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Chicago mayoral hopefuls Rahm Emanuel, Carol Moseley Braun support an Illinois bill that recognizes gay and lesbian couples with civil unions.
Sarah Palin's daughter Willow has gone on a Facebook rampage against a teenage critic of her mother's new show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska," and has used homophobic slurs in her attack.
The new president of the gay Log Cabin Republicans, R. Clarke Cooper, is finding open doors in the halls of Congress as his group tries a two-pronged approach to get "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" thrown out.
Congress goes back to work next week and it isn't clear whether lawmakers will have the time-- or the will-- to repeal the ban on gays in the military.
The midterm elections loaded up Hawaii's government with pro-civil union leaders from the Governor's Mansion on down, a change that analysts say will pave the way for Hawaii to legalize same-sex marriage next year.
Lawyers for the conservative Log Cabin Republicans filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the court to stop enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has narrowly defeated his Republican challenger State Sen. Bill Brady. The Associated Press and NBC News called the race for Quinn this afternoon.
The percentage of gays and lesbians who vote Republican is going up.
Republicans picked up a bunch of formerly Democratic seats in Illinois and across the nation on Tuesday, as voters showed their frustration with the country's stalled economy.
One of the mail bombs sent by terrorists in Yemen was addressed to a small, gay-friendly synagogue in Chicago.
Rebecca Kleefisch, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, said on Thursday she's sorry for comparing gay marriage to marriages with dogs, tables or clocks.
President Barack Obama said his attitude on gay marriage is "evolving" and that LGBT community disillusionment is "not justified" during a Q and A session with several liberal political bloggers.
In a spirited, free-flowing debate on Wednesday night, Senate candidates Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias talked about gay rights.
