Human Rights Campaign

WHEN the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court voted to legalize gay marriage in 2003, its opinion rested squarely on the argument that determining the best interests of a child "does not turn on a parent's sexual orientation or marital status." Three...

New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples all the rights and benefits of marriage, except one: the word "marriage." The 4-3 majority decision, written by Justice Barry T. Albin, reasons that by...

The boy sitting patiently in the Hagerstown Community College auditorium, playing his Game Boy and fidgeting with his hair, gets up and goes to the podium with his mom and his baby sister when their names are called. About 100 people watch him, waiting to...

As both campaigns make a pitch for gay and lesbian voters, a group of gay Republicans endorsed Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for governor yesterday. Joe Zuber, vice president of the Maryland chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, said it decided to back the GOP...

That gays are more widely accepted in American society is readily apparent in everything from television sitcoms to corporate anti-discrimination policies to recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions. Less apparent is why and how the shift in attitude occurred....

WASHINGTON — The issue of same-sex marriage demanded the attention of presidential candidates and Congress on Thursday, as a Massachusetts court ruling that permits gays and lesbians to marry led to renewed calls by conservatives for a...

It was a minor miracle. Somehow, Kiran, Tiara, Alonzo and their parents awoke in time for the 8 a.m. service. They threw on their Sunday best, jumped into the minivan and drove the 20 minutes from their Upper Marlboro home to Covenant Baptist Church in...