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The super PAC supporting President Barack Obama raised more than $6.2 million in June, much of it from the gay rights community and the entertainment industry.
Sarah Palin's three-year-old grandson has been filmed using a gay slur against his aunt during the Lifetime reality show "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp."
A survey of Wisconsin voters by Public Policy Polling finds that 43 support legalizing same-sex marriage. Opposition is at 47 percent.
Chick-Fil-A on Thursday released a statement claiming it remains neutral on the issue of gay marriage and stating that it respects every person regardless of sexual orientation.
Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts discussed LPAC, the new lesbian Super PAC she created with Chicago businesswoman Sarah Schmidt, family politics and baseball with WBEZ radio on Wednesday.
Google is being criticized by social conservatives for backing a global campaign against discrimination in the workplace.
A new lesbian super PAC headed by Laura Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, has launched to support pro-lesbian candidates and play a role in same-sex marriage ballot initiatives.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has suggested that legalizing gay marriage will impact the economy negatively.
Twenty-one of the nation's leading Hispanic organizations announced this weekend their endorsement of a public-education campaign aimed at strengthening support for LGBT families.
Australian owned Gloria Jean's Coffee gave $30,000 to the anti-gay marriage group Australian Christian Lobby (ACL).
The Advocate announced its endorsement of President Barack Obama on Friday. Its the first presidential endorsement by the country's oldest gay glossy in more than three decades.
Support for a gay marriage law in Iowa is increasing as conservative Republicans near a goal of taking back control of the Legislature in the November elections.
The mother of actor and gay ally Brad Pitt wr an anti-gay letter to a Missouri newspaper urging Christians to vote for Mitt Romney.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was honored with an American flag on Independence Day for her support of gay rights.
Former US presidential candidate Rick Santorum has recently been the subject of an Internet hoax that claimed he had been caught with a well-known gay dating app on his iPhone.
A judge Tuesday granted two downstate Illinois county clerks permission to defend the state's 16-year-old gay marriage ban in court.
The Thomas More Society, a conservative nonprofit legal group, filed a motion late Friday to intervene in the same-sex marriage lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Lambda Legal.
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe will combine into a single organization with a new name and a newly configured board of directors by October 2012 the boards of directors for both groups announced
Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona Senator John McCain, has questioned President Barack Obama's commitment to gay rights, saying his endorsement of marriage equality is "not enough for me."
Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, the highest-ranking openly gay elected official in the state, believes Illinois needs to move from civil unions for gay and lesbian couples to full marriage.
It's been a busy news cycle for LGBT rights in the state of Illinois and around the country. That's why I was pleased to sit down with Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, the highest ranking openly gay elected off
Marriage equality was front and center at Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez's 3rd annual Pride Celebration and Awards Ceremony June 26 at the Center on Halsted.
A gay service member in the Air Force and his partner entered a civil union on Saturday at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Wrightstown, New Jersey.
Just minutes before marching in the 43rd annual Chicago Pride Parade June 24, Illinois' top two elected officials expressed optimism that the state is moving closer to allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.