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LCB Called Out After Raids on Gay Bars

A group of gay bar owners and LGBTQ+ advocates recently released a joint statement criticizing…

House LGBT Caucus Calls on Senate to Reject Ben Carson Nomination

The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus called on the Senate to reject Ben Carson’s nomination for…

Senate Takes First Steps to Repealing Health Care Law

Senate Republicans took their first major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Thursday,…

Rust & Romance in the Emerald City

Swiping her phone and dropping it into her bag, Seattle emerges from the darkness of the corner, green eyes ablaze once she steps into the light.

News opinion: Navigating politics in Washington at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters

As the nation’s largest LGBT organization fighting for equality, the HRC building stood as an impressive symbol to that mission. The walls were made of glass, reflecting both the sunlight and HRC’s dedication to inclusiveness. The signature blue and yellow equality sign was mounted to a large slab of marble next to the entrance. I took a few pictures, local commuters walking around me with irritated glances.

Federal LGBT legislation in limbo, nine equality bills are going nowhere

Don’t plan on seeing any sweeping equality legislation out of Washington, D.C., this year. Or…

Gay marriage: awkward issue for some Republicans

NEW YORK (AP) _ Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: People are for…

Perry backs a constitutional limit on marriage

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) _ Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday he supports a federal…

Senate committee hears arguments about gay marriage

WASHINGTON (AP) — Proponents of same-sex marriage are likening their cause to the civil rights…

Lesbian couple, one of thousands, torn apart by DOMA, immigration policy

When Coloradan Inger Knudson committed her life to Philippa, an English woman, atop Lookout Mountain in 2009, the last thing she feared was her family would be ripped apart by the United States government.