polls, Facebook, dating sites and porno searches, a study from The New York Times estimates that at least 5% of American men are gay, while many are in the closet or quietly suffering in heterosexual marriages - particularly in traditionally conservative states.

Moscow: British pop icon Elton John has escaped serious criticism in Russia after using a sold-out Moscow concert to challenge a highly contentious law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.

Gay activists protest the Masterpiece Cakeshop in 2012. Owner Jack Phillips now faces charges for not baking a cake for the gay couple.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill is urging Speaker John Boehner to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote before the end of the 113th session of Congress.