The Mormon church handed out their new 2010 version of the handbook used by leaders in their church over the weekend. Some are saying their positions on homosexuality have lightened, but have they really?

The Mormon (LDS) church has announced that they have changed many of their policies towards homosexuality. At their leadership conference on Saturday, broadcast to church leaders worldwide, will be the new version of the leadership handbook.

We have lost another beautiful life. Colt David Hansen, 28, passed away Wednesday evening after a lifelong struggle against the Mormon Church which he felt never accepted him because he was gay.

The Mormon Church is trying to perform some sleight of hand, and hoping no one notices. On their online version of Boyd K. Packer’s hate-speech, they’ve changed some of the most critical words -– possibly in response to the national outrage against them.

An estimated 4,500 gay rights advocates gathered outside the headquarters of the Mormon church Thursday evening to protest recent remarks from a church leader that homosexuality is an immoral condition that can and should be overcome.

Updated 7/26/10: Last week, Todd Ransom, a 28 year-old gay man from Orem, Utah, committed suicide. While it is unclear why exactly Ransom took his life, friends report that he struggled to reconcile his sexual orientation with his Mormon upbringing.

The Mormon Church has agreed to pay a $5000 fine for failing to report some campaign staff contributions it made in support of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure in [...]

[caption id="attachment_6776" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Johnson"][/caption] Rep. Christine Johnson, one of Utah's two openly gay lawmakers, will step down from her seat in the State House at year's end, according to [...]

On Friday, three Democratic lawmakers announced they are dropping bills -- until 2011 -- that would provide anti-discrimination protections, probate rights and adoption rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender [...]

Utah lesbian lawmaker, Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake City) has announced she's a surrogate mother, carrying a baby for two gay men. In April, Johnson (pictured) offered to be a [...]

Salt Lake has its first openly gay city council member, reports KTVX-TV. On Monday afternoon, Stan Penfold (pictured) took the oath of office, in both a historic and emotional day. [...]

A man once on the Salt Lake City Police Department's "Most Wanted" list has been sentenced to probation and a year in jail for 2008 attack that SLC police have [...]

Utah's first openly gay state senator will be resigning from office effective the end of this week to focus more time on practicing law, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. [caption [...]

In a rare move, the LDS Church announced Tuesday night its support of Salt Lake City's proposed ordinances protecting gay and transgender people from discrimination in housing and employment, the [...]

Like Mormon pioneers in the 1850s, gay-rights supporters pulled a handcart through Salt Lake City on Wednesday in what they dubbed a "rescue" mission, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. [...]