BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Germany on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed under the Nazis, a monument meant both to honor a long-ignored group of vict...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- An Air Force major who was dismissed for being a homosexual can continue her legal fight against the military, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.   ...

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, official...

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- In a downtown Nairobi salon, tucked away in nondescript office building, women sit under hair dryers and gossip. They have their hair trimmed and their feet and hands pampe...

Olympics: Australian diver Matthew Mitcham comes out (Getty Images)Matthew Mitcham, Australia's hope for a diving gold medal in Beijing, has revealed he is gay. The 20-year old will be the first ...

Gay rights advocates notch wins in N.Y., Calif. N.Y. governor tells agencies to honor nuptials; Calif. sets date for weddings Sharon Papo, left, and Amber Weiss apply for an appointment ...

Posted: May 2, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET   Carolyn Martin has been named the University of Wisconsin-Madison's first lesbian chancellor, Wisconsin system president Kevin Reilly announced Wednesda...

10 States Ask Calif. to Delay Gay Marriageby the Associated Press   Posted: May 30, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay fi...

 It Pays to Play the Gay Marriage Game By Duane Wells Last week when Massachusetts lawmakers, with the very vocal and aggressive support of Gov. Deval Patrick, blocked a proposed amendment th...

New York to recognize out-of-state gay marriage By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago     Same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere will be recognized in New...

May 30, 2008 (gladd.org)      New York Governor David Paterson has instructed state agencies to change their policies and recognize marriages between gay and lesbian couples...

Calif.: Same-sex marriages OK beginning June 17 Diane Sabin and her partner Jewelle Gomez, hold hands in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 4, 2008.   More California voters now support allow...

Gay marriage issue not over yet David Paul KuhnFri May 30, 6:56 AM ET   The muted political reaction to the recent California Supreme Court decision overturning the state's ban on gay ma...

Group: McCain Record Shows History Of Opposing LGBT Rightsby 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted: June 3, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET (Washington) The nation's largest LGBT civil rights group says that d...

Gay Marriage Ban Qualifies For Calif. Ballotby The Associated Press Posted: June 3, 2008 - 6:30 am ET (San Francisco, California) An initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in Californ...

Gay Activists Defy Authority in Moscowby The Associated Press Posted: June 2, 2008 - 7:00 am ET Gay rights activists held small, scattered protests in Moscow on Sunday, flouting repeated refus...

Tonight, (June 4, 2008), Bill O'Reilly accepted the Pink Brick Award from Mikayla Connell, president of the Board of the San Francisco Pride. O'Reilly, looking very uncomfortable, almost allowed C...

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch.   Sirbrina Guerrero com...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A woman who helped raise a child with her female partner in Vermont before the pair split can visit the girl in Virginia even though that state doesn't recognize same-sex union...

By Jacque Wilson CNN   (CNN) -- The transgendered woman on the other end of the line was threatening to kill herself by jumping off of a parking structure. The Trevor Helpline counselor who...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- An adult adoption involving lesbian partners and a claim to a share of a family fortune built on IBM has been annulled, bouncing the case to Maine's highest court.   ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new stu...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Out-of-state gay couples got one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding Tuesday when the state Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that has been used to bar them from m...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) -- Who may now kiss the bride when there are two grooms? Lorie Franks, center left, and her partner Anne Mary Franks, celebrate their marriage with their daughte...

Kids are coming out younger, but are schools ready to handle the complex issues of identity and sexuality? For Larry King, the question had tragic implications.       A 15-year-...

SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A cruise ship dancer who jumped 30 feet off a deck into San Diego Bay last weekend was killed by police after attacking an officer who had helped pull him onto a resc...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for Californians to vote in November on whether to ban same-sex marriages in the state. A gay couple is marri...

      Controversy over gay persecution description ATLANTA (CNN) -- Two explicit paragraphs about homosexuals that were edited out of a teacher's guide about the Holocaust wil...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Kamal was just 16 when gunmen snatched him off the streets of Baghdad, stuffed him in the trunk of a car and whisked him away to a house. But the real terror was about to ...

By John Lauerman   Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The AIDS virus infects about 40 percent more people in the U.S. than the government has long estimated, federal health officials said today. The new...

Brad Pitt donates money to support gay marriage The Associated Press   Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight California's November ballot initiative that would overturn the state Supreme...

Hard Rock Hotel San Diego and Olivia Companies Host 100 Same-Sex Couples as They Legally Tie the Knot   Hard Rock Hotel San Diego in the famed Gaslamp Quarter   &nb...

California Voters Approve Gay Marriage Ban Proposition 8 Passes  Election Results: Proposition 8 LOS ANGELES (AP) - California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment outlawing sa...