A prominent gay rights organization says eight of 17 Washington-area hospitals do not explicitly include a reference to sexual orientation in their patient nondiscrimination policies. The report released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation follows President Barack Obama’s mandate that...

The Minnesota Family Council is attempting to intervene in opposition to a lawsuit seeking legal gay marriage in Minnesota. The group is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorney Jordan Lorence, who frequently represents conservative Christian groups around the country in gay rights cases. He’s...

Saturday, May 29th, members of Gay Liberation Network and Join the Impact participated in a rally and march called to protest Arizona’s recent racial profiling legislation designed to harass all Latinos and Latinas there and trap the undocumented. We gathered at the Mexican independence plaza...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, today released a newly obtained document from the National Guard Bureau showing 630 additional discharges pursuant to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law...

LOS ANGELES — A gay rights group is demanding an apology from Newsweek magazine for a recent story that the group says suggested gay actors can’t play straight characters. “An actor’s personal life should not be a factor in their believability in a role,” said Jarrett Barrios,...

BOSTON – A Roman Catholic school has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students have...

Ask Gov. Lingle To Sign The Civil Unions Bill! In a stunning and courageous move, the Hawaii House of Representatives passed HB444 by a 31-20 vote April 29, sending the civil unions bill to Gov. Linda Lingle’s desk. Take three minutes to visit Equality Hawaii’s web-site today and tell Gov....

Openly gay Massachusetts state senator, Stanley C. Rosenberg, encouraged the 2010 University of Massachusetts graduating class to continue to fight for freedom. Although Massachusetts was the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage, Rosenberg assures the UMass graduating class that the...

This week, both the Georgia and Massachusetts State Senates unanimously approved legislation which substantially extends anti-bullying provisions in schools. In Georgia, House Bill 927 does not provide enumerated categories for protection from bullying, but does provide for any student experiencing...

This year, we’ve seen a BOOM in court cases and headline news stories regarding our LGBT youth’s efforts to get their voices heard. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been prouder and more inspired. Although many of the cases involve actions against our youth that I’d...