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Christian conservative Franklin Graham is calling on supporters to pray for Rowan, Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis as a gay man runs to take her job.
Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, the highest-ranking openly gay elected official in the state, announced his endorsement of JB Pritzker for governor during an LGBT event at Sidetrack on Nov. 29.
U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Wednesday blamed the LGBT community for the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court for permission to argue on behalf of a Colorado baker who refused to serve a gay couple.
Out British singer Elton John has condemned a Republican lawmaker's remarks on quarantining HIV-positive individuals.
Anxious about an armed far right, an LGBT group in Rochester, New York is taking up arms.
Minnesota Senator Al Franken was among the handful of Democrats who grilled Attorney General Jeff Sessions on his record on LGBT rights.
In a The New Yorker article, President Donald Trump is quoted as joking that Vice President Mike Pence "wants to hang" all gay people.
President Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to speak at the Values Voter Summit, an anti-LGBT conference, where on Friday he told the crowd their anti-LGBT views would "no longer be silenced".
Facebook, Google and Apple are among the 76 companies asking the Supreme Court to hear a case involving a woman who was fired because she's a lesbian.
President Donald Trump will speak at this year's Values Voter Summit.
Conservative Milo Yiannopoulos married his long-time boyfriend in Hawaii.
Roy Moore won the Republican primary against Alabama Senator Luther Strange.
Arizona Senator John McCain, a Republican, has co-sponsored legislation introduced Friday which seeks to block President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, on Monday introduced an amendment that seeks to block President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops.
Annise Parker, the former mayor of Houston, has responded to conservative pundit Ann Coulter's claim that Parker's election led to Hurricane Harvey.
Illinois gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss, a Jewish state senator, has dropped openly-gay Chicago Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th Ward) as his running mate.
Congressman Brad Schneider has withdrawn his endorsement of Illinois gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss, a Jewish state senator, citing concerns over his running mate's positions on Israel.
In a court filing Friday, prosecutors investigating former Illinois Representative Aaron Schock denied claims that they asked witnesses whether he's gay.
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) on Thursday announced Chicago alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa as his running mate and choice for lieutenant governor in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday announced that transgender troops would continue serving pending the results of a study.
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth is calling on Congress to approve legislation what blocks President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops from taking effect.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that will modernize Illinois law allowing transgender and intersex individuals to change the gender marker on their birth certificate without undergoing gender reassignme
The White House is expected to issue guidance to the Pentagon on President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military service as early as Thursday.