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I survived a plague. It once seemed unfathomable I’d ever write such words, let alone experience just such a cataclysmic event. Growing up in a bland but largely protected Southern California suburb in the 60s and 70s, I had no clue what lie ahead.. [ Read more → ]

I can not help but be in awe of the horrible force that homophobia still exerts in our world. It is the force that inspires a mob to destroy a teenage girl, it is the power that drives a family to abandon a daughter at a time when she needs them most, and, worst of all, it is a hatred that through its destruction can turn the brightest, most unconditional love a human being can experience in on itself and into a dark and evil grief that devours every iota of life... [ 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 → ]

NEW YORK — Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village. [ Read more → ]

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its controversial membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. [ Read more → ]

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. [ Read more → ]

For those of you who wonder why it is I continue to write about equality issues and continue to ask you all to not give up the fight for what is right and just in this world, and wonder why marriage equality is so very important, it is because of Carolyn Compton, Page Price and their children. They are the reason. And because it could be you or me standing in a court room, watching helplessly as a homophobic judge wields his gavel down on us... [ Read more → ]

NEW YORK – GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, on Friday announced the resignation of President Herndon Graddick. [ Read more → ]

McKINNEY, Texas -- A Texas judge has invoked a "morality clause" in a lesbian mother's divorce from her husband, requiring that the woman's current partner of three years vacate their home "in the interest and welfare" of the divorced couple's children. [ Read more → ]

POCATELLO, Idaho — Pocatello city officials met with an attorney for a Washington, D.C.-based conservative group brought in by the Mormon church a few weeks before councilors rejected an ordinance intended to protect LGBT people from discrimination. [ Read more → ]

TBILISI, Georgia — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there. [ Read more → ]

PARIS -- France's constitutional council, the country's highest constitutional authority, on Friday rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new marriage equality law, saying the law is constitutional. [ Read more → ]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. [ Read more → ]

RED LION, Pa. -- A transgender student in central Pennsylvania is continuing his fight to be announced by his male name at graduation next month. [ Read more → ]

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal's Parliament has passed a law allowing same-sex married couples to adopt their partners' children, but lawmakers rejected legislation granting gay couples the same adoption rights as heterosexuals. [ Read more → ]

LGBT rights advocates observed the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (or IDAHO) in more than 100 countries around the world Friday, commemorating the May 17, 1990 decision by the World Health Organization that decategorized homosexuality as a mental disorder. [ Read more → ]

PHOENIX — An effort to allow people to sue over potential violations of religious liberty cleared the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday despite opposition from civil liberties groups who warn the measure will inspire waves of lawsuits over alleged First Amendment violations. [ Read more → ]

RICHLAND, Wash. — A florist targeted by two lawsuits for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has filed her own lawsuit against Washington state, claiming the state is violating her religious beliefs. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A resolution to abolish Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage has passed an Assembly committee. [ Read more → ]

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut bill that would restore state benefits to gay and lesbian veterans discharged under the U.S. military's former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is moving to the governor's desk. [ Read more → ]