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The Nevada Assembly gave final approval to Senate Bill 139, legislation that would add gender identity and expression to the state’s hate crimes law. “This does not afford victims special rights. This is a statement of what our society is, and ...

Queer Rising, a grassroots organization created to demand full equality for all queer people through nonviolent direct action, held a rally to protest and bring awareness to the four recent anti-gay violent attacks that have occurred over the past 10 ...

Senator Justin C. Jones, a Mormon, said he sees his gay brother-in-law each Sunday at church and couldn't bring himself to vote against extending him marriage rights despite a threat from one of the earliest proponents of the gay. "I would ...

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend. The decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born ...

Gay Former Tucson Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe, 70, plans to marry his partner, Hector Alfonso, of eight years today in Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage is allowed by law.  Kolbe said he met Alfonso, a teacher from Panama, at a farewell party at ...

After serving thirteen months, GLAAD President Herndon Graddick resigned. Graddick had been previously served as Vice President of Programs and Communications since 2010 with GLAAD. "I'm proud to leave GLAAD with a stronger, more efficient organization and an incredibly talented and ...

Minnesota Democratic Governor Mark Dayton signed the state's marriage equality bill into law establishing equal civil rights to marry for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples. The bill was passed by the state senate six months after voters rejected ...

In 2002, Nevada banned same-gender marriage via its constitution. In 2009, the legislature created domestic partnerships. On April 22, 2013, a joint resolution to repeal the state’s same-gender marriage ban and approve same-gender marriage was approved by the Nevada Senate. ...

Democrat Karen Peterson, a state senator in Delaware, came out as gay on Tuesday during debate on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. During the debate, Peterson said, “No one chose to be gay. We are what God made us. We ...

Oprah Winfrey recently interviewed openly gay NBA player, Jason Collins. The interview included Jason, his twin brother Jarron and his wife Elsa, their parents Portia and Paul and his aunt Teri Jackson, San Francisco's first female African American Superior Court ...