Nevada

There’s one thing Nevada voters across party lines can agree on: they love them some brothels, according to recent Public Policy Polling. [ Read more → ]

Nevada and Maine could see the number of openly gay state lawmakers triple after Victory Fund-endorsed candidates advanced in primary elections this week, while in California, nine LGBT state legislative candidates won their primaries, setting the state up to elect the largest LGBT caucus ever. [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A Las Vegas high school student, who came out as transgender male to family and friends last year, will be able to walk in his high school graduation ceremony with the rest of his male classmates after a local television station interceded with school officials. [ Read more → ]

Lambda Legal on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples, challenging Nevada’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

RENO, Nev. -- Nevada business consultant and community activist Lauren Scott has filed to run as a Republican candidate for the state Assembly, and if elected, would be the country's first openly transgender person to serve as a state legislator. [ Read more → ]

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney claimed another victory on Saturday in the GOP primary contests by coming out on top in the Nevada caucus. The former Massachusetts governor was expected to win because polls throughout the week placed him well ahead of his competitors. [ Read more → ]

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday signed into law two bills that extend discrimination protections for transgender people. [ Read more → ]

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed into law a bill that prohibits workplace discrimination against transgender people. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada state Assembly on Tuesday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity and expression. [ Read more → ]

LAS VEGAS -- Late Wednesday, I couldn't get relief from a nagging feeling that there was something awry about the hullabaloo that erupted regarding a transgender woman named Stephanie who alleged she was banned for life from the Cosmopolitan after being confronted recently for using... [ Read more → ]

The Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas has come under fire from the LGBT community and its allies after a report surfaced on a hospitality blog last week that a transgender guest was banned for life from the hotel and casino -- for using an empty women’s restroom. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada Senate on Monday approved two bills that would prohibit discrimination against gays and transgender individuals in housing and public accommodations, but rejected a third bill that would have added added crimes against gays and transsexuals to Nevada's list of hate crimes. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada state Assembly has approved a bill that would protect transgender people from workplace discrimination. The bill, approved by a vote of 29-13, now goes to the Senate for consideration. [ Read more → ]

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Sharron Angle believes the clergy should be allowed to endorse candidates from the pulpit and opposes laws allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children, according to a questionnaire obtained by The Associated Press. [ Read more → ]

Equality has prevailed... Nevada's brothels may soon be hiring male sex workers. Men may now join the ranks of Nevada’s brothel prostitutes, after a unanimous decision Friday to amend the state’s health codes in order for men to legally work as prostitutes, reports the Las... [ Read more → ]

The cities of El Paso, Texas, and Reno, Nev., voted this week in favor of extending health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city employees, including gay and lesbian couples. [ Read more → ]

The Nevada secretary of state's office will take applications starting Monday from both gay and straight couples who want to take advantage of Nevada's new domestic partners law. [ Read more → ]