New York

Lambda Legal on Thursday filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Sizzler Restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, on behalf a woman who was targeted because "she did not conform to the stereotypes of how a woman should look," according to the complaint. [ Read more → ]

After legalizing same-sex marriages last month, New York State now has joined Massachusetts in challenging the federal governments Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). [ Read more → ]

The Wall Street Journal on Monday called out the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for what it calls “deceptive advertising” in its sore-loser campaign entitled “Let the People Vote.” [ Read more → ]

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y. -- A so-called christian family values group has filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn New York's same-sex marriage law less than twenty four hours after it took effect yesterday. The group -- New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, led by Reverend Jason... [ Read more → ]

About a dozen protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., gathered outside of Manhattan Clerks office this morning to protest the legalization of marriage equality in New York State. [ Read more → ]

At 12:01 a.m., July 24, 2011, New York became the sixth and most populous U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo -- who just 30 days ago signed the state's Marriage Equality Act into law -- on Sunday morning, issued an Executive Proclamation, declaring July 24, 2011 as a "Day to Commemorate Marriage Equality" in the Empire State. [ Read more → ]

NIAGARA FALLS — New York State ushered in same-sex marriage at 12:01 a.m. with the wedding of a Buffalo couple, punctuating the end of a long fight for gay-rights activists. [ Read more → ]

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples in New York will say "I Do" on Sunday, as the state's Marriage Equality Act takes effect in just one hour. [ Read more → ]

The anti-marriage equality group, New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, has established what they are calling “The Courage Fund,” a fund to support any individual (such as municipal clerks) who have to choose between their job and their “religious beliefs” on marriage. [ Read more → ]

In an act of appreciation and in solidarity with the greater LGBTQ community of the Empire State, when New York's first same-sex marriages commence this Sunday, the New York state flag will fly above San Francisco's famed Castro neighborhood. [ Read more → ]

The National Organization for Marriage and their BFF, New York state Senator, and Reverend, Ruben Diaz Sr., are calling upon their flock to rally against marriage equality on Sunday, the day New York state legalizes same-sex unions. [ Read more → ]

New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on first day that the state's Marriage Equality Act takes effect, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday. [ Read more → ]

The National Organization for Marriage this week launched its first strike in a $2 million retaliation campaign against seven New York state senators that it says "were responsible for the imposition of same-sex marriage in New York." [ Read more → ]

The Alliance Defense Fund is coming to the aid of New York city and town clerks, advising them that it’s perfectly legal to discriminate against gay couples when issuing marriage licenses, because state statute requires New York employers “accommodate sincerely held religious beliefs.” [ Read more → ]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rewarded four Republican state senators who voted for the state's Marriage Equality Act with significant campaign contributions. [ Read more → ]

The town clerk in Barker, N.Y. has announced her resignation to avoid having to issue marriage licenses to gay couples when New York's marriage equality law takes effect July 24. [ Read more → ]

Openly gay performer Ari Gold reports being ordered to sit in the back of the bus this weekend for holding hands with his male companion. Channeling Rosa Parks, Gold refused. [ Read more → ]

Lambda Legal on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. [ Read more → ]

As New York state prepares to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples later this month, at least one county is reminding local officials there will be consequences for refusing marriage licenses to gay couples. [ Read more → ]