An 11-year-old boy says that he was harassed and humiliated at school for having long hair. The boy, who lives in Milford, Ohio, in the greater Cincinnati area, says the bullying he endured included being forced to wear his hair in pigtails and being taunted with girls’ names. What shocked his mother...

What would GENDA do? This legislation would prohibit discrimination because of a person’s gender identity or expression. It would, in particular, make it impermissible to discriminate against an individual simply because that person does not fit a narrow stereotype of what it means to be a man or a...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks. The theme of the event, according to Stephen Langa, its Ugandan organizer,...

New Jersey State Sen. Paul Sarlo says he will not bring up the bill in the Judiciary Committee he chairs unless there are enough votes to pass it along to the whole Senate. And the Bergen County Democrat said today that there currently are not enough votes. Gay rights activists are pushing lawmakers...

U.S. Senate hopeful Jacob Meister won't make his sexual orientation the centerpoint of his campaign. U.S. Senate hopeful Jacob Meister is not your run-of-the-mill political candidate. And he is quick to point out his sexual orientation is only one part of how he is different from his opponents. The Illinois...