antidiscrimination laws

While the fine isn't final yet, the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa are already raising funds to cover it — but GoFundMe won't host their campaign.

A so-called 'license to discriminate' bill has died in Arkansas, but similar ones remain pending in numerous other states.

The owners of Gortz Haus Gallery made the decision after paying $5,000 to settle a complaint by a same-sex couple.

The 'Add the Words' bill, which would have banned anti-LGBT discrimination, died in a party-line committee vote today.

Enemies of LGBTQ equality tend to also fight racial and gender equality. Activist and California State Senate candidate Sandra Fluke says history tells us how everyone can work to be equal.

Melissa Klein denied a lesbian couple a wedding cake in February 2013 and is now crying about the discrimination lawsuit lodged by the state of Oregon.

Rachel Maddow injects a dose of common sense on the Supreme Court's ruling on contraception.

Some 53 percent feel they have to hide their identity, says a new Human Rights Campaign Foundation study, which reports on other workplace problems as well.

Members of Parliament in the island nation of Malta approved legislation Monday granting same-sex couples the right to enter into a civil union and adopt children together.

The Kilgore school district admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay $77,500 to settle the suit by Skye Wyatt, who says softball coaches breached her privacy by telling her mother about her lesbian relationship.

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the most infuriating bits of news from the past seven days.

A lesbian in Washington, D.C. found a distasteful surprise when she opened a cake from a local bakery she'd ordered to celebrate she and her partner's anniversary.

Welcome to SheWired 's weekly round-up of the most infuriating bits of news from the past seven days.

A lesbian couple in Oregon has filed a formal complaint with the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging discrimination after a bakery in Gresham, Ore., refused to bake a cake for the couple's same-sex wedding in January.

California governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a groundbreaking bill expanding antidiscrimination protections for transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools, mandating that schools respect the gender identity of trans students by allowing them equal access to the sports teams, programs, and facilities associated with their gender.

A baker in Mt. Hood, Ore., is under scrutiny after refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple's wedding when she discovered they were a same-sex couple.

Tammy Baldwin has been called a "radical lesbian" in her quest for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but what does she actually believe, and does it sound radical to you?