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Pentagon officials say the announcement will be made Friday. The ban on gays openly serving in the military would end 60 days later.

Members of the military wore t-shirts with their branch name during the 37th annual LGBT Pride parade in San Diego. Nearly 200 active duty and retired military men and women turned out for Saturday's 37th Pride celebration in ...

California has become the first state in the nation to require public schools to add lessons about gay history to social studies classes, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the landmark bill on Thursday.

Even before New York joined five other states and the District of Columbia, the trend's impact was becoming more visible.

New York City is about to roll out a global marketing campaign – NYC I DO — to promote the attractiveness of the city’s five boroughs as gay wedding destinations.

Military officials are charging three California-based Marine corporals with fraud and larceny for entering in a pair of sham marriages to collect housing funding, officials said. The military alleges that a lesbian couple — one a Marine, the other a civilian — decided to live together off base and wanted to collect the $1,200 housing benefit granted to married Marines.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful push to legalize gay marriage in his state has made him a national hero to liberal voters and has sparked talk of a potential presidential bid for Cuomo in 2016....

The passage makes New York the most populous state in the Union to legalize same-sex marriages -- despite Libertarian warnings from an Archbishop.

Many lawmakers and staff members say the issue would probably pass if it were brought up for consideration.

The U.S. lobbied intensively for the resolution, which supports equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. The move "puts the issue squarely on the U.N.'s agenda," a U.S. official says.