Gay/Lesbian News

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm out lesbian Judith Levy to the federal bench.

The U.N. human rights chief says Nigeria's new anti-gay law may have "negative consequences" for public health.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled the property of a Lutheran church in Great Falls belongs to a few dozen members of the congregation who opposed the church's 2010 split with its national denomination over the ordination of gay ministers.

Gov. Steve Beshear says the state has hired a private law firm to represent him in appealing a judge's order for Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries.

America can always count on a loud-mouthed religious leader to lay blame for the world's problems on the gays.

Utah state attorneys told a federal judge Wednesday that it is reasonable to freeze benefits for more than 1,000 newly married gay and lesbian couples because their rights are not permanently vested until an appeal court rules on the state's same-sex marriage ban.

Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the state of Florida, arguing it is discriminating against the couples by not recognizing same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal.

Two gay couples who are plaintiffs in a potentially landmark case challenging Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage are being honored by the American Civil Liberties Union.

An independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon general has concluded there "is no compelling medical reason" for the U.S. armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from Congress, according to a report being released Thursday.

A gay rights advocacy group says it is ending its efforts to get organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade to allow gay military veterans to march.

Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor on the HBO series, has come out as gay, according to WinterIsComing.net .

This alert has been issued based on the fact that Mississippi is on the cusp of passing Senate Bill 2681 -- the so-called "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act" -- through the House, and then sending it to the governor for signature or veto.

Russian authorities refuse to look for the suspects who allegedly blinded a gay man in one of his eyes, according to Gay Star News.

A judge ruled Wednesday that two women who were legally married in Iowa can't divorce in Alabama, which doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.

Two Ugandan gay men were arrested this week after they were caught having sex in a hotel, the Nigerian website Ynajia.com reports.

The claims by a British bisexual teen who said he was viciously attacked because of his sexuality last month are false, according to local authorities, the U.K.'s Lancashire Evening Post reports.

A same-sex couple who lost a legal fight to marry eight years ago will become the first in the UK to have their union legally recognised.

A member of parliament from the Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing for an anti-LGBT bill that mirrors Uganda's controversial measure that was signed into law last month, All Africa reports.

A Kansas House Democrat has drafted a new proposal to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Wednesday morning from four same-sex couples suing Utah over its decision to stop granting benefits to newly married gay couples.