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Dr. Paul Melchert (left) and his husband James Zimmerman, with their twin boys.

Study: Marriage leads to improved health for same-sex couples and their children

Indian eunuchs dance after Supreme Court’s verdict recognizing third gender category, in Nagpur, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. India's top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender rights as human rights, saying people can identify themselves as a third gender on official documents.

India's supreme court recognizes transgender people as third gender

Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages

Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages

Nicole, left, and Pam Yorksmith, a Cincinnati couple who married in California in 2008 and have a 3-year-old son, are among the four couples who filed the lawsuit challenging Ohio's gay marriage ban.

Ohio same-sex couples eagerly await Monday's marriage ruling

Advocate for homeless LGBT youth calls on Pope to end religion’s anti-gay messaging

Advocate for homeless LGBT youth calls on Pope to end religion's anti-gay messaging

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Pastor says God sparked massive fire in Chile over same-sex civil unions

U.S. anti-gay hate group leader Peter LaBarbera arrested in Canada

Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages

Advocate for homeless LGBT youth calls on Pope to end religion’s anti-gay messaging

Coalition of Miss. businesses want LGBT customers to know they’re welcome

Louisiana

Louisiana House kills bill to repeal unconstitutional sodomy law

Ohio

Ohio man gets prison time for trying to ‘push the gay out’ of disabled brother

Ohio

Ohio school board debates policy to ban discrimination against gay teachers

Ohio

Federal judge considers staying Ohio same-sex marriage ruling

Ohio

Language approved for ballot initiative to repeal Ohio same-sex marriage ban

Ohio

Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages

Ohio

Federal judge expected to issue key ruling on Ohio same-sex marriage ban

Michigan

ACLU files suit to enforce legal rights of newly married Mich. same-sex couples

Michigan

Michigan ban on same-sex domestic partner benefits back in court

Ohio

Ohio same-sex couples eagerly await Monday’s marriage ruling

Mississippi

Coalition of Miss. businesses want LGBT customers to know they’re welcome

Nevada

Nevada GOP removes opposition to gay marriage, abortion from platform

Pennsylvania

Police identify suspect they say raped, robbed Canadian visitor he met on Grindr

Oregon

Oregon City high school students protest Day of Silence with anti-gay t-shirts

Utah

Utah AG says defense of state’s gay marriage ban is not about hate

Nevada

Nevada Republican party mulls social issues’ place in platform

Ohio

Cab drivers quit over promotional ads for Cleveland’s Gay Games

Illinois

Bill to ban conversion therapy on gay youth fails in Ill. state House

Texas

School district reinstates suspended transgender substitute teacher

Virginia

Va. attorney general files brief supporting same-sex marriage

Pennsylvania

Canadian visitor assaulted, beaten, robbed after meeting man on Grindr

National Headlines

What’s next in the legal odyssey to achieve marriage equality across the land?

Jimmy Carter speaking at Civil Rights Summit in Texas

Mormon leader outlines opposition to gay marriage at church’s biannual conference

Mozilla CEO resignation: Free speech suppressed, or free market at work?

Judge rules discrimination case against Library of Congress can move forward

Same-sex spouses to be recognized for Medicare eligibility, enrollment

Asia

UN condemns Brunei law that calls for death by stoning for gay sex

Asia

India’s supreme court recognizes transgender people as third gender

Europe

Finnish postal service to issue ‘Tom of Finland’ gay male erotica stamps

Europe

Malta Parliament votes to legalize same-sex civil unions, adoptions

World News

UN conference provokes heated debate on gay rights

Africa

Africa’s anti-gay movement spreads to Ethiopia

Newsmakers

Anti-gay hate group leader back to U.S. after spending night in jail in Canada

U.S. anti-gay hate group leader Peter LaBarbera arrested in Canada

The five worst religious right claims about safe schools initiatives

Hate group leader Peter LaBarbera detained at Canadian airport

Boies, Olson: ‘We’re trying to bring marriage equality to every state in the Union’

NBA Hall of Famer says gay athletes face same question black athletes once faced

Study: Marriage leads to improved health for same-sex couples and their children

6th annual gay pride parade takes over Florida’s South Beach

The path of acceptance vs. the path of rejection

Advocate for homeless LGBT youth calls on Pope to end religion’s anti-gay messaging

Annual ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to ‘silencing effect’ of anti-LGBT bullying

New food festival to celebrate LGBT chefs, food luminaries

Arts • Entertainment

Film

‘Hunger Games’ top winner at MTV Movie Awards, Leto wins ‘best transformation’

MEDIA

Jennifer Lopez, Laverne Cox honored with GLAAD Media Awards

Books & Authors

Leslie Cheung’s biography: 11 years after his death, fans remember his warmth

Theatre

Broadway: Terrence McNally’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ gentle, moving

Television

7 years after calling co-star a ‘faggot,’ Isaiah Washington returns to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Music

Exiled Iranian pop icon’s song about gay love causing stir in Islamic republic