AP: Alex Freyre, right, and Jose Maria Di Bello kiss as they apply to marry at the civil registry in Buenos Aires, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where...

Two area gay-owned businesses were vandalized with homophobic messages and symbols Sunday night. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida — more commonly known as The Center — and a second nearby gay-owned business were targeted by vandals who spray painted with a swastika...

PFLAG of Jacksonville awarded $24,000 to 12 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at its annual Scholarship Awards Dinner at the University of North Florida University Center, including three from Orange Park. Since 1996, PFLAG of Jacksonville has awarded more than $150,000 in scholarships. This...

In May, 2009, the Maine Legislature extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. As expected, opponents of equality, led by the National Organization for Marriage and the Catholic Church, petitioned to have those rights put to a vote by referendum. This film chronicles the final days of the...

‘Get-out-of-hell-free cards’ were distributed to students Nov. 3 as transsexual trailblazer, author and playwright, Kate Bornstein, asked the audience to pledge to live their lives freely. “I’ll do your time for you,” Bornstein said. The lecture was part of a series presented by the Greater...

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...

Intersex and transsexual people in India have been granted in independent identity in the voter lists by election authorities. CNN reports that before the decision, members of these groups — called eunuchs in Indian English — were referred to as male or female in voter rolls. Now, “O”,...

HARTFORD (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will be gathering at Connecticut’s Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the day the state began allowing same-sex marriages. The groups Love Makes a Family and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders say married and engaged couples from...

TORONTO — Canada’s first openly gay Catholic priest is to mark another milestone. Father Karl Clemens is getting married Saturday to his partner Nick. He says he’ll be the first man of the Catholic cloth to enter into a same-sex marriage in Canada, and maybe even in North America. “I’m...