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  • Anti-gay group calls for federal probe of HRC, IRS

    The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the anti-gay group leading efforts to oppose same-sex marriage laws, is calling for a federal investigation of the Human Rights Campaign and the IRS.

  • Federal judge: Denial of benefits to same-sex spouse is discriminatory

    SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge this week ruled that the denial of insurance coverage to the same-sex spouse of a federal court employee in San Francisco was an act of discrimination.

  • Advocates seeking to overturn Defense of Marriage Act optimistic

    BOSTON — There was optimism in the air outside the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse after advocates seeking to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act emerged from the first-ever appellate hearing on the constitutionality of the law.

  • School official apologizes for publicly humiliating gay student

    FULLERTON, Calif. — A school administrator has apologized to a senior at Fullerton Union High School for publicly disqualifying him from the “Mr. Fullerton” competition, an annual school event, after the student voiced his support for same-sex marriage.

  • Police arrest 18 men in gay sex sting in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

    MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Police in Manhattan Beach, Calif., have arrested 18 men for unlawful sexual activity, the result of several undercover stings involving public beach restrooms.

  • Reports of Anchorage Proposition 5’s demise are premature

    Headlines announcing the failure of Proposition 5 are premature, according to Bent Alaska, an Anchorage-based LGBT community website. According to Bent Alaska, unanticipated voter turnout and voting irregularities were caused by misinformation sent out by Prop 5 opponent Jim Minnery, and have left a cloud over election results.

  • Oral arguments heard in historic DOMA challenge

    BOSTON — Oral arguments in a landmark legal proceeding challenging the Defense of Marriage Act unfolded Wednesday, marking the first time an appeals court has heard a challenge to the anti-gay federal law.

  • Lesbian chef awarded $1.6 million from ‘pray away the gay’ boss

    NEW YORK — A jury in New York has award $1.6 million to to a lesbian chef who accused restaurateur Edward Globokar of forcing her to participate in prayer meetings at Mary Ann’s, a Mexican restaurant in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood.

  • Ohio AG certifies petition for marriage equality amendment

    CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced that he had certified the petition for the proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the state’s existing ban on same-sex marriage.

  • Ballot measure to protect LGBT people in Anchorage appears to have failed

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Voters in Anchorage on Tuesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have added would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative.