At least two Indianapolis-based officials and two organizations are calling upon state lawmakers to establish a hate crime law.

CLEVELAND (AP) – An Ohio lawmaker and her longtime partner are finally getting married after waiting 21 years.

Damn, it’s an astounding and incongruous world on the issue of human rights for the international LGBT community.

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Kissimmee – All five Osceola County Commissioners are in agreement that it should be illegal for businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

DECEMBER: The City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County file Joint Petition for Panel Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc in Otto v. City of Boca Raton, the case seeking to strike down their ordinances banning conversion therapy.

When Rand Hoch gets a call from someone who believes they were discriminated against at work, he has two initial questions for them: where did this happen, and how many people are employed there? 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mike Pence is hinting he may finally reveal during his State of the State speech his thoughts on adding LGBT civil rights protections into Indiana law.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says that he will soon reveal publicly where he stands in the ongoing debate over whether LGBT civil rights protections should be added to state law.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Governor Mike Pence isn't saying whether he would have signed the state Senate's failed proposal for extending anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

(WB) Activists in Peru have expressed concern over their country’s new government and whether it will actively oppose LGBT rights.

WASHINGTON - Mirroring a shift in society, the Obama administration proposed Thursday to ban discrimination against transgender people throughout the health care system.

WASHINGTON — The pope of the poor arrived for his first-ever visit to the world's wealthiest superpower Tuesday denying he is a leftist and riding in a frugal little family car, windows rolled down.

One of my perennial complaints about LGBT film festivals is they seem to feature an endless array of coming out stories, mostly film school projects by young, gay filmmakers who make their first films about the subject they know best.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A legislator is proposing expanding Arkansas' anti-discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity after a new law said local ordinances couldn't go beyond what's spelled out in state law.

(WM) A Nebraska lawmaker known as a strong advocate for the LGBT community presented a ballot measure to a legislative committee Jan. 29 that would abolish the state’s unenforceable ban on same-sex marriages.

(WB) Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on Friday clarified his state of emergency declaration over gender violence on the island includes LGBT people.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Bishop Brian Thom stood quietly in front of Idaho lawmakers, hastily collecting his thoughts before responding to a question in a room packed with supporters of religious freedom and hundreds of gay rights advocates.

Randy Wicker may not be a familiar name to those familiar with LGBT history — but the 79-year-old made his mark in the movement, beginning in the 1960s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Clashes between gay rights and religious rights are expected to continue in the new year.

This case could have big implications for LGBT rights

There's a growing conflict between religious groups and gay rights advocates over penalties in discrimination cases.

When filmmaker David Thorpe finds himself jilted once again by a boyfriend, he begins to wonder if his efforts at love are being sabotaged by a pretty obvious neurosis.

An earlier version of this article appeared in “Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context,” edited by Vern L. Bullough, Harrington Park, 2002.

Marco Rubio hasn't run an ad with him posing next to Kim Davis, but don't put it past him.

(CNN) -- Did pop star Elton John get punked?

When Suzi Hollis lost her arm in a construction accident in 1996, it was the beginning of a painful journey. One that would take her through therapy, pill mills, steroids and finally to salt.

Sarasota – The Sarasota City Commission unanimously voted to pass an amendment that will add gender identity and expression to its already in place human rights ordinance.

While there was cause for alarm for LGBT people watching the opening day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020-21 session Monday, there was also at least a tiny bit of reassurance, too. 

(WB) Lawmakers in Senegal have rejected a bill that would have further criminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations in the country.