Gay/Lesbian News

Officials from the LGBT rights group, Oregon United for Marriage, announced on Tuesday that they have gained enough signatures to place a marriage equality initiative on the November 2014 ballot, which will give Oregon voters the chance to repeal a ban on gay marriage, the Daily Kos reports.

More than 700 same-sex couples have gotten married or renewed their vows in New Jersey the first 47 days the state allowed gay nuptials.

A fashion college student from New York City says he was assaulted on Dec. 1 by a group of Hasidic men who hurled anti-gay slurs towards him, the New York Daily News reports.

The Virginia pastor convicted in a Vermont federal court of helping a woman and her child flee the country rather than share custody with her former lesbian partner is arguing that the case should be dismissed because his actions had no connection to Vermont, court documents say.

European Union Commissioner for Justice, Citizenship and Fundamental Rights Viviane Reding announced on Tuesday that she will not attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February because of the country's anti-gay law, Reuters reports.

British actor Ben Whishaw, who is openly gay, has been confirmed to star as Queen singer Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biopic directed by Dexter Fletcher, the U.K. newspaper the Independent reports.

An anti-gay member of the Republican National Committee made waves at a GOP holiday party last week, when he allegedly accused gays of pushing for health care reform because they die earlier.

The first same-sex weddings in England and Wales can take place from March 29, 2014, equalities minister Maria Miller has announced.

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A Christian charity is challenging a ban on its London bus advert suggesting gays can be helped to 'move out of homosexuality' Gay and lesbian rights activists are seeking to be the new "moral enforcers" and it is Christian religious conservatives who now need protection for their right to express dissent against "the new orthodoxy", the Court of ... (more)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, actor Ian McKellen arrives at the UK premiere of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at The Odeon Leicester Square, London.

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.