Arizona

A gay intern, who had been working for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) for only five days, is credited with helping to save the Congresswoman's life after she took a gunshot wound to the head while appearing at a public event in Tucson, Ariz. Saturday. [ Read more → ]

TUCSON, Ariz. -- U. S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) is in critical condition after undergoing surgery after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head while appearing at a public event in Tucson, Ariz. today. Six people were killed in the mass shooting incident, including a federal judge. [ Read more → ]

A federal judge on Friday issued an injunction preventing the State of Arizona from enforcing a law that would have prevented lesbian and gay state employees and their domestic partners from receiving health benefits, referring to it as illegal discrimination. [ Read more → ]

Is Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) wooing the gay vote? Look who showed up on the website "Guys with iPhones" on Friday, a website that caters to mostly gay (and naked) men with nothing more than an iPhone and a mirror. Thankfully, McCain's pic was G-rated.... [ Read more → ]

Former Arizona congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is afraid allowing same-sex marriages could lead to bestiality. In a radio interview in Florida, Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Arizona [...] [ Read more → ]

A gay rights group has filed suit seeking damages for state employees whose families will lose their health-care coverage following the elimination this year of domestic-partner benefits. [ Read more → ]

PHOENIX -- Domestic partners are being eliminated from Arizona state employee benefits just a year after they were added to the benefits plan, reports the Arizona Daily Star. [ Read more → ]