Gays and lesbians who live in states that ban gay marriage like Mississippi are more likely to suffer from alcoholism, mood disorder, or anxiety according to a study by the American Public Health Association.

Merideth Baxter comes out on the Today show.

The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced plans to establish the first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older LGBT individuals.

The Copiah County School District is standing behind a decision not to publish Ceara Sturgis’ senior picture in Wesson Attendance Center’s yearbook because she chose to be photographed in a tuxedo instead of the drape reserved for girls.

A Wesson student is fighting back after being excluded from her high school yearbook for wearing men’s clothing in her class photo.

WLBT reports: Ceara Sturgis, a lesbian teen at Wesson Attendance Center’s high school, chose to have her senior class picture taken wearing a tuxedo. The school has informed her that the photo will not be included in the yearbook.

“People tend to believe that racism, on all sides of the color lines, is something that stops at the gates of the LGBT community… It just doesn’t happen that way,” writes actor Doug Spearman in an essay for the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Forward series.

LZ Granderson says criticism of Obama from the gay community has gone too far… Read his opinion on CNN then share your thoughts

Panelists discuss these pivotal events; the role the media played in generating visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; and what the media accounts got right and wrong.

Is Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie as staged as his MTV Awards brawl with Eminem? An exclusive look at a small Southern town presented as a hotbed of homophobia in the film.