MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Republican congressional hopeful Jim Hagedorn is standing by his years-old blog posts where he lambasted women, American Indians, gays and national political figures.

(CNN) -- Three former women's head coaches with the University of Minnesota-Duluth are suing the school, alleging discrimination under Title VII and Title IX and saying they were fired because they are female and gay.

This week read about a housing development for homeless LGBT youth being developed in New Jersey, and trans student Matt Woods winning a lawsuit against school in Minnesota.

Erin Maye Quade experienced labor contractions during endorsement proceedings in Minnesota but continued on anyway, and Wisconsin's governor struck down an anti-LGBT bill.

This week read about Mary Kay Thomas suing a school in Minnesota after being fired for hanging up Pride flags, and an adoption agency filing a lawsuit over the anti-discrimination rule in Tennessee.

This week read about Rep. Park Cannon being arrested after the governor signed a bill that changed Georgia's election system, and a trans student winning a case when he was targeted by the school district while participating on the swim team in 2016.

This week read about Sen. Tammy Balwin urging the FDA to end the blood donation restrictions for gay men in Wisconsin, and Andrea Jenkins elected as council president in Minnesota.

This week read about Minnesota's governor issuing an executive order to ban conversion therapy on minors, and a judge dismissing a teacher's claim of religious discrimination in Indiana.

This week read about Missouri Sen. Elaine Gannon asking a non-binary student inappropriate questions, and a school board in Minnesota hosting an anti-LGBT group.

Maura Healey of Massachusetts became the first lesbian governor in America, Breezy Johnson came out as bisexual, and Minnesota elected its first trans lawmaker.

This week read about Liliana Bakhtiari becoming the first non-binary city council member in Atlanta, Georgia, and a town supporting a trans student who was outed in Minnesota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly two times as many same-sex couples from North Dakota have filed for marriage licenses across the border in Clay County than Minnesotans have.

A man shot a same-sex couple visiting Minneapolis from Brooklyn and Philadelphia with a BB gun outside a popular gay club Thursday night, Minneapolis Fox affiliate KMSP-TV reports.

Republican delegates in Eden Prairie have declined to endorse state Rep. Jenifer Loon, one of four House Republicans who voted in favor of same-sex marriage.

The St. Paul school district is seeking to establish a new policy to protect transgender students.

(WM) The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 28 that a suburban school district violated the rights of a transgender student who identified as male when it kept him from using the boys’ locker room.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a year since Minnesota’s gay and lesbian couples got the right to legally marry.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Long before gay rights activists in Minnesota launched a successful campaign to legalize same-sex marriage, they were aiming for another high-profile goal: a state law protecting children from school bullies.

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.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers who took a political risk by supporting same-sex marriages have seen big increases in their campaign coffers.

(WB) A former middle school principal in Minnesota who lost her job after displaying a Pride flag alleges in a federal lawsuit that the school system retaliated against her for supporting LGBT students.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers are planning to try again this year to strengthen a state law aimed at preventing bullying in schools.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State Rep. Jenifer Loon, the second-ranking Republican in the Minnesota House, has survived a primary challenge brought on by her vote in favor of gay marriage.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Civil Service Commission has upheld the firing of two Minneapolis police officers for misconduct in Green Bay, Wisconsin, last year, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS - A new plaque at Minneapolis City Hall commemorates the state's first legal same-sex marriages performed there in 2013.

As the Center for Spiritual Living gets ready to move out of its first home and into its next, developers still plan to build on the site.