RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The clock is ticking on whether the U.S. Supreme Court will delay a ruling striking down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban.

(EDGE) Mat Staver, founder of the anti-LGBT hate group Liberty Counsel, is taking a victory lap after the Virginia Supreme Court agreed to take up his clients' challenge to the Fairfax County School Board case regarding its inclusive policy in which the board added "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and "gender expression" to its policy and student handbook.

LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The inaugural Appalachian Queer Film Festival has announced its lineup for later this month.

(WM) Officials in West Virginia’s capital city have introduced a proposal to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBT children.

(WB) A U.S. District Court judge denied the State of West Virginia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought in November of last year by Lambda Legal, Nichols Kaster, and The Employment Law Center, challenging the state’s ban on gender-confirming care in West Virginia’s Medicaid and state employee health plans.

This week read about Sgt. Kristin Kingrey suing the Air Force for harassment in West Virginia, and a mayor in Mississippi demanding LGBT books be removed in a library.

This week read about a Michigan court giving rights to a lesbian couple over the custody of their twin children, and West Virginia's Senate passing a bill that takes away the rights of trans women to play on women's sports teams.

MMA fights offer security to a West Virginia restaurant after its received threats for almost hosting a drag brunch, and old photos of Tennessee's governor in drag come to light.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - County clerks in West Virginia are being told to accept marriage applications from same-sex couples.

A man in Germany was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after he refused to vacate a burning Hamburg sex shop until he finished watching a porn.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — State and local officials are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging West Virginia's ban on gay marriage.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has asked a judge to postpone ruling on a federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia's same-sex marriage ban until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a ruling in a similar case in Virginia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has put a lawsuit challenging West Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage on hold until a federal appeals court decides a similar Virginia case.

(AP) West Virginia law doesn't consider violence or threats of violence based solely on a victim's sexual orientation to be a hate crime, a circuit judge ruled Friday.

(WM) A federal lawsuit filed Nov. 12 alleges West Virginia’s Medicaid and state employee health plans unlawfully denied coverage for gender-confirming care for two transgender residents.

LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia native is bringing a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film festival to Lewisburg.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Morgantown's City Council is asking the Legislature to legalize same-sex civil marriages in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge says most of a lawsuit challenging West Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage can proceed.

Pride Fort Lauderdale kicks off Oct. 7 with an evening pub crawl through Wilton Manors presented by the Stonewall National Museum & Archives.

It seems many lawmakers learned their lesson from North Carolina.

St. Petersburg is usually a city that is accepting of anyone who wishes to visit its beautiful beaches and enjoy its diverse culture, but according to Mayor Rick Kriseman, there is one person who is not welcome.

A former Marshall University running back will face trial on Jan. 26 on charges of hitting a gay couple.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has lifted his hold on a lawsuit challenging West Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages.

The Kanawha County school board has approved policy changes meant to protect prospective and current lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees from discrimination.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is updating its tax forms to reflect court rulings overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says his office will no longer fight a court challenge to West Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages.

(WB) The City Council of West Virginia’s capital city became the first municipality in the state to enact an ordinance banning the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — There’s “no way” the West Virginia Senate will consider a proposal to erase local ordinances that protect gay and transgender people from housing and employment discrimination, the second-ranking senator said Thursday.