LGBTQ+-related laws include but are not limited to: government recognition of same-sex relationships, LGBT adoption, sexual orientation and military service, immigration equality, anti-discrimination laws, hate crime laws regarding violence against LGBT people, sodomy laws, anti-lesbianism laws, and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.
After Rulings, Same-Sex Couples Grapple With Diverging State Laws
WASHINGTON —
Gay marriage opponents feel alienated, misunderstood
Pastor Jim Franklin was one of the leading
voices supporting California’s 2008 gay marriage ban. He spoke passionately about the importance of traditional marriage from the pulpit of Cornerstone Church in Fresno and led rallies against gay unions.
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Inspired by Collins, a High School Coach Comes Out
When the soccer player Robbie Rogers and the N.B.A. center Jason Collins recently came out as gay professional athletes, it was hailed by many as a historic time. Barriers had been broken. Attitudes in pro sports locker rooms were being changed.
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Federal Court Speaks, but Couples Still Face State Legal Patchwork
WASHINGTON — Consider two women living at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., who travel to Maine to get married. When they get back to the base, the military will now recognize their marriage, affording them a variety of benefits that would go to any married couple, like health care and a housing allowance.
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Two Major Rulings Back Gay Marriage
WASHINGTON — Married gay and lesbian couples are entitled to federal benefits, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in a major victory for the gay rights movement.
Read more in The New York Times.
Gay marriage ruling: Supreme Court finds DOMA unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday and declared that same-sex couples who are legally married deserve equal rights to the benefits under federal law that go to all other married couples.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Prop. 8: Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for same-sex marriages to resume in California as the justices, in a procedural ruling, turned away the defenders of Proposition 8.
Read more in The Los Angeles Times.
Rights Unit Finds Bias Against Transgender Student
DENVER — A Colorado school district discriminated against a transgender first grader when it refused to let her use the girl’s bathroom, the state’s civil rights division has determined, a decision gay and transgender advocates say will have an indelible impact on how such cases are handled in the future.
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Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage
As the Supreme Court considers overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriage, gay people await a ruling that could change their lives. But the case has already transformed one gay man: Ken Mehlman, the once-closeted Republican operative who orchestrated President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election on a platform that included opposition to same-sex marriage.
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Transgender school bill under fire from conservatives
Conservatives are crying foul over a bill that would allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with, rather than the sex they were born into.
Read more in the Daily News of Los Angeles.