While political parity remains an elusive goal for the gay community, the number of openly gay elected officials has surged over the past decade.

In the United States, many of the country's most successful out politicians received help from the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a group ...

New York Senator Charles E. Schumer announced Tuesday that he is recommending a gay man for the federal bench.

Schumer has recommended Daniel Alter to President Obama to serve as a judge in New York's Southern District federal court. If ...

Republican lawmakers in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature have failed in their bid to force a vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, the 'Iowa Independent' reported.

Because amending the Iowa Constitution requires the approval of two ...

Members of the House Judiciary Committee have voted against two measures that attempt to repeal the state's five-week-old gay marriage law, the AP reported.

One bill would have repealed the gay marriage law approved by lawmakers last ...