UPDATE: Maine Bans Gay Marriage

UPDATE: Maine has banned gay marriage. See updates. The residents of Maine look likely to follow the lead of California and ban gay marriage with a ballot measure overturning legal gay marriage pulling to a bigger lead. The Maine ... continue

Obama Signs Bill Making Gay Attack A Hate Crime

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is now among the list of hate crimes under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday at the White House. As an amendment to ... continue

Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes bill with hidden f-bomb

California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to have vetoed a bill with a hidden message to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. Ammiano had previously told Schwarzenegger to "kiss (his) gay ass" at a fundraiser, so the Governor may have been retaliating for the ... continue

Schwarzenegger Signs Two Historic Gay Rights Bills

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills on Monday that add further positive momentum to the gay rights struggle. California's top lawmaker signed a bill that to gives the state a day to celebrate fallen politician Harvey ... continue

Schwarzenegger Signs Two Historic Gay Rights Bills

Sacramento, CA (AHN) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills on Monday that add further positive momentum to the gay rights struggle. California's top lawmaker signed a bill that to gives the state a day to ... continue

Gays 1 Christians 0

You've got to hand it to these protesters at a gay marriage rights rally: they've got a point. Related posts:Proposition 8 Upheld in California – Gays Protesting across U.S.Obama administration draws ire by upholding the Defense of Marriage ... continue

Group Requests 2010 Ballot Initiative To Ban Gay Marriages In D.C.

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A group of opponents of same-sex marriage have filed a request with the District of Columbia Board of Elections for a ballot initiative next year that would define marriage as between a man ... continue

Pro-Gay Group Sues To Keep Referendum From Washington State Ballot

Olympia, WA (AHN) - A gay advocacy group has sued Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed for allegedly accepting signatures in a referendum petition for a bill granting same-sex couples domestic partnership rights even if these signatures ... continue

Lutheran Church Lifts Ban On Non-Celibate Gay Clergy

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S.'s largest Lutheran denomination on Friday lifted a long-standing ban on the selection of actively gay and lesbian clergy to serve as pastors. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said it will permit ... continue

Lutheran Church To Vote On Gay Clergy

Minneapolis, MN (AHN) - A vote on whether to allow homosexuals to serve as clergy in the Lutheran Church is scheduled at a national assembly of delegates here Friday, but a technical move to make approval more ... continue

Report Warns Murder Rate Against Transgendered People Is Rising

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A new report has found an estimated 200 transgendered persons were murdered from January 2008 to June 2009; which is enough to say that every three days a transgendered person is killed somewhere ... continue

Drew Barrymore Protests Proposition 8

This past weekend, Drew Barrymore took to the streets with fellow protesters on Prop 8 and swept through the streets, where she ended up getting hold of the microphone and telling the exhausted crowd "I will fight ... continue