Human Rights Campaign

Transgender people would be protected from discrimination in Baltimore County under a measure approved by the County Council Tuesday, making the county the fourth local government in Maryland to adopt such protections. Council members did not add a...

Jenna Fischetti picks a seat at a Baltimore County Starbucks where she can see who's coming and going. As a transgender woman, the 47-year-old is always on guard. "My head's on the swivel," said Fischetti, a freckled brunette. When she slips into a...

Ad campaign against ABC's controversial cross-dresser sitcom "Work It."...

Gay groups to meet with ABC over controversial sitcom "Work It," about cross-dressers...

The Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow has breakout marketing potential. Full lineup for Coachella announced. Anna Wintour's Runway to Win has fashion designers selling merchandise to benefit the Obama campaign. And Solange Knowles signs with a modeling agency....

Gay marriage: Legislation to allow gay marriage is moving forward in Washington, New Jersey and Maryland, but opponents are fighting back. Here's a national round-up of legislation and upcoming or pending ballot initiatives that are in the works in six...

The fashion world had reason to smile during Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show. The opening number was "Vogue," featuring lighted replicas of Vogue magazine, and the star dressed in Givenchy Couture and Bulgari jewels....

Proposition 8: An appeals court ruling on Proposition 8 was seen as a victory not only for gays and lesbians in California, but also for gays and lesbians fighting for same-sex marriage in other parts of the country....

When the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed in 1996, all but one member of Connecticut's congressional delegation voted for the legislation that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. Times have changed. Connecticut has legalized...

Now the real debate over gay marriage in North Carolina begins. Residents should prepare for passionate and pricey campaigns over the definition of marriage in the next eight months, if previous ballot questions in other states and recent debate in North...

For years, Akil Patterson wouldn't tell the world who he really was: a gay man playing Division I college football. His secret weighed on him, frightened him, confused him, taking on a life all its own. In lonely periods, the former University of...

Three area hospitals were recognized in a new nationwide survey for their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients. The Human Rights Campaign's Healthcare Equality Index 2011, released last week, cited Advocate Illinois Masonic...