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Connecticut Bill to Restore Benefits for Discharged Gay Veterans To Hit...

Gay and Lesbians Veterans Discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) was the official United States policy on gays serving in the military from December 21, 1993, to...

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Church of Scotland Accepts Gay Ministers.

The Church of Scotland‘s ruling general assembly has voted to allow congregations in Scotland to admit gay ministers, if they elect to do so, in a radical departure from more than 450 years of history...

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Bill Protecting Religious Freedom Passes Arizona House

Senate Bill 1178 Passed the House of Representatives with a 32-24 Vote Last Wednesday, May 15, 2013, the Arizona House passed a measure that would offer further protection for the religious liberties...

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Gay-Rights Issue to Immigration Reform Bill Is At a Standstill

May Become a Senate Showdown An amendment sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) would allow U.S. citizens in long-term relationships to sponsor foreign partners for...

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Paris Protest Against Gay Marriage Turns Violent.

More then a million homophobes marched through the streets of Paris, France last Sunday 26th May in a specially organised demonstration against the recently passed French law that legalised same-sex...

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First French Gay Marriage

Representatives of the world’s media descended on the liberal city of Montpellier, France on Wednesday 29th May for the very first gay wedding in France, just days after President Hollande signed the...

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Illinois House Adjourns without Gay Marriage Vote

  Passed State Senate in February, but not Muster on May 31, 2013 One was surprised today that the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act that passed the State Senate in February and was going to...

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Scotland’s Gay Marriage Plans

The government in Scotland, UK, has confirmed it will introduce a bill to allow same-sex marriage within the month. A special consultation on a ‘Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill’ came to...

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Marco Rubio Will Revoke Immigration Bill Support if Gay Couple Amendment Added

“I’m Done,” Rubio Threatens Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio said that he will withdraw his support of the Senate Immigration Bill if the immigration bill now under consideration includes a gay...

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Top-Ranking Openly Gay Person in Defense Dept. Now Holds Two Jobs

Eric Fanning is Air Force’s Under Secretary and Civilian Head On April 18, 2013, Eric Fanning was confirmed as the 24th Under Secretary of the Air Force . On June 21, 2013, he began to serve in the...

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Supreme Court Delivers Gay Marriage Victory

BREAKING NEWS:  Supreme Court Delivers First Gay Marriage Victory Profound Victory for basic human rights as the Supreme Court issues rulings on Gay Marriage. In 5-4 ruling, U.S. Supreme Court justices...

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President of Brazil’s Commission for Human Rights and Minorities is...

Marco Feliciano Accused of Homophobia and Racism Marco Feliciano, an evangelical pastor from the Christian Social Policy, is accused of homophobia, racism, and excluding outsiders from sessions in...

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Obama Gives Hope for Gay African Community

South Africa might be progressive and pretty in pink, offering a great gay tourist destination and gay marriage for everyone, but it’s only the rainbow tip in the largely homophobic African...

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The Little Engine Who Could: Edie Windsor

The Woman Who Sued the United States and Won! “I think I can, I think I can” must have been Windsor’s motto as she led an uphill battle that lasted five years, and culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court...

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Couples Can Wed Again in California

Proposition 8 Struck Down What is Prop 8? Proposition 8 in California is the voter-approved law that limits marriage to one man and one woman that was passed in 2008.  In 2010, Prop 8 was declared...

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Gay Marriage Green Cards and Impact on Immigration Reform

A fairly straightforward process available to most Americans—obtaining a green card for your foreign-born spouse—has caused many headaches and heartaches for same-sex couples. For these over 40,000...

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Employment Non-Discrimination Act Passes U.S. Senate Committee

Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Passes Bill, 15 to 7 What is ENDA? In thirty-three states that don’t have legislation prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis...

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Attorney General in Pa Won’t Defend Gay Marriage Ban in Court

Leaves Job To Republican Governor Tom Corbett Kathleen Kane, the Attorney General of the state of Pennsylvania, said on July 11, 2013, that she will not defend the state’s gay marriage ban in court....

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Gay Marriage Opponents in France More Violent and More Pink

If you’ve been worried about protesters arguing against gay marriage in the United States, you should hear about what’s been going on in France. Gay marriage in the country has been legal since May 18...

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NY State Estate Tax Refunds Due Gay Couples

Cuomo and U.S. Supreme Court Rule So On July 23, 2013, Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that same-sex spouses who were forced to pay high New York estates when their partner died can now get refunds from...

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