Nevada

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

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada lawmakers made a strong statement Tuesday, passing a bill that says crimes motivated by hatred of transgender people will not be tolerated in the Silver State. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate, after an hour-long, soul-searching debate about equality, love and marriage passed a resolution late Monday repealing the state's heterosexual definition of marriage, the first step in a long process to recognize gay marriage. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A proposal seeking to clear the way for same-sex marriage in Nevada was amended Friday by the state Senate in a move designed to make it more acceptable to some lawmakers who struggled with their religious convictions. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A Nevada Senate committee has taken a big step to not only repeal the state's heterosexual definition of marriage but to recognize all marriages "regardless of gender." [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada wants a federal court to declare unconstitutional a state law that criminalizes consensual sex between same-sex teenagers as a "crime against nature." [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A Nevada state Senate committee heard testimony on Tuesday on a resolution to repeal the state's constitutional provision that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- People who commit crimes against others because of their gender identity, appearance or expression would be subject to enhanced penalties under a bill passed Thursday by the Nevada Senate. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A resolution to repeal a section of the Nevada Constitution defining marriage as between and man and a woman, paving the way to legalize same-sex marriage, has been introduced in the Nevada Senate. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A Nevada state Senate committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would add gender identity to the list of protected identities in Nevada’s hate crime statute. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Lawmakers are considering a measure to include transgender persons to the list of protected identities in Nevada's hate crime statute. [ Read more → ]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A majority of Nevadans favor repealing the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, according to a newly released survey. [ Read more → ]

An anti-gay marriage group defending Nevada's ban same-sex marriage has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case directly from the federal district court in Reno without waiting for a ruling on the case by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A federal judge in Nevada has rejected a lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal on behalf of eight gay couples challenging the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

RENO, Nev. -- A Fox Radio affiliate in Reno, Nev. has cancelled a public affairs program because the show's host conducted an interview on Aug. 12 with social commentator and LGBT advocate Will Kolb. [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A lesbian couple in Nevada was told by an admissions officer at a local hospital that they would need a medical power of attorney for one partner to make decisions for another in the event of a crisis, despite being in a legal domestic partnership sanctioned by the state. [ Read more → ]

There’s one thing Nevada voters across party lines can agree on: they love them some brothels, according to recent Public Policy Polling. [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A Las Vegas high school student, who came out as transgender male to family and friends last year, will be able to walk in his high school graduation ceremony with the rest of his male classmates after a local television station interceded with school officials. [ Read more → ]

Lambda Legal on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples, challenging Nevada’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

RENO, Nev. -- Nevada business consultant and community activist Lauren Scott has filed to run as a Republican candidate for the state Assembly, and if elected, would be the country's first openly transgender person to serve as a state legislator. [ Read more → ]