DENVER (AP) - Gay couples in Colorado who are married in another state and in a civil union here could file joint state tax returns under a measure headed to the governor's desk.

A lawsuit is challenging Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s order that the state accept jointly filed tax returns from same-sex couples legally married in other states.

A federal judge has ruled that sexual orientation is covered under a law that bans gender-based discrimination in educational programs, allowing two former women's basketball players to proceed with their lawsuit against Pepperdine University.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a Human Rights Campaign audience in New York Saturday that, beginning Monday, he “will – for the first time in history – formally instruct all Justice Department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition, to the greatest extent possible under the law.” But there have been some mixed assessments of how big this news really is.

TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) – A Kansas House Democrat has drafted a new proposal to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The husband of a Kansas inmate says he isn't interested in visiting his spouse, who has complained that the state is discriminating by prohibiting the visits.

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would toughen punishments for hate crimes.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Officials in Owensboro have decided to put off considering a gay rights ordinance for at least a year.

Lakeland Same-sex couples who have been legally married in states where marriage equality is legal will be recognized by the City of Lakeland.

(CNN) -- The lesbian widow of an Afghanistan war soldier has announced that her wait to see if she would receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses has finally ended.

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Officials in the north-central Idaho city of Lewiston have passed an ordinance banning discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) A business in Lexington, Kentucky, has appealed a ruling by the city's Human Rights Commission that it discriminated against an organization by refusing to print t-shirts for a gay rights festival.

A popular LGBT rights activist died Thursday six weeks after he and his husband were attacked in what police are calling a hate crime, Gay Star News reports. He was 71.

Members of Utah's state Senate told personal stories of discrimination and even invoked the state's polygamist history during a Friday afternoon debate on a landmark bill that protects gay and transgender people from discrimination while also protecting religious rights.

(CNN) -- Malcolm has an intense gaze. He speaks haltingly, at times pausing, haunted by the memories of the past.

LGBT Americans living in states without protections are more likely to have a lower quality of life, according to a study released by the Williams Institute.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It's a maze out there. A complicated, fragmented hodgepodge of laws in each state that dictate the lives of gays, lesbians and transgender.

Dance has always been a passion for Kevin Winkler.

Social Justice takes a lot of work and a lot of money. Now Our Fund Foundation and Community Foundation of Broward are giving money to the people doing the work. 

Since he was a teen, Stephen Bunting has had an on again, off again relationship with politics and political rallies. But with Trump in the Oval Office, Bunting’s participation in politics is definitely on again.

ALBANY, New York — Major League Soccer has agreed to new measures to protect gay players from discrimination and harassment following similar steps by Major League Baseball and the National Football League.

In an historic first, a state high court ruled yesterday that a male-to-female transgender student who was accepted by school staff and students as a girl could not be barred from using the girls’ bathroom at school.

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) _ A 17-year-old senior boy named prom queen at Danbury High School says he’s making a point about gender labeling and discrimination.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ A Kentucky judge has finalized the adoption of a 28-year-old man by a woman who was legally married to his mother in Massachusetts, the first step-parent adoption by a member of a same-sex couple in Fayette County and possibly the state following a federal court ruling.

NEW YORK (AP) _ As gays and lesbians rack up victories in their quest for marriage equality and other rights, transgender Americans are following in their path _ hopefully, but less smoothly.

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- A city committee in Marietta has approved a plan aimed at extending retirement benefits to same-sex couples.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) says he won’t be marching in the nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade.

HOUSTON -- Amid the defeat by voters of an ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston, Mayor Annise Parker rallied supporters of the measure, telling them the fight was not over.

Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.

Miami – The Miami Dade County Commission voted 8-3 on an amendment that will add gender identity and expression to the existing human rights ordinance if passed. The 9 a.m. meeting started an hour late and an estimated 3,000 people, according to Equality Florida, attended.