Voters in Maine Tuesday voted by a narrow margin to repeal the state’s recently approved marriage equality law. There will, no doubt, be much analysis of why voters chose to repeal the law in Maine, but even before the voting booths had opened...

Maine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters. Public opinion surveys in Maine show a dead heat on Question 1, which would cancel...

The U.S. Senate passed The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act on Thursday, October 22, 2009, on a 68 to 29 vote. The bill extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks motivated by sex, sexual orientation,...

Today there will be a hearing in DC for legalization of same sex marriage in the District of Columbia. More than hundreds of people signed up to testify, resulting in the need to extend the hearings to early November. Yesterday, members of local...

Extending benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees will strengthen the government’s recruiting and retention power and bring equity to gay and lesbian members of the federal workforce, witnesses told the Senate Homeland Security and...