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A teenager who fatally shot a gay classmate in the back of the head at an Oxnard middle school was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison. A Los Angeles County judge issued the sentence a month after Brandon McInerney agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the death of classmate Larry King.

A three-judge panel appears unswayed by Prop. 8 backers' argument that the judge who issued the original ruling was in an undisclosed same-sex relationship.

Some married gay military personnel sued the U.S., seeking equal recognition, benefits and the same support as married heterosexual couples.

Counting the number of American households with same-sex couples proved difficult, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday in presenting revised estimates for its 2010 figures.

A group representing gay conservatives says GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum should immediately apologize to a gay soldier who asked a ...

President Obama acknowledged the end of the military's ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. armed forces Tuesday, saying that the nation has taken "another great step toward keeping our military the finest in the world and toward fulfilling our nation's founding ideals."

Of 1,000 adults surveyed, 53% say the government should give legal recognition to gay marriages; 44% were opposed.

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.