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Roy Moore, chief justice of the the Alabama Supreme Court, claims the federal courts have no authority over state marriage laws.

After an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, most county clerks have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Emmy-winning Glee star went solo at New York's 54 Below, and we've got the highlights.

Shelby Osborne, a high school senior from Indiana, will play for Kentucky's Cambellsville University Tigers this fall.

This May 11th sadly marked the 10th anniversary of the murder of Sakia Gunn of Newark, N.J. Her murder is mired, at best, by myths and, at worst, by malicious intent.

Social media has become a new tool in rape culture. The April 14 episode of CBS’s Emmy-winning drama The Good Wife began with the entire screen filled by a tweet being typed and posted: Todd Bratcher raped me.

Rev. Irene Monroe calls on friends, family and community leaders to end the bullying epidemic that takes the lives of too many LGBTQ youth.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, an album is a collection of songs, but it is also “ a book with blank pages used for making a collection.” And that is the definition that most intrigues for our purposes in compiling The Greatest Lesbian Albums (Of All Time) – the idea that a collection of recordings has the power to create an indelible impression on the listener. Certainly, lesbian music fans have lovingly co-opted albums for decades to help provide aural snapshots of their lived experiences. Please enjoy our list, which includes Sarah McLachlan, Blondie, Garbage, Girl in a Coma, Disappear Fear, Kelly Clarkson, Lucinda Williams, t.A.T.u., Rent, Grace Jones and more...

This past week, the website of the National Organization for Marriage linked to a comic that resulted in the antigay group showcasing the gay pride flag, thanks to some creativity from the cartoonist and his brother. 

On Wednesday, some Twitter followers alerted Zach Weiner that NOM had posted one of his comics under the mistaken interpretation that it reflected their antigay positions. He learned that NOM had “hotlinked” the image, meaning that the image they displayed was accessed directly from his databas

I walked into a conversation this afternoon about the latest LGBT bullying related suicide. I quickly found out that it was a Minnesota teen who died on Saturday morning. With these basic facts, my mind immediately went on high alert. I grew up in Minnesota -- I know plenty of young people who live there.

Lance Lundsten, a gay 18-year-old student at Jefferson High School in Minnesota, took his own life on Saturday after being bullied at school. KSAX-TV reports that authorities believe Lundsten’s death was a suicide. Police officers responded to an emergency call at his family’s residence in Miltona around 10 p.m. Saturday, and he was taken to Douglas County Hospital where he died.