INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Indiana GOP Lawmakers are rushing to revive a bill that targeted specialty auto license plates before the scheduled end of the legislative session on Friday.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's Republican dominated legislature on Tuesday passed a measure that makes teaching sex education optional for the state's schools, and prohibits any instruction about homosexuality or the use of contraception.

A new poll suggests that Maine voters are likely to reverse their 2009 decision and legalize same-sex marriage when the issue is once again considered at the ballot box later this year.

SUFFOLK, Va. -- The Suffolk, Va. school board has abandoned a plan that would have prohibited gender-cross dressing after the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia threatened to file a lawsuit if the school district implemented the new policy.

BOSTON -- Three Iowa Supreme Court justices who were ousted from the bench in a retention vote after ruling that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, will be honored with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, according to an announcement by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

FLORENCE, Ariz. -- The former boyfriend of embattled Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Paul Babeu has filed a $1 million notice of claim against the sheriff and the county.

COON RAPIDS, Minn. -- The Anoka-Hennepin School District on Monday night voted to accept a settlement agreement with six former and current district students who had filed two lawsuits over a policy requiring staff to remain neutral on topics related to sexual orientation.

FLINT, Mich. -- The Flint city council on Monday passed an non-discrimination ordinance that includes crucial protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in housing and public accommodations.

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. -- A 17-year-old openly gay high school student was issued a three-day suspension last week for refusing to remove a pair of high heels he was wearing.

DOVER, Del. -- Delaware Governor Jack Markell on Friday predicted marriage equality in his state is "inevitable," and expects Delaware to take up same-sex marriage legislation "probably within the next few years."

BOSTON -- Students at Northeastern University have blocked fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant on its Boston campus, citing the chains financial support of anti-gay rights organizations.

A new poll suggests that New Jersey voters' support for marriage equality has reach a new high, but that two-thirds of voters want to decide the measure at the ballot box, rather than allow the state legislature to make the change.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A proposed amendment to undo Ohio’s 2004 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage ban was submitted Thursday to the state Attorney General. The amendment would change the state's Constitution to read that the definition of marriage would be “a union of two consenting adults, regardless of gender.”

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee high school principal who reportedly told students during an assembly that gay students were going to hell, has resigned.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed the historic bill making Maryland next in line to join D.C. and six other states in recognizing same-sex marriage. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)