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Thousands marched the streets of Manhattan Monday to protest the killing of a gay man allegedly taunted with homophobic slurs - the most recent in a spate of bias attacks stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage in a famously gay-friendly neighborhood.

A gay former state employee in Texas is appealing the dismissal of his employment discrimination lawsuit, alleging his boss created a hostile work environment after the employee came to a Halloween party dressed as a geisha.

Actor Sean Penn is urging the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman jailed there since 2011.

The Alliance Defending Freedom's pro-discrimination message is failing hard across the nation as marriage equality gains ground.

The battle over an amendment to England's equal marriage bill not only threatens the bill, but could end up destabilizing the ruling coalition.

Singer Rihanna has said that she'd be willing to make out with Miley Cyrus...much to the big yawn of this corner of the LGBT Universe

A conservative group is raising hackles in sunny California by urging parents to keep their children home from school this Wednesday on Harvey Milk Day, commemorating the first openly gay lawmaker.

Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships - an important compromise that must still pass further hurdles before it can become church law.

The Rt Rev Lorna Hood called for unity and respect for the wide range of views on the ordination of gay ministers among Church members The Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers - whilst maintaining a traditionalist standpoint.

A spate of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods heading into what's usually a time for celebration.

Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, had her entire life before her. Graduation. College. Job prospects.

An FBI spokesman says a man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for making a threat on Twitter to a well-known gay rights activist.

A bill that would cut off federal funding to adoption and foster care agencies that discriminate against gay and lesbian couples seeking to parent is making its way to Congress again with bipartisan support.

An FBI spokesman says a man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for making a threat on Twitter to a well-known gay rights activist.

Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship - the nation's top academic title - to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist.

Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship _ the nation's top academic title _ to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist.

The parents of the girlfriend of one Kaitlyn Hunt had the 18-year-old arrested and now she is facing life as a sex offender due to this abuse of the law.

Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual rights.

Yvette Cooper, who said she did not want the gay marriage bill to be delayed or wrecked.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.