Boaz Drain, a seven-year-old from Topeka, Kan., and his six-year-old sister Faith are the picture of typical American children, chock full of energy, fun and imagination. They watch movies like “Shrek” and enjoy playing with the standards like “Star Wars” light sabers and ray...

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh...

Yesterday was International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Here are three of my favorite headlines/stories from around the world: 3. Jamaica: Gay protest at Emancipation Park Known for extreme cases of hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Jamaica has long since...

A moderate Republican gubernatorial candidate and his openly gayrunning mate, Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei, are the target of a Massachusetts-based right-wing group. MassResistance (Massresistance.org )has spoken against the Republican nominees for the upcoming gubernatorial race in that state. On...

A Brazilian man has been granted asylum by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as violence against LGBT residents of the South American nation escalates. Augusto Pereira de Souza, 27, lives in Newark, N.J. He said he was worried that he would be in danger if he were forced to return to Brazil....

Uganda’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill is likely to be changed, a minister has told the BBC. However, Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem did not give details of how he thought the final bill would be different to the current proposals. Uganda has come under intense international...

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three Michigan pastors claim a new hate crime law infringes on their First Amendment rights and should be declared unconstitutional. They filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to strike down a portion of the federal law, which was signed last fall. The law expands federal hate crimes...

A Clinton Township man accused of bioterrorism after biting his neighbor is garnering support from two national groups hoping the charges against him will be dropped. As previously reported, 44-year-old Daniel Allen and his 28-year-old neighbor, Winfred Fernandis Jr., got into a scuffle when a football...

Yesterday, for the first time in a decade, the Justice Department intervened in a gay rights suit. In August, an openly gay 14-year-old student named Jacob — with the help of the ACLU — sued the Mohawk Central School District in upstate New York because officials “did not appropriately respond...

Photo taken from advocate.com NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In response to egregious human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Uganda, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has established the URGENT LGBT UGANDA FUND. The fund will...