Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY --- A nonbinding resolution to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman and support the federal Defense of Marriage Act has been approved in the Oklahoma Senate. [ Read more → ]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Weighing in on the recently energized debate around gay marriage, the Oklahoma House approved a resolution without opposition Monday to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman and support the federal Defense of Marriage Act. [ Read more → ]

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma (ACLU) has announced that it will represent a transgender woman who was denied a name change by an Oklahoma judge who told her “you can’t change what God gave you.” [ Read more → ]

An Oklahoma judge has repeatedly denied transgender women their petitions for a name change to reflect their female identity, ruling that the requests were made for a fraudulent purpose. [ Read more → ]

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- An Oklahoma lesbian was attacked this week after months of anti-gay slurs and verbal harassment escalated into a brutal assault. [ Read more → ]

EDMOND, Okla. -- An Oklahoma gay man says he awoke in the early morning hours on July 21 to the noise two men dressed in black and wearing face masks vandalizing his car -- he said one of the suspects threw something in his vehicle that caused an explosion and fire, while the man other fled. [ Read more → ]

TULSA, Okla. -- An Oklahoma teen was brutally beaten at a party this weekend, and it appears homophobia was the central factor in the attack. [ Read more → ]

OKLAHOMA CITY - A bill to reinstate the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the Oklahoma National Guard has been derailed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives leadership. [ Read more → ]

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Oklahoma state Rep. Al McAffrey, was elected to the state Senate in a special election on Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay Oklahoma state senator. [ Read more → ]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City Republican lawmaker has introduced a measure that would reinstate the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy to ban openly gay service members in the Oklahoma National Guard. [ Read more → ]

The Oklahoma City Council this week voted to add sexual orientation to the city's employment non-discrimination policy after a debate that lasted more than half of the council meeting. [ Read more → ]

Oklahoma lawmakers have voted against strengthening the state’s anti-bullying laws. [ Read more → ]

"Homosexual conduct" is still a crime in Texas -- and at least three other states -- eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down the state’s sodomy law, and invalidated similar laws across the country. [ Read more → ]

An Oklahoma teen has committed suicide, barely one week after attending a local City Council meeting where a debate over whether or not the city would recognize October as LGBT History Month got “toxic,” with many homophobic statements thrown around in front of him. [ Read more → ]

An Oklahoma man who sued the state over a proposed "IM GAY" license plate likely died of an accidental drug overdose, and not from injuries he allegedly received from Tulsa police officers. [caption id="attachment_8160" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Kimmel"][/caption] According to an autopsy report from the Office... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7599" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kimmel"][/caption] An Oklahoma man who made headlines earlier this year when he sued the Oklahoma Tax Commission to have “I’M GAY” printed on his license plate, was found dead in his Norman, OK apartment Wednesday morning, just two days after filing... [ Read more → ]

An Oklahoma man is suing the state for rejecting his application for a personalized license plate that proclaims IM GAY. "I want to tell people who I am and what I am. I’m proud of it. I’m openly gay. I’m not hiding,” said Keith Kimmel. "What better way [...] [ Read more → ]

TULSA, OK -- What should have been a 10-minute walk to a friend's house ended with a trip to the hospital for Brandon Patrick, a Tulsan who said he was severely beaten Sunday night because of his sexual orientation, reports the Tulsa World. [caption id="attachment_1797"... [ Read more → ]