World Wrestling Entertainment cut ties with now-disgraced wrestling legend Hulk Hogan after a sex tape from 2006 surfaced, showing the athlete using racist langue. Now, RadarOnline reports the personality also used gay slurs in the same video.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A new Connecticut Supreme Court ruling is adding to the debate on whether gay marriage rights should be applied retroactively and qualify same-sex couples for rights and benefits for which they weren't entitled before state laws allowed them to marry.

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A proposed ordinance in Saginaw would guarantee city residents and visitors equal treatment in employment and public accommodations, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Sarasota – On Nov. 3, the City of Sarasota unanimously approved on the first reading changes to the city’s anti-discrimination law which would add rights and protections for transgender individuals.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Sarpy County commissioners have decided to extend health insurance benefits to spouses of gay county employees who have legally married in another state but live in Nebraska.

Awards ceremonies are still important — even during the coronavirus crisis. Most of us still need some inspiration. You can find some during SAVE’s 2020 Champions of Equality virtual gala. It’s happening this Friday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. 

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Attempts by state legislators to cut university funding over controversial plays and books are causing a backlash on South Carolina campuses.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A federal judge no longer needs to consider a same-sex couple's challenge of the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles' policy on driver's license name changes because of court decisions allowing gay marriages in the state and subsequent policy changes by the state's agencies, state attorneys say in a court filing.

School officials in a suburban Chicago district said Friday they may back out of a newly minted deal with the U.S. Department of Education allowing a transgender student to use a girls' locker room, over a dispute about a hypothetical: What would happen if the girl decided against using the privacy curtains she's agreed to use?

(PGN) U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said lawmakers could find new ways to push the Equality Act with lessons they learned in recent weeks — through a House sit-in on gun reform and a Senate Democratic proceeding involving Judge Merrick Garland, the Supreme Court nominee whom Republicans have refused to consider.

LATTA, S.C. (AP) - When openly gay police chief Crystal Moore was fired by a mayor who condemned her lifestyle as "questionable," she feared her two decade career in law enforcement in this town was over.

West Palm Beach – The South Florida Water Management System confirms that their 1,500 employees are protected from discrimination based on gender identity and expression, whether or not they live in an area that offers those protections.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- More gay and lesbian married couples living in conservative Southern states can get health benefits -- so long as they work for Publix.

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Department of Health Services is reviewing the state's vital records law now that same-sex marriage is legal under a federal court ruling.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A fight is gearing up over whether Springfield voters will be asked to decide the fate of a new ordinance that adds protection against discrimination in housing and hiring based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a White House ceremony marking LGBT pride last month, President Barack Obama announced his administration was working on an executive order to formally extend workplace protections to transgender federal employees.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The fight for LGBT rights isn't over, and major U.S. companies are rallying around the cause.

TOPEKA - The Topeka City Council approved two ordinances aimed at reducing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, after hearing emotional testimony from both sides of the issue.

A transgender man who said he was harassed and then humiliated after he was booted from a male locker room at a public pool has sued New York City.

Mary Jane Kennedy considers herself a conservative Christian Republican, and she's led Bible studies in her native Mississippi for decades. She's also the mother of two gay sons and one of the faces in a new advertising campaign aimed at softening religious opposition in the Deep South to equal rights for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

(WB) The independent U.N. expert on LGBT and intersex issues has expressed concern over efforts to curtail the rights of LGBT and intersex people in states across the U.S.

VIENNA (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined Austrian cross-dressing pop star Conchita Wurst in calling for an end to bias based on a person's sexual orientation.

Wurst teamed up with Ban on Monday on the sidelines of a U.N. conference to deliver their message of tolerance.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The president of the University of New Hampshire said Wednesday he is troubled and offended by many parts of a "bias-free language guide" posted on the school's website, particularly a suggestion that using the word "American" is problematic because it fails to recognize South America.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- As the rise of nontraditional families leads to disputes under outdated law, California lawmakers returning from summer break will consider bills that seek to update family law.

WASHINGTON — The government is now interpreting federal law to explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender individuals.