The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the church's flagship temple and headquarters.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a western Indiana school district seeking to force it to recognize a club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and those that support them.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Bernie Sanders launched 2016 presidential bid, he swore off negative campaigning.

NEW YORK (AP) _ The kids at the Covenant House homeless shelter are always looking for somebody to lean on. They got it one summer night last year, along with a lullaby sung by some of Broadway's best.

California ranks worst in the nation when it comes to providing students with guidance counselors, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) – A Southern California school district has settled a government claim that it discriminated against a transgender student who said she was forbidden to wear makeup, was harassed by other children and was encouraged to change schools, it was announced Oct. 14.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A plan for reducing homelessness among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth will be submitted for federal approval this week by a coalition of Cincinnati groups. 

DOVER, Del. (AP) _ With the National School Climate Survey reporting that as many as 64 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths likely to suffer from depression, suicide attempts and substance abuse, organizations across the state are joining together to implement early-intervention services in schools and the community.

Elton John said Tuesday that Vladimir Putin phoned him after the musician requested a meeting to discuss Russia's anti-gay environment - but Putin's spokesman denied the report.

A state lawmaker last week introduced the first-ever legislation that would prohibit accused murderers of invoking a “panic” defense based on a victim’s LGBT identity. 

It's not been a great year for the Duggar family.

(CNN) -- An Arkansas student says his high school is "history" after school officials pulled a profile of him from the school yearbook because he is openly gay.

LE MARAIS – PARIS’ GAY DISTRICT

For the last several years, a revolution has come up in the peaceful elegant and bourgeois Parisian sky. Paris, which is the world’s most visited city has become one of the world’s most gay city as well and the first capital to elect an openly gay mayor in March 2001, Bertrand Delanoë re-elected with 57 percent of the votes in march 2008.

CINCINNATI (AP) _ The city's first openly gay councilman is offering his support to youth who are struggling with being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An honors-caliber college student who recently disclosed publicly that he's gay said he was denied readmission to a northern Missouri Baptist school because of that declaration.

Beaverton, OR (KPTV) -- Students at Five Oaks Middle School who put up banners with messages that promote tolerance of gay students are upset after the school's principal took them down.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) _ What's believed to be Utah's first gender neutral restroom has opened at Park City High School.

The government needs to do more than reach at risk LGBT youth after they get into trouble, says the Williams Institute.

They're greedy and sticking to their anti-gay guns.

A World AIDS Day special

In a stunning example of beating the proverbial dead horse, 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is continuing his fight against same-sex marriage, and is blaming his fellow Republicans for surrendering on the issue. He is threatening to take his 2.7 percent of the vote and leave the GOP to become an independent.

A series of improvisation acting classes beginning this week could make the difference for an LGBT neighbor contemplating suicide.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The head of a gay rights organization in Iowa says a legislative oversight committee is unfairly targeting his group over programming at an annual anti-bullying youth conference.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Jefferson County Public Schools has formed a districtwide committee in an effort to better accommodate students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at the top LGBT advocacy group's gala next week, the Human Rights Campaign announced Friday.

An SFAN member brought up a problem that some of his clients had reported. John Marangio reported on the treatment of Hepatitis C, an infection that co-occurs frequently with HIV infection.

MIAMI (AP) _ A Miami organization that helps victims of sex trafficking is one of four nationwide to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Officials from a rural high school in Kentucky are coming under fire after it was revealed that an openly gay basketball player was omitted from a two-page spread in the school's 2015 yearbook, Out Sports reports.

Ocala – The lawsuit fighting for a Gay-Straight Alliance at Carver Middle School is dismissed.

Flip through the channels and you’re bound to find a rerun of “The Golden Girls.” And we all have “that friend” who can recite every line of every episode in real time.