Barney Frank will not be the interim senator from Massachusetts. At a press conference this morning, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Mo Cowan, his former...
President Barack Obama revealed his plan for immigration reform today, calling for binational same-sex couples to be extended the same immigration rights as straight binational...
LGBT allies in the Maryland General Assembly introduced a bill Tuesday that would extend nondiscrimination protections to transgender individuals in the Free State, prohibiting the...
White House press secretary Jay Carney appeared to confirm reports that President Barack Obama will include rights for binational same-sex couples in his plan for...
Hours before President Barack Obama is set the unveil his immigration plan during a speech in Las Vegas, Sen. John McCain said that comprehensive immigration...
A Virginia Senate committee unanimously approved a bill that would allow unmarried couples to cohabitate without fear of prosecution by the Commonwealth. All fifteen members...
Two senators joined the call for outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to immediately extend benefits to same-sex military families. In a letter sent today, Sens. Kirsten...
Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America are discussing the possibility of lifting the organization’s longstanding ban on gay members and leaders, NBC News reported...
Under the threat of losing its charter, a local Maryland Cub Scout pack has ended its LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policy. The group’s National Capital Area Council...
President Barack Obama called on 3,000 LGBT rights activists gathered in Atlanta Jan. 25 to continue working toward full equality in a video message delivered...
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act on March 27, House Republicans have spent...
The White House today said President Barack Obama is aware that same-sex military families are still denied a number of benefits in the wake of...
SB701, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in state employment, passed the Virginia Senate Friday morning by...
The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted 51-19 Thursday to approve a bill legalizing marriage equality in the Ocean State, setting the measure up to...
Just as the Rhode Island House of Representatives takes up a vote on a bill to legalize marriage equality, a Rhode Island state senator has...