Indiana

In a wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County, Indiana Superior Court, the surviving spouse of a Chicago-area lesbian couple is seeking to have the state of Indiana recognize her as legally entitled to damages. [ Read more → ]

In a bizarre turn of events, embattled Indiana state representative Phillip Hinkle has admitted to paying a young man $80 -- but claims that he wasn't paying for a sexual encounter. Hinkle, 64, acknowledged that he paid 18-year-old Kameryn Gibson "to have a good time,"... [ Read more → ]

A sudden fluke windstorm that collapsed the stage Saturday evening at the Indiana State Fair, has claimed the lives of five people, including Chicago LGBT activist, Christina Santiago. [ Read more → ]

An anti-gay Indiana Republican state lawmaker has been caught in a gay sex scandal, accused of offering an 18-year-old male cash for "a really good time." [ Read more → ]

A 22-year-old straight man from Gary, Indiana has been prohibited from donating blood at a local blood and plasma center because, after undergoing routine screening procedures, was told that he "appeared to be a homosexual." [ Read more → ]

A jury in Indiana has convicted Michael Griffin, an ex-Marine, for the murder of 53-year-old Don Belton, an openly gay professor at Indiana University. [ Read more → ]

The Indiana state Senate on Tuesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban both gay marriage as well as civil unions. [ Read more → ]

The Indiana state Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 -- along party lines -- this week to advance a constitutional amendment which bans both gay marriage as well as civil unions. [ Read more → ]

An openly gay Indiana teen claims he was lured into a high school restroom and gay bashed, while other students looked on. Now his family is speaking out about why they think this should be investigated as a hate crime. [ Read more → ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Indiana House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure to create a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The bipartisan vote was 70-26. [ Read more → ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- An amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Indiana moved forward on Monday, as a House committee voted in favor of sending the bill to the House floor. [ Read more → ]

A local ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation has prompted the city of Indianapolis to launch an investigation against a bake shop for refusing to fill an order from a gay-rights group. The city is investigating whether the owner of "Just Cookies" engaged in... [ Read more → ]

A support group for gay and lesbian teenagers is suing the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles over their refusal to to issue a specialty license plate for the group. The Indiana Youth Group helps children in the gay, lesbian and transgender community. Volunteers travel throughout... [ Read more → ]

A 15-year-old Indiana teen took his own life last week in what is thought to be another suicide at least partially connected to school bullying, a result of the teen's perceived sexual orientation. [ Read more → ]

The South Bend Common Council has voted to table the human rights ordinance that would have extended employment discrimination protection to its gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender citizens. [ Read more → ]

The Indiana Senate revived a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages Thursday, approving the measure and sending it to the Democratic-controlled House, where it's likely to meet a quick death. The 38-10 vote marked the fourth time the Senate has approved such a provision, which must... [ Read more → ]

The nation's ongoing debate over same-sex marriage took the stage this week in the Indiana Statehouse, where a Senate committee endorsed a constitutional amendment to ban the practice. State law already prohibits same-sex marriage, but supporters of the amendment are making the argument that without... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_4681" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Don Belton"][/caption] Monroe County Prosecutors have officially charged 25-year-old Michael Griffin in the murder of an Indiana University professor. A neighbor found the body of 53-year-old Don Belton in his Bloomington home on December 28, reports WYHR-TV. When the judge asked... [ Read more → ]

Out Word Bound, Indianapolis' only gay and lesbian bookstore, will close its doors after Christmas, reports the Indianapolis Star. "It has been a good run," owners Mary Byrne and Tammara Tracy wrote in an e-mail to customers Wednesday. For more than a decade, the downtown... [ Read more → ]

SOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Joe Paolucci, who along with his twin sons and his partner, Thomas Hitchcock, have been banned from all Wal-Mart stores -- not because they stole anything, but because they resisted being taken out of sight by store employees who falsely accused... [ Read more → ]