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From book readings to movie screenings, the Bay Area is marking the annual Harvey Milk Day with a variety of events this year.

Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controver

In a press conference with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly stated that while overall hate crimes have fallen nearly 30 percent this year, the city has seen a "significant" 70-percent surge in anti-gay hate crimes.

A conservative party is challenging a judicial ruling that requires all of Brazil’s notary publics to register same-sex civil unions as marriages if couples request it.

Britain’s House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

The sponsor of Illinois’ gay marriage bill says the gay marriage will be legalized by the end of the month, which would make the state the 13th in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage.

A UFC fighter has been suspended after calling a fellow fighter "the biggest fag in the world" on Twitter.

A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.

Virginia Republicans have nominated E.W. Jackson for lieutenant governor. The minister, however, has made headlines for his outrageous anti-gay comments and for comparing Planned Parenthood to the K.K.K.

French right-wing historian Dominique Venner shot and killed himself on the altar of Paris’ famed Notre Dame Cathedral today at 4PM local time in front of throngs of tourists in protest of France’s recent legalization of same-sex marriage.