SALT LAKE CITY -- A Mormon bishop on Sunday apologized for the way gays are treated and perceived by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, calling it "an atrocity."

HOUSTON — In a strongly worded editorial, the Houston Chronicle on Sunday retracted its endorsement of a school board candidate after his campaign released an anti-gay flyer directed at his opponent, calling it “obvious gay bashing.”

TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey Superior Court judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit filed by the state's largest LGBT advocacy group, which seeks to force the state to recognize same-sex marriage, can go forward.

BEL AIR, Md. -- Students in a suburban Baltimore high school's drama club are rejoicing after school administrators reversed a decision that would have prevented them from staging a play that included a scene in which two young men come to realize they are attracted to each other.

An Illinois gay couple has filed complaints with the state's Human Rights Commission against two bed-and-breakfast inns that have allegedly refused to host their civil union ceremony, telling the couple they only host "traditional weddings" and that the Bible says that "homosexuality is wrong."

Statewide LGBT advocacy and education group Equality North Carolina has released new data from a recent Elon University poll showing a majority of North Carolinians oppose an anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment that would ban marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.

A student at Unioto High School has been charged with felony assault in the beating of gay teen whose mother said he was targeted because of his sexual orientation. The beating was captured on video using a cell phone and later posted to Facebook.

The Michigan state Senate on Wednesday passed the "Matt's Safe School Law," an anti-bullying bill that contained a last minute addition by senate Republicans that essentially nullified the bill by allowing an exception to the law for "a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”

LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- The parent of an 11th grade Lexington High School student said her son, Kasey Landrum, 16, was issued an in-school suspension after he was caught wearing makeup 10 minutes after school ended.

RENO, Lamar County, Texas -- The Lamar County District Attorney's office told LGBTQ Nation Wednesday that three men have been arrested and charged in the malicious wounding of 26 year old Burke Burnett last weekend in Reno, Texas.

California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani announced Tuesday that she is gay and wanted to come out in order to help young people who may be struggling with their sexual identity. She becomes one of eight openly gay members of the state legislature.

Former Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell is claiming in a new lawsuit filed in federal court, that prominent Detroit attorney Deborah Gordon used information she had gathered from prior cases in an effort question his professional behavior and reputation, a move Shirvell contends led to his firing.

RENO, Lamar County, Texas -- An openly gay Texas man was brutally attacked at a private party early Sunday, sustaining second-degree burns and severe bruises, and requiring over 30 stitches to close stab wounds to his torso, forearm, and forehead near his left eye.

CONCORD, N.H. -- The primary sponsor of a bill that would add a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has decided not to pursue the measure, hoping instead that the legislature is successful in repealing the state's existing marriage equality law.

SAN DIEGO -- The superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District is furious over threats and hate mail sent to a local school, after a lesbian couple was voted in as homecoming king and queen.