For the first time, mainstream aging groups including the AARP have endorsed a report by SAGE about the needs of gay seniors.
Louisiana congressman Joe Cao is the latest Republican to sign on to the Military Readiness Enchancement Act, which, if passed, will do away with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Antigay threats and slurs posted online are not protected free speech, a California appeals court said Monday.
The CIA's intense pursuit of a "gay terrorist" in the days leading up to 9/11 may have prevented the agency from sharing information with the FBI that could have stopped the attacks.
A new report shows that support for same-sex marriage among college freshmen has increased nine percentage points in the past decade.
A hearing is scheduled next week in the case of Constance McMillen, the Mississippi high school senior who sued her school district because it will not allow her to bring her girlfriend to the prom.
Malawi church leaders met Wednesday to discuss the "phenomenon" of gay rights.
Former New York state senator Hiram Monserrate lost his bid to win back his seat in Queens in a special election Tuesday.
Seventy-three percent of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said they felt comfortable around gay and lesbian colleagues, including 37% who said they are "very comfortable," according to a report by the Vet Voice Foundation.
Fight Back New York, a new political action committee aimed at ousting Empire State politicians who vote against marriage equality, claimed its first victim on Tuesday: senator Hiram Monserrate.
Two months after the New Jersey senate failed to pass a marriage equality bill, gay rights advocates are heading back to the state supreme court.
Contrary to reports, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center is not on the verge of foreclosure and in need of a $1 million bailout from the city, center officials say.
Florida-based police officer Michael Verdugo talks to The Advocate about being fired after a nearly 15-year-old gay bondage film in which he starred resurfaced.
Change.org plans to present the Obama administration with 10 progressive proposals that can become reality through grassroots dedication and legislative support. Will any of those causes include gay rights?
Kristin Davis, the madam who claims she arranged female escorts for former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, announced she's running for governor Monday on a pro–marriage equality, prostitution, and pot platform.
Pennsylvania congressman and former Navy rear admiral Joe Sestak discusses John McCain, health care, and 19-year-old sailors.
St. Vincent’s hospital, a historic lifeline for New Yorkers living with AIDS, faces extinction, leaving thousands of people living with AIDS without their primary care facility.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman plans to introduce legislation to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, though the details of the measure and whether it will be incorporated in the defense authorization bill remain unclear.
Life might soon become an even bigger circus for out actor Neil Patrick Harris.
The tale of three ABBA-loving Aussie drag queens who take their show on the road through the Australian outback is bound for North America.
Charlotte, N.C.’s new mayor, Anthony Foxx (pictured), said the city council will consider adding benefits for domestic partners of city employees, Charlotte’s WCNC TV reports.
Gay activists in Chicago succeeded in removing the antigay and racist band Evil Incarnate from a multiband show scheduled for Saturday night. The band's set list included songs like "Killer of Faggots."
While thousands marched in Washington, D.C., one Advocate contributor took a step back and watched from afar to get a sense of how the media covered the historic event.
A California judge ruled Wednesday that probable cause exists to try 15-year-old Brandon McInerney, accused slayer of gay classmate Larry King, for premeditated murder.
Victor Mukasa crossed a line in his home country. He came out -- once as a lesbian, once as trans -- and decided not to stay silent about it. Now he fears the worst.
Activists suspect government agents in the drive-by killing of LGBT activist and coup protester Walter Trochez.
A new pageant in Venezuela’s “beauty factory” subverts what it means to be pretty — and feminine.
Ontario, Canada's deputy premier and cabinet minister of energy and infrastructure stepped down from his posts on Sunday to run for mayor of Toronto.
A partnered lesbian will serve the Church of Sweden as bishop of Stockholm, the capital city.
Outrage over lyrics by reggae performer Buju Banton and a concentrated campaign by Equality Florida have cost the promoter of a Miami concert featuring Banton and Beenie Man $100,000, according to Equality Florida.
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