Gay marriage
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
The conservative majority court voted 6-3 to deny the bid from a former county clerk who went to prison for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Kyiv court rules in favor of diplomat in Israel in landmark same-sex case for Ukraine
The world's first openly gay imam murdered in Cape Town
Pope says Africans are 'special case' when it comes to LGBT blessings
Jewish groups back the bill that would codify same-sex marriage protections into law
Agudath Israel of America, a haredi Orthodox umbrella body, objected to the proposed law, which has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now under consideration in the Senate.
LGBTQ group petition High Court to enforce surrogacy law
Despite the High Court’s clear ruling, the Health Ministry’s legal division is throwing up obstacles, which systematically thwart that from happening.
Israeli LGBT pioneer Jonathan Danilowitz dies at 77
Danilowitz sued El Al in 1989 in the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court to receive an airline ticket for his longtime partner.
Bill to protect gay marriage rights gets enough votes to pass US House
Following Roe v Wade ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should also reconsider past rulings that guaranteed access to contraception and the 2015 right to gay marriage.
'Love is love:' Chile Congress passes same-sex marriage in historic vote
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Chile in a historic vote, just weeks before a divisive presidential election.
Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Switzerland agreed to legalize civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday.
Vatican: Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions
Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director of the gay Catholics group New Ways Ministry said "it will not stop the Catholics in the pews, nor many Catholic leaders, who are eager for such blessings."
Two-time World Cup winner Rapinoe, WNBA champ Bird announce engagement
The pair, who have been an item for more than three years, became the first openly gay couple to appear in the ESPN "Body Issue" in 2018.
Small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating gay weddings
“It’s been an issue that has really had a lot of movement within the Jewish community and the Orthodox community. In the progressive Orthodox world there’s a lot of receptivity.”
Trump's SCOTUS pick Amy Coney Barrett dodges questions on LGBT, abortion
Barrett also declined to say whether she would consider stepping aside from an upcoming Obamacare case, as Democrats have requested.