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Gay Sex Ban in Military Upheld by South Korean Court

In the past, the law has been used to arrest dozens of people in what critics have called a “gay witch-hunt.”

Marriage Equality Hits a Challenge in Nepal

A move by lower courts threatens the country’s promising record on marriage equality.

Woman in Anti-LGBTQ+ SCOTUS Case Did Make a Wedding Website: Report

Lorie Smith said she couldn’t design wedding websites out of fear of retaliation for her beliefs, but it turns out she designed at least one before making a legal challenge.

This Is How Conservatives Manufactured an LGBTQ+ Rights Supreme Court Case

LGBTQ+ rights face a major setback in the United States, all because one woman wants to deny queer people a service that may have not been actually asked for in the first place.

First Same-Sex Couples Wed in Chile

"It's something we didn't think could happen," Javier Silva observed as the nation's marriage equality law went into effect Thursday.

Pope Francis: Same-Sex Couples Are Not 'Families'

The leader of the Catholic Church expressed a conservative view of the definition of a family and also compared abortion to the Holocaust.

Big Payday for Same-Sex Married Couples

A new report indicates it pays to be gay -- or bi -- and hitched to a member of the same sex.

Senate Takes Stand for Same-Sex Couples

Some couples are losing out on Social Security and Veterans' benefits because they live in a state that doesn't recognize their union; a Senate vote, while not binding, marks an attempt to right that wrong.

WATCH: Same-Sex Couples Marry in S.C.

As the state's Republican leadership begs the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, same-sex couples are being married in Charleston, S.C.

PHOTOS: Same-Sex Couples Wed in Arkansas

Marriage equality officially arrives in the South as same-sex couples begin marrying in Arkansas following a state court ruling that struck down the existing constitutional and statutory ban on same-sex marriage.

Nebraska Same-Sex Couple Seeking Divorce

The problem, though, is that the state doesn't recognize their marriage, performed in Iowa in 2009.

First Same-Sex Couples Marry in Hawaii

Six couples took their vows just after midnight today as the state's marriage equality law went into effect.

Two Same-Sex Couples Married in Colombia

After a 2011 court ruling that ordered the Colombian Congress to create equal relationship recognition for same-sex couples, gay and lesbian Colombians are finally tying the knot.

Same-Sex Couples Begin Marrying in Uruguay

Marriage equality in the South American country took effect on Friday, August 23 as same-sex couples we're legally able to tie the knot for the first time.

Ill. Rep.: Same-Sex Couples 'Disordered'

Gay couples are trying to 'weasel their way into acceptability' with the state's pending marriage equality bill, says Rep. Jeanne Ives.

Will Immigration Reform Protect Same-Sex Couples?

President Obama's immigration reform proposals may include gay couples, but will Congress take heed?

Same-Sex Buddhist Couple Marries in Taiwan

Fish Huang and You Ya-ting married Saturday at a Buddhist monastery in northern Taiwan.

Same Sex Couples Pay More Taxes

CNNMoney reports that the federal government's lack of recognition of same-sex marriages, which forces legally married couples to file separately on their federal returns, results in as much as $6,000 per year in extra taxes.