Indiana judge blocks law denying gender-affirming care to prisoners, ruling it’s likely unconstitutional
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
September 20, 2024
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Indiana Marriage Ruling Possible Next Week
A Lambda Legal attorney is optimistic that a federal judge will strike down the ban on same-sex marriage and extend an order for the state to recognize the marriage of her clients.
May 2, 2014
Indiana: Weddings Have Begun
Indiana couples are rushing to obtain marriage certificates after a federal judge ruled that the state's ban was unconstitutional.
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June 25, 2014
Federal Judge Rules Indiana Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
The same judge who ruled against the state's ban on marriage equality affirmed that decision Tuesday in a separate case, requiring Indiana to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
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August 20, 2014
Same-Sex Marriages Halted in Indiana
An appeals court has granted a stay of the Wednesday ruling that struck down the state's marriage ban.
June 27, 2014
Judge: Indiana Must Continue Recognizing Couple's Marriage
The state immediately asked for a stay of the order, which would allow the marriage of two women -- one of whom is terminally ill -- to stay in force while a challenge to Indiana's same-sex marriage ban makes its way through the courts.
May 9, 2014
Catholic School Can Fire Lesbian for Being Married Says Federal Judge
A judge in Indiana ruled that a private Catholic school was within its rights to fire a long-time guidance counselor because she married her partner.
October 5, 2022
Is This Love Story the Next Best Picture Winner? (Video)
A relationship that took on the Supreme Court -- and paved the way for same-sex marriage -- is the basis of Jeff Nichols's Loving.
July 14, 2016
WATCH: 10 Years of Marriage Equality Will Make You Weep
Richard Blanco, the first openly gay and Latino man to deliver the inaugural poem, has a powerful new piece reflecting on the decade since marriage equality first came to the U.S.
September 22, 2014
Lesbian Black Lives Matter Leader Sentenced for 'Lynching'
"This is really the system's lynching of Jasmine Richards," says fellow Black Lives Matter organizer and scholar Dr. Malina Abdullah.
June 7, 2016
Op-ed: The Lambda Literary Awards Are as Essential as Ever
The executive director of the Lambda Literary Foundation counters an earlier op-ed, saying the awards and foundation are more crucial than ever in their 25th year.
October 9, 2012
Judge releases mayor's computer files—with conditions
A judge has
granted a request to make public the gay-themed contents of
Spokane, Wash., mayor James West's city-owned laptop
computer but prevented the release of 3,300 photos of
members of a gay-oriented Web site.
November 18, 2005
Spokane mayor tries to block release of computer files
Lawyers for Spokane, Wash., mayor James West are asking a judge to block the release of contents of West's work computer, in part because they would be "highly offensive to a reasonable person."
October 12, 2005
The Impending Veto
Forty years after the Lovings won the freedom to marry, gays and lesbians are still denied what the Supreme Court deemed a "basic civil right."
September 25, 2007
Missouri Attorney General can obtain information on Planned Parenthood's trans health care, court rules
Ruling in Bailey’s favor, Stelzer said the AG’s office has “broad investigative powers” and that Bailey has the right to obtain any documents that aren’t protected by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
April 15, 2024
Neil Gorsuch Appears to See Marriage, Abortion as Established Rights
In the second day of his confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court nominee suggests he wouldn't want to overturn those rulings.
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March 21, 2017
Mayor contends computer files automatically cached
As a judge prepares to decide whether the contents of Spokane, Wash., mayor James E. West's city-owned computer are part of the public record, the mayor is arguing that numerous gay-oriented photos on the laptop were placed there automatically.
November 17, 2005
Remembering Michael Callen and Essex Hemphill and the Battlefield of A
Meticulously researched and evocatively told, Hold Tight Gently is this celebrated historian's poignant memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes of the early years of the epidemic. This is an exclusive excerpt.
March 20, 2014
West Virginia May Be Next State to Ban Trans Athletes
The state's Senate approved a bill with such a ban Thursday, after the House of Delegates OK'd a slightly different version; they must be reconciled before going to Gov. Jim Justice.
April 8, 2021
Log Cabin Republican Praises Trump, ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ and Trans Hate
In a column, gay Republican Charles Moran slams Texas for calling homosexuality 'abnormal' while claiming the former president made the country more LGBTQ+ inclusive.
June 23, 2022
What the Obits Aren't Saying: Billy Graham Was a Homophobe
The preacher, who died today at age 99, wasn't particularly known for his antigay views, but he certainly had them.
February 21, 2018