Gay/Lesbian News

Wedding bells are ringing and you're headed to Vancouver, the verdant metropolis of British Columbia that has enjoyed legal same-sex marriage since 2003.

If you don't like the fact that term-limited council members in Reno can't run for mayor, you might... Mark Zmuda speaks publicly for the first time since his removal from Eastside Catholic High School in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.

In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo, cast member Isaiah Washington participates in "The 100" panel at the CBS Winter TCA Press Tour, at the Langham Huntington, in Pasadena, Calif.

Uncertainty over a short-lived proposal to open employment to gays at Kentucky's largest private child care agency prompted many of its supportive churches to withhold giving last year, causing a multi-million dollar shortfall.

A gay-rights group is asking Mississippi legislators to specify that a religious-practices bill won't open the way for discrimination if it becomes law.

The hearing in Bauchi city had been delayed from January after crowd tried to stone the accused men [Al Jazeera] Four young men were convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment in an Islamic court in northern Nigeria, a human rights activist said.

Legislators are reopening a debate on whether Kansas should enact special legal protections for people, groups and businesses opposing gay marriage for religious reasons.

Sweden has suspended some of its financial aid to Uganda over a law that toughened punishment for gay people, becoming the fourth donor to do so, its government said in a statement.

Same-sex marriage bells are ringing in a growing number of U.S. states and forward-thinking countries.

Same-sex marriage bells are ringing in a growing number of U.S. states and forward-thinking countries.

A veteran Arizona lawmaker who was a vocal critic of a bill that touched off a national debate over discrimination came out as gay on Wednesday, saying "I wanted to let everyone know I am gay, I'm a Latino and I'm a state senator and it's OK."

The Oxford Board of Aldermen has adopted a resolution that spells out the city's official stance when it comes to discrimination and diversity.

The last few months will likely be remembered as one of the most successful in recent history for progressive causes, candidates, and the people who love them.

Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage on Wednesday, but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support same-sex civil unions.

Record numbers of Americans in a new ABC News/ Washington Post poll support gay marriage, say adoption by gay couples should be legal and see gays and lesbians as good parents.

Illinois' attorney general says county clerks statewide can immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples even though the state law legalizing gay marriage doesn't take effect until June.

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said Tuesday that "homosexuals are not criminals" and shouldn't be sentenced for up to life in prison.

The House is pressing ahead with legislation to roll back a recently enacted overhaul of the federal flood insurance program after homeowners in coastal areas and near rivers that often overflow their banks... The House approved legislation Tuesday night to roll back a recently enacted overhaul of the federal flood insurance program, after ... (more)

Although Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the controversial SB 1062 last week -- the bill that would allow business owners to refuse service to LGBT customers in the name of religion -- some Republican lawmakers and conservatives from around the country are still seething that the measure has been nixed.

A group of Republicans has come out in support of legalizing gay marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, arguing that allowing same-sex unions is consistent with the Western conservative values of freedom and liberty once championed by Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.