Gay/Lesbian News

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups.

A gay-rights group has filed a legal complaint against the Exxon Mobil Corp., accusing it of anti-gay discrimination in handling job applications.

An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a woman convicted of lying about being attacked by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.

The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him.

Former Representative Anthony Weiner has thrown his hat into the Mayoral race for New York City.

Christopher Bryant, editor of gay and lesbian online magazine Polari , was walking home from his birthday celebrations with partner Damon Truluck in Bromley, London when they were confronted by a group of six men on Saturday night.

Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted... When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside ... (more)

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website.

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to don the Boy Scouts uniform.

Democratic Party Chair of Virginia Charniele Herring, state Sen. Adam Ebbin and gay-rights advocate James Parrish held a teleconference Tuesday afternoon lambasting the "dangerous and hateful attacks on gay and lesbian Virginians that Republican candidates Ken Cuccinelli and E.W. Jackson have made a centerpiece of their careers." Herring asked why ... (more)

Sergey Chernov / SPT Two demonstrators at last week's Rainbow Flashmob, which was shut down by City Hall 13 minutes after it began.

Plastic figurines depicting a female couple and a male couple are displayed for sale in Paris, France, April 27, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized there.

The Bay Area will remember Harvey Milk, shown here with Mayor George Moscone, center, and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver at the January 1978 Imperial Court Coronation, with a variety of events starting this weekend From book readings to movie screenings, the Bay Area is marking the annual Harvey Milk Day with a variety of events this year.

Princess for a day... The tableau downshifts from a rosy cheek-to-cheek portrait to trial by combat as crowned heads rotate until eyes are locked in a Mexican standoff.

A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in SoHo and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bias attacks that have shaken the community, officials said.

David Cameron is facing a fresh bout of Tory strife after the coalition's plans to introduce gay marriage cleared the Commons.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly addressed the media today in response to the hate crime killing of Mark Carson and recent wave of assaults against the gay community that has seen two additional incidences in the past 24 hours.

BRASILIA, Brazil -- A conservative party is challenging a judicial ruling that requires all of Brazil's notary publics to register same-sex civil unions as marriages if couples request it.