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Alabama children’s book event canceled amid “escalating” anti-LGBTQ+ threats
At least one participant and two venues received threats for helping promote Josh Coleman’s book ‘Finding My Rainbow.’
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Murder of gender non-conforming teen was broadcast on Facebook
Video of the victim bleeding to death in a dress was posted online. The family believes it was a hate crime.
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Alabama probate judge faces conflicting orders on same-sex marriage
The Alabama Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday telling a Mobile County judge he could – and must – refuse a federal order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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A defiant Alabama regains ground against marriage equality
Gay rights advocates said they’re not giving up, and that the justices in Montgomery will find themselves on history’s losing side.
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Federal judge orders Mobile County to issue same-sex marriage licenses
The federal judge who overturned Alabama’s gay marriage ban ordered a defiant Mobile County judge to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, signaling to probate judges across the state that they should do the same.
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Alabama same-sex couples head back to court to fight for marriage licenses
With many Alabama counties still refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, the federal judge who overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriages will hear arguments Thursday that could provide clarity to what has become a confusing, unsettled issue.
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Complaints filed against probate judge for refusing same-sex marriage licenses
Two attorneys for a same-sex couple who successfully challenged Alabama’s gay marriage ban have filed a new lawsuit against a Mobile, Ala., judge for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and plaintiffs in an existing case amended their complaint to also name the judge as a defendant.
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Attorneys ask court to hold probate judge in contempt for refusing marriage licenses
Two attorneys for a same-sex couple who successfully challenged Alabama’s gay marriage ban are asking a federal judge to hold Mobile County Probate Court judge Don Davis in contempt for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Victim of Thanksgiving Day attack says beating was not a hate crime
MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama woman who was allegedly beaten by her girlfriend’s brother on Thanksgiving Day, says the attack was not a hate crime, and is now recovering at the home of her attacker’s parents where the assault occurred just days ago.
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Family says Thanksgiving beating of lesbian was a ‘hate crime’
MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama man has been charged with second-degree assault for brutally beating a woman because she is in a relationship with his sister and he does not approve.