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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vice President Joe Biden addressed the Human Rights Campaign's Spring Equity Convention on Friday in the nation's capital proclaiming that LGBT Americans are fighting for the same rights to equality that were born 50 years ago in...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday released long-awaited guidance to ensure equal access for transgender people in homeless shelters that receive federal funding. The guidance bans facilities and other entities that receive HUD...

Sixty-three percent of Americans say that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry and have their marriages recognized by the law as valid, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Thursday. That’s up from 49 percent in August 2010....

WASHINGTON — In a new interview Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks with Bloomberg about the outlook for legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation. The 81-year-old justice discussed the public’s increasing acceptance of gays against the backdrop...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined by 11 fellow GOP Senators, re-introduced the State Marriage Defense Act on Tuesday, a bill that would require the federal government to recognize only marriages that are valid under the laws of...

NEW YORK - Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) announced on Tuesday plans for a national strategy to address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elder housing needs. The event included SAGE leadership along with several major partners...

Bryan Fischer, the virulently anti-gay mouthpiece of the American Family Association, has reportedly been stripped of his position as group’s official spokesperson and Director of Issues Analysis, but will retain his daily radio program, a forum from which he bashes...

WASHINGTON — Speaking before a joint session of Congress, including members of the U.S. Supreme Court who will decide the fate of marriage equality in the months to come, President Barack Obama praised the issue on Tuesday as “a story...

Former anti-gay activist and conversion therapy proponent Randy Thomas, who once served as vice-president of the now defunct “ex-gay” therapy group Exodus International, has come out as gay. In a post on his personal blog, Thomas writes that he was inspired...

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has just reported that The Supreme Court has announced it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry under the Constitution. The justices said Friday they will review an appellate ruling that upheld...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The city of West Hollywood plans to require gender-neutral restrooms to accommodate individuals’ whose gender identity conflicts with their ascribed biological sex. A new law that takes effect Thursday requires that all single-stall restrooms in businesses...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take on a same-sex marriage case from Louisiana that remains under review in a federal appeals court, but otherwise took no action on cases from four other states. SCOTUSblog reports that...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases on Friday as gay rights activists eagerly awaited news that it might consider a new round of cases challenging states’ ability to ban same-sex marriage. SCOTUSblog...

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers kicked off the 114th Congress on Tuesday by reintroducing the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill in the U.S....

WASHINGTON — Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not reconvene to continue discussions or to recommend an end to the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. BuzzFeed News reports that a spokesperson for...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act has contributed to a significant increase in the number of same-sex couples marrying – even in states that had marriage equality...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new regulations that would require hospitals that accept Medicare or Medicaid to recognize same-sex spouses as a condition for participation. If finalized, the regulations would apply to hospitals, long-term care...

WASHINGTON — Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet this week to consider a recommendation that it end its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with men. An FDA panel will...

URBANA, Ill. – Lambda Legal has announced that it learned late last Friday of the death of Naya Taylor, who unexpectedly passed away after complications from a heart attack. Lambda Legal was representing Ms. Taylor, a transgender woman, in an...

WASHINGTON -- After close consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is providing guidance to same-sex married couples on the benefits and services to which they are entitled under current laws and regulations. ...