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  • Chad Griffin named president of Human Rights Campaign

    The founder and president of a high-profile California-based LGBT rights group has been named as the new president of the Human Rights Campaign. HRC announced Friday that Chad Griffin, board president of the American Foundation of Equal Rights, will succeed Joe Solmonese as president.

  • Tennessee high school principal who said gays are ‘going to hell’ resigns

    BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee high school principal who reportedly told students during an assembly that gay students were going to hell, has resigned.

  • Maryland Governor signs marriage equality bill into law

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed the historic bill making Maryland next in line to join D.C. and six other states in recognizing same-sex marriage. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

  • All eyes on the House, civil unions at Colorado LGBT Lobby Day

    About 180 LGBT Coloradans and allies who took to the Colorado Capitol Feb. 27 to share their stories and feelings with lawmakers who are debating a bill that would establish civil unions in the Centennial State. The 2012 lobby day was organized by One Colorado, a statewide LGBT advocacy organization.

  • Tennessee high school principal: Gay students are ‘going to hell’

    BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — A high school principal in Tennessee school reportedly told students during an assembly that gay students were going to hell. Dorothy Bond, principal at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., allegedly singled out LGBT and pregnant students during a meeting with students.

  • Carney tight-lipped on executive order barring workplace bias

    WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to comment Wednesday about the status of an executive order that would require federal contractors to adopt LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policies.

  • Oklahoma teen brutally beaten in anti-gay attack

    TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma teen was brutally beaten at a party this weekend, and it appears homophobia was the central factor in the attack.

  • Music teacher at Catholic school fired over plans to wed partner of 20 years

    A popular music teacher at a St. Louis area Catholic school has been fired after church officials learned of his plans to marry his partner of 20 years in New York, one of six states where same-sex couples can wed.

  • Historic Mr. Gay World billboard erected in central Johannesburg

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Excitement hit the gay community in South Africa on Monday, when the first ever gay billboard went up in Johannesburg in advance of the upcoming Mr. Gay World competition.

  • Poll: Record number of California voters now support marriage equality

    SAN FRANCISCO — A new poll finds that nearly six out of ten California voters now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, a significant increase since the state voted to ban same-sex marriage a little more than two years ago.