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Appearing Friday on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show, President Barack Obama thanked DeGeneres for helping change hearts and minds on gay rights.
State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), on Feb. 11, introduced a new bill that would make it easier for transgender Illinois residents to amend their birth certificate.
Following Senator Bernie Sander's victory in New Hampshire, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow challenged the idea that the media is liberal.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday promised "forward motion" on gay rights if elected.
Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday decided not to vote on a proposed bill that sought to protect gay, lesbian and bisexual people from discrimination in the state.
Former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has been offered $1 million to appear in gay porn films.
Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera said Friday that Christian conservatives should not support Donald Trump's presidential campaign because he once attended the wedding of a gay couple.
An Indiana lawmaker said this week that he's opposed to LGBT protections because "being gay is a behavior" like being a "psychopathic killer."
At a campaign rally this week in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz agreed with a supporter who lamented the White House's support of the Supreme Court's finding that gay and lesbian couples have a constitu
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called an Indiana bill that would grant discrimination protections to gay, lesbian and bisexual people "deeply flawed."
Out actress Ellen Page said this week from the Sundance Film Festival that she was "scared" by presidential rhetoric on LGBT rights.
Ten New York gay politicians are expected to endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential ambitions on Tuesday.
An Illinois Republican on Wednesday filed a bill that would require transgender students to use restrooms and changing facilities that correspond with their birth gender.
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk this week announced his support for the Equality Act, making him the first Senate Republican to back the proposed legislation.
The presidential campaign of Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has criticized the Human Right Campaign's (HRC) endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT rights advocate, has endorsed the presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Illinois Rep. Bob Dold on Friday announced his support for the Equality Act, making him the first Republican to back the proposed legislation.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday night asked viewers of the Fox Business Network's undercard GOP debate to Google him.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned that gay rights would be at risk under a Republican administration.
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee refuse to address the controversy surrounding a "kill-the-gays" conference both attended earlier this month.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, joined a group of Democratic colleagues to announce the formation of the Transgender Equality Task Force.
In a biography to be published this week, former President George H. W. Bush says that he has "mellowed" on gay marriage.
