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Ricky Martin and Juanes are among the Latin music stars cheering a ruling that sets the stage for Colombia to extend marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.
A Democratic Mississippi state representative on Monday announced that he would introduce legislation to repeal a so-called religious freedom law.
Nearly a dozen executives have signed on to an open letter calling on Mississippi to repeal a so-called religious freedom law they criticized as discriminatory.
PayPal on Tuesday said that it was withdrawing plans to expand in Charlotte over passage of a North Carolina law that blocks cities from enacting ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gen
An Illinois House committee on Tuesday advanced pro-equality legislation that modernizes the state's birth certificate law.
The venture capital arm of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, said Friday that it would avoid investing in North Carolina over a recently approved anti-gay bill.
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is issuing an executive order banning official city travel to North Carolina.
The White House on Tuesday weighed in on state efforts to undermine the Supreme Court's finding that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry.
Three major U.S. cities are protesting an anti-gay bill approved last week by North Carolina lawmakers by limiting travel to the state.
Speaking with Asheville NPR affiliate WCQS, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina said that an anti-gay bill approved last week in North Carolina may be unconstitutional.
Under increasing pressure from major corporations that do business in Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal announced plans to veto House Bill 757, known by its critics as the "anti-LGBT" bill.
Legal groups on Thursday condemned passage of a bill in North Carolina that prohibits local municipalities from approving ordinances that protect the LGBT community.
Disney, AMC and Marvel joined the growing chorus of companies calling on Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to veto an anti-gay bill approved by lawmakers.
A Tennessee bill that sought to prohibit students in public schools from using the bathroom that does not conform to his or her gender at birth died on Tuesday.
Two business school professors recently studied what impact Apple CEO Tim Cook's support for LGBT rights had on the company's bottom line and concluded that it helped.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker spoke last week at the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) annual Equality Convention in Washington DC.
On Thursday, the Missouri Senate gave final approval to a bill that seeks to give broad legal protections to opponents of marriage equality.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday refused to answer a reporter's question on marriage equality, telling him repeatedly to sit down.
At a town hall on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump praised televangelist Pat Robertson, calling him an "amazing person."
A telecom company is threatening to relocate after Georgia lawmakers approved a bill that protects opponents of marriage equality.
Nearly one-third of Donald Trump supporters in South Carolina say they would support banning gays from entering the United States.
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich on Monday said that he's not interested in attempting to repeal the Supreme Court's finding that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry.
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Sunday, Valentine's Day, announced the formation of an advisory board to study repeal of two landmark Supreme Court rulings that favored marriage rights for gay and lesbia
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Saturday in Texas. He was 79.