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Springfield was abuzz Wednesday with lobby groups, including a group of about 40 Chicagoland-based advocates, who traveled by bus to Illinois' capital for the second tour of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's (AFC) Lobby D
At least three Democratic Minnesota House members have asserted that a proposed gay marriage bill will clear the House on Thursday.
Moments after a gay marriage bill cleared its final legislative hurdle in Delaware, Governor Jack Markell signed it into law.
On a 12-9 Senate vote today, Delaware is to become the 11th state legalizing gay marriage. The state's House passed the bill in April and the Governor is expected to sign the legislation.
Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady announced his resignation as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party in a letter sent Tuesday to the state party's central committee.
Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady is expected to resign Tuesday following several unsuccessful attempts to oust him as party chairman over his support for same-sex marriage.
Anti-gay protesters in Downers Grove more than doubled LGBTs and allies at a rally outside Rep. Ron Sandack's office May 4, but the Republican told crowds that his vote on the state's equal marriage bill was a firm "yes.
Rhode Island became the tenth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage after the state legislature approved the measure on Thursday by a final vote of 56-15.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Monday reversed course on gay adoption, saying that he regrets a 1999 vote.
Legislators have returned to Springfield this week, and numerous activists are asking whether this could be the week that the House will vote to make Illinois the 10th state permitting same-sex marriage.
Republican members of the Rhode Island Senate unanimously support a proposed bill legalizing gay marriage in the state.
The French Parliament Tuesday cast its final vote for marriage equality. The bill, which passed 331-225, guarantees same-sex couples the freedom to marry, as well as adoption rights.
As a final vote in the Illinois House of Representatives draws closer, the leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus announced today his signing on as one of the chief co-sponsors of the Religious Freedom and Marri
Two groups of protesters with entirely different messages spent their Saturday afternoon at a rally outside the Aurora office of 83rd Dist. Rep. Linda Chapia LaVia, who reportedly remains fence-bound on the issue of SB10
Darren Criss, who plays Blaine on Fox's Glee, sang a gay rights version of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe during Saturday's 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) today announced a resolution to remove barriers for gay scouts. Saying "the Boy Scouts of America does not have an agenda on the matter of sexual orientation", the resolution states that "
Legislation to protect LGBT students in public schools from bullying and harassment has been proposed by openly gay Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO). The bill, which has been previously introduced, enjoys bi-partisan support.
A Delaware House panel on Wednesday approved a bill which seeks to legalize gay marriage in the First State.
On a close vote of 61-57, the Illinois House sent a bill to the Senate which approves the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The Senate has previously passed legislation similar to this bill which suggests that it wi
The twisted and demented Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, KS, let loose yesterday with yet another hateful damnation of innocent victims, blaming the deaths and injuries from the Boston Marathon bombings on Mass
Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady Saturday survived a second attempt to oust him as party chairman over his support for same-sex marriage.
Equality Illinois on Friday called for state Rep. Thomas Morrison, a Republican representing suburban Palatine, to apologize and retract his statement comparing same-sex marriage to polygamy and statutory rape.
Fifteen Democrats on Monday walked out of the Oklahoma House instead of voting on a resolution in support of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 law which prevents federal agencies from recognizing the legal mar