A controversial bill that critics claim legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians is on the verge of becoming law in Indiana. The Republican-controlled Indiana House on Monday approved the legislation, which purports to protect religious freedom.
Gay groups were finally welcome at Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday after as organizers had decided to lift a ban that had shut them out for decades. This year, the sponsoring South Boston Allied War Veterans Council invited Boston Pride and OutVets to join in the festivities.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday did away with an executive order that for eight years had protected gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender state workers.
Starting on Wednesday, the Florida Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in a case over the definition of sexual intercourse that involves a gay man charged with breaking the law for failing to let his partner know he is HIV-positive.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will relax a lifetime ban forbidding gay men to donate blood, if they have abstained from gay sex for one year.
Chinese man awarded compensation for gay shock therapy A Chinese man won a court case, resulting in monetary compensation, after a court in Beijing ruled the electric shock therapy that was used to "cure" him of being gay.
The West African nation of The Gambia has come under criticism from the U.S. State Department as well international human rights organizations after the Gambian legislature approved a law that punishes "aggravated homosexuality" with life in prison. Uganda has also reached the final stages of a new anti-gay law.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriages in Kansas to continue, making it the 33rd state in which gay unions are permitted and lifting a provisional deferment issued two days prior by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Ban on blood donation from gay or bisexual men may be partially revoked A 31-year ban preventing gay and bisexual men from donating blood may soon be under consideration to be partially revoked by Congress.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Democrat Maura Healey was elected attorney general in Massachusetts, making history as the first openly gay attorney general in the United States, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised Eurovision drag queen Conchita Wurst Monday for the gay singer's fight against discrimination and intolerance.
Three anti-gay groups, NOM, FRC and CitizenLink, have pledged to oppose three Republican candidates in the upcoming elections because of their pro-LGBT views.
