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LGBT rights in the United States

Military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy is history

Global Politics

Two men whose lives have been impacted by Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell share their experiences under the policy, and what they hope for the future.

The World

Pentagon paves way for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal

Conflict & Justice
The World

Judge overturns California’s gay marriage ban

Conflict & Justice
The World

Takeouts: repealing ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell;’ the French Open starts

Global Politics
People sing the Russian national anthem while raising rainbow flags and a Russian flag at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium

‘You’re gay, so it’s normal that you were attacked’

Lifestyle & Belief

U.S. Supreme Court Justices appear skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act

Global Politics

The Court heard the second of two cases regarding same-sex marriage this week. Legal scholar Emily Bazelon says the Justices’ comments indicate that the Court could strike down the law which prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving federal benefits.

Federal appeals court declares Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

Global Politics

An appeals court ruled Thursday that the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies several federal benefits to gay married couples, is unconstitutional.

‘The New Black’: Same-Sex Marriage and the African-American Community

The Supreme Court will soon issue its decisions in two  same-sex marriage cases the Justices heard this term: U.S. v. Windsor, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage has long divided […]

Same-Sex Marriage Goes to the Supreme Court

Today the Supreme Court hears the first of two cases on the constitutionality of gay marriage. The first case is  Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved, state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage back in 2008. On Wednesday, the nation’s highest court will hear  United States v. Windsor, the case that will […]

Reading the Tea Leaves on Same-Sex Marriage

This week, the Supreme Court heard two potentially historic cases on same-sex marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Proposition 8 case out of California, and United States v. Windsor, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. Now the justices retreat to their respective quarters to decide the fate […]