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President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, paid a visit Wednesday to one of the Capitol Police officers wounded in Wednesday's attack on a congressional baseball practice.
#NoJusticeNoPride plans to disrupt New York's parade June 25
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Tuesday responded to criticism that the Trump administration might allow federally funded charter schools to discriminate against LGBT students.
Transgender actress Candis Cayne took on the topics of President Donald Trump and Caitlyn Jenner's politics during an interview with Larry King.
Chicago's LGBT community and allies held an Equality Rally at Andersonville's Midsommafest Sunday, as thousands of LGBT rights supporters marched and rallied in Washington D.C., Los Angeles and dozens of other U.S. citie
Actors Debra Messing and Sean Hayes have recorded a video in support of Sunday's Equality March for Unity and Pride and its sister marches.
Romania set to ban same-sex marriage in constitution
The President has refused to recognize LGBT Pride month
Rex Tillerson recognizes LGBT Pride Month, while his boss won't
Randy Rainbow needs to ship a super-sized box of exquisite chocolate to President Trump, followed by a dozen or two red roses to Kellyanne Conway.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley ( IL-05 ), who serves as Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement on LGBT Pride Month, which is observed the month of June:
Ivanka Trump on Thursday recognized June as LGBT Pride month.
A second Republican in the House has endorsed the Equality Act.
President Donald Trump, who claimed to be an LGBT ally during the 2016 campaign, has broken from the tradition of issuing an annual LGBT Pride Month proclamation.
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month 2017, Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom Perez released this statement:
House Bill 1785, a measure to modernize Illinois law allowing people to change the gender marker on their birth certificate, passed the Senate Wednesday night 32-22. Having previously passed in the House 63-42 on May 25,
A chain of Russian grocery stores has barred gays from entry.
The Chicago Chapter of American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) dedicated the first in the City of Chicago Veterans Monument honoring the service of LGBTQ veterans on Monday at the corner of Addison and Halsted in Lakev
The White House on Saturday released a photo of NATO first spouses taken during President Donald Trump's first overseas trip without naming the same-sex spouse of Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.
U.S. ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's is showing its support for marriage equality in Australia by banning two scoops of the same flavor in its Australian shops.
A campaign to rid Chechnya of sexual minorities has resulted in the deaths of 26 gay men, the Russian newspaper that first broke the story has reported.
A measure to modernize Illinois law allowing people to change the gender marker on their birth certificate, House Bill 1785, passed the House by a vote of 63 to 43 on Thursday and was sent to the Senate.
Threats of violence forced the cancellation of the opening event for Lebanon's gay pride week, the first of its kind in the Arab world.
The Texas House on Sunday voted on a bill that seeks to prohibit transgender public school students from using the bathroom of their choice.