In Vanessa Garcia’s “#Graced,” a world premiere play opening May 4 at Zoetic Stage in Miami, a young woman, Cat, seeks authentic experiences while on a “Lewis-and-Clark-esque” trip across the country with her lover Lewis.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is not backing off from his position that probate judges shouldn't issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

Although active in politics since high school, Daniel J. Clifford used to think he would get relegated to the sidelines because he is gay. He didn’t think becoming a public official was in the cards for him after he graduated from law school in 1984.

PARIS (AP) _ France's charismatic justice minister unexpectedly resigned Wednesday after objecting to President Francois Hollande's push to revoke citizenship from convicted terrorists with dual nationality.

Governor Ron DeSantis appointed a religious right crusader to the Florida Supreme Court on Monday. 

(AP) A panel says ethics charges will proceed against a Kentucky judge who declared his conscientious objection to handling adoption cases involving gay and lesbian adults, despite his resignation last week.

A state disciplinary panel filed civil administrative charges against an Arkansas judge Tuesday, alleging he carried on inappropriate sexual relationships with defendants.

(AP) A Kentucky judge who declared his conscientious objection to handling adoption cases involving gay adults has been blocked from changing how he reviews adoption cases.

(CNN) A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring federal government agencies from taking action against school districts that don't follow the Obama administration's guidance on transgender bathroom policies in schools.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge under an ethics investigation after refusing to perform same-sex weddings has been accused of several allegations, including hanging a picture of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse.

(AP) Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' attempt to force the state attorney general to sign off on legal contracts that include anti-discrimination language to protect LGBT people was thrown out Monday by a state judge.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) A judge who said police improperly targeted gay men in sting operations has dismissed charges of lewd conduct and indecent exposure against a man who was arrested in a public bathroom.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A member of the state Supreme Court is expected to appear in an eastern Pennsylvania courtroom for a hearing into whether he should be suspended while a judicial ethics court considers whether his email practices warrant discipline.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Gov. Mark Dayton named Appeals Court Judge Margaret Chutich to fill an open spot on the Minnesota Supreme Court Jan. 22, installing the first openly gay justice on the state’s highest court. Dayton said the diversity of the bench is a priority. Chutich is the third woman the Democratic governor has appointed to the court since he took office in 2011.

(AP) A Durham novelist awaiting a new trial in the death of his wife is asking that a judge not allow evidence he was interested in gay porn at his retrial next year.

Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate has confirmed an openly gay man to a federal judge’s seat at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Washington, D.C. – President Obama is not giving up on appointing the first black, openly gay federal judge to a Florida seat.

Salem, Ore. (AP) – A state judicial panel has recommended the removal of a Marion County judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages and who was investigated on other counts as well.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice was charged Tuesday with ethics violations that could lead to his removal after the state attorney general exposed lewd and offensive emails he swapped with friends and a state prosecutor through a private email account.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two groups that rallied around Chief Justice Roy Moore during his 2003 Ten Commandments fight are speaking out in support of his stand on gay marriage.

Since opening a few months ago in Boca Raton, Corvina Seafood Grill has quickly become a favorite in the area.

Artist Claudia Castillo and nurse Amy Waxman were recognized as outstanding volunteers by the City of Wilton Manors.

Following in the footsteps of Broward County, Wilton Manors commissioners unanimously voted to decriminalized marijuana possession.

(AP) Some current and former Wyoming lawmakers as well as national religious groups are supporting a municipal judge who faces a dismissal petition before the Wyoming Supreme Court for saying she would not preside over same-sex marriages.