ALBANY, N.Y. -- Just 14 months after the New York State Senate rejected a bill to legalize same sex marriage, Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing to pursue another vote in the current legislative session.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Ten architectural design firms are developing a retirement community in neighboring Rancho Mirage, Calif., that will be focused on creating stylish, high design buildings geared towards gay retirees.

HONOLULU -- The Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday voted to approve civil unions for same-sex couples, moving the proposal back to the state Senate for final consideration.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- A 13-year veteran of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office resigned this week amid allegations that he posted "racial and homophobic" comments on local news websites, using his county computer while on duty.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- While Republican legislators are stepping up efforts to repeal New Hampshire's marriage equality law, a new poll suggests that the majority of voters are not necessarily on their side.

Much attention has been paid to the landmark challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage that another very important case regarding gay couples has gone almost unnoticed. This latter case will be heard before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland's Senate Judicial Proceedings committee heard 7 hours of testimony on Tuesday on whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage, and testimony from at least one marriage equality opponent has had an unintended consequence.

HONOLULU -- Hawaii moved another step closer to granting civil unions for same-sex couples. A bill was approved in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday evening by a vote of 11-2, and now moves to the full House for debate and a vote.

DES MOINES -- An Iowa House Republican has introduced legislation that would allow for legally protected discriminatory business practices -- based on religious grounds -- against those in a same-sex marriage.

“I am sending you this money because I don’t think it’s fair that gay people are not treated equally.” That note, accompanied by a donation of $70, was received by the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, and signed by Malcolm — a 7 year-old-boy.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Mitchell Reich, a second year at Harvard Law School, has been elected the first openly gay president of the Harvard Law Review, a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

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.

CLAYTON, N.C. -- A fire that gutted the home of a gay couple who had been victims of harassment for more than a year, is being investigated as arson, and possible hate crime.

VONORE, Tenn. -- A lesbian couple in Tennessee who home was burned to the ground last September, has filed a lawsuit against the woman they believe set the fire -- their next-door neighbor.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Lincoln Chafee’s support of marriage equality for same-sex couples isn’t sitting well with the National Organization For Marriage (NOM). They’re spending thousands more on a new ad attacking the Governor.