Brody Levesque

MIAMI -- In separate statements on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the attorney for Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old high school senior facing felony sex offender charges stemming from her relationship with her 14-year-old girlfriend, condemned the actions of prosecutors handling the case. [ Read more → ]

SEBASTIAN, Fla. -- A Florida high school senior is facing two years of house arrest, probation and a lifetime as a registered sex offender after engaging in a same-sex relationship with another student. [ Read more → ]

MOSCOW -- As news spread over the weekend of the horrific torture and murder of a young gay man in southern Russia, LGBTQ activists in the country are warning that such violence is escalating rapidly and with more frequency. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that if the Senate Judiciary Committee attached an amendment to include provisions for same-sex bi-national couples in the pending immigration reform bill, he'll pull his support. [ Read more → ]

VOLGOGRAD, Russia -- Two men have been arrested for torturing a 23-year-old man to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday expressed concerns over whether or not the final draft of a comprehensive immigration reform bill would contain protections for foreign-born partners of gay Americans, but would not commit to voting for such an amendment. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- Republicans in the U.S. Senate are warning that efforts to include an amendment that offers a path to legal residency for foreign-born partners of gay Americans would derail an immigration package currently being considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee. [ Read more → ]

STROUD, Okla. -- A Texas man is speaking out after being separated since 2011 from his partner of more than three decades, in hopes that other gay couples will learn from his ordeal and take the legal steps necessary to prevent hostile interference from others. [ Read more → ]

AARHUS, Denmark -- Scientists and researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark say they believe there will be a breakthrough in finding a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) “within months.” [ Read more → ]

NOVO-OGAREVO, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned that agreements with other countries on the matter of adoption of Russian children may be changed to ban such adoptions if those countries legalize same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

TIRANA, Albania -- The Albanian Prime Minister, in a historic first for this tiny Balkan nation, met Monday with two LGBT activists to express his full support for LGBT rights and same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Eric Fanning, currently serving as Deputy Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy, to be the Undersecretary of the Air Force. [ Read more → ]

LOS ANGELES -- The brother of Brett Shaad, the 33-year-old West Hollywood man who died Saturday after contracting a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, is lashing out over media coverage of his brother's death. [ Read more → ]

MORRIS, Manitoba, Canada -- A gay couple in Canada said they are closing their Manitoba restaurant after just four months because of ongoing anti-gay abuse leveled against them and their employees by local residents. [ Read more → ]

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- As the nation's highest court deliberates two critical cases that will set legal precedence for same-sex couples in the U.S., across the river in Virginia a new poll shows little support for marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

Reports by an LGBT activist group in Africa that a gay Somalian teenager was stoned to death last week as a punishment for the crime of homosexuality, and widely reported by LGBT bloggers on Wednesday, may prove to be false. [ Read more → ]

The Republican party on Monday unveiled a road map for a new, more inclusive GOP aimed at attract minority voters, including "welcoming" attitudes on gay rights -- but minutes after unveiling the proposal, the party chairman distanced himself from it, and some conservatives and tea partyers balked. [ Read more → ]

LONDON -- Debate is raging between LGBT advocates over whether Queen Elizabeth II supports gay rights following a ceremony Monday in which the 86-year-old monarch signed a charter which calls for an end to discrimination across the 54 Commonwealth nations. [ Read more → ]

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada -- A Canadian foreign affairs official acknowledged Friday that there are ongoing efforts to fund grassroots Ugandan LGBTQ advocacy organizations who are battling efforts by the Ugandan Parliament to pass that country’s proposed anti-homosexuality bill. [ Read more → ]

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Despite hearing testimony that LGBT youth were three times more likely to take their own lives as opposed to their straight peers, Chambersburg Pennsylvania School Board Member on Wednesday voted against allowing a gay-straight alliance to be established at a local high school. [ Read more → ]