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The American Sociological Association shows how anti-marriage equality groups misuse studies to attack marriage equality in SCOTUS amicus brief

A Texas-based lesbian claims she was beaten unconscious after coming to the defense of bullied child at a playground. WFAA reports that 27-year-old Sondra Scarber had to have her jaw wired shut after injuries sustained in a Feb. 17 attack at the Seabourn Elementary School's playground in Mesquite, Tex.

Scarber says she tried to intervene after she witnessed older children teasing her girlfriend Hillary Causey's 4-year-son Jaxon around when a scuffle erupted between her and a child's father.

The man, who has not been identified in news reports, began punching and kicking Scarber while shouting a series of anti-gay slurs.

A Republican state representative may have befuddled some in her conservative region after she voted "yes" on Colorado's civil unions bill.

Rep. Carole Murray represents Colorado's District 45 -- a Republican friendly region sandwiched between Denver and Colorado Springs -- and she has a conservative voting record to match.

During a press conference, President Barack Obama explained why the DoJ was intervening in the upcoming SCOTUS case regarding Prop 8.

Two prominent LGBT groups have filed more amicus briefs with SCOTUS in the two marriage equality cases to be heard the end of the month.

The New Jersey teen whose passionate coming out video went viral in January is now campaigning to ban gay conversion therapy for minors in the state, NJ.com reports.

Rumors about Pope Benedict XVI's sexual orientation have resurfaced on the day of his resignation after gay Catholic blogger Andrew Sullivan wrote a controversial piece for the Dish.

Present at the first Bisexual Leadership Roundtable in Atlanta: Back row: Saby Labor, Heidi Bruins Green, Denise Penn, Lauren Beach, Faith Cheltenham, Billy Jones-Hennin; Front row: Chiquita Violette, Robyn Ochs, Ellyn Ruthstrom A National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change conference held almost two months ago in Atlanta served as a ... (more)

Obscured by the fact that the Obama Administration submitted a brief against Prop 8 is the brief the American Sociological Association submitted. This is a shame because I think in many ways, ASA's brief can be seen as just as, if not, more significant.

ASA's brief destroys claims made that same-sex households are inferior when it comes to raising children, which is a major argument for those pushing Prop 8. The ASA especially calls out the Mark Regnerus study, which is the recent controversial study claiming children raised in same-sex households suffer adverse efffects. Supporters of Prop 8 made this study a huge part of their arguments in spite of fact that it has been discredited.

A senior American official says U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will take Turkey's prime minister to task for "particularly offensive" comments he made this week equating Zionism with a crime against humanity.

It's a boy for celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. The 34-year-old announced on his website Wednesday that he is a new dad to a baby boy.

27, 2013. . Jodi Arias walks off the witness stand during the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb.

Op-Ed) Catholic LGBT group calls for Pope Benedict XVI's replacement to be more inclusive and accepting than the current pontiff has been.

26, 2013. Prosecutors on Thursday charged a Minnesota man with murdering his missing wife, after investigators found blood traces throughout the couple's home, a large head and torso-shaped stain under a rug, and evidence... A missing Minnesota woman's husband was charged Thursday with murder, after investigators found blood on the floor, ... (more)

From President Obama to 131 Republicans to stated LGBT orgs, SCOTUS faces a lot of people calling for the overturning of CA's Prop 8.

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban and turn a skeptical eye on similar prohibitions across the country.

Coy Mathis is a transgender child whose family is fighting to have the school allow her to use the correct bathroom during the school day.

A lesbian woman is suing Mars Chocolates for wrongful termination after introducing her coworkers to her partner and daughter in 2011.

National Organization for Marriage or NOM has pledged $500,000 to oust any Republican supporters of Marriage Equality in Minnesota.

Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise.