5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 21

1. “We need a uniform federal standard that protects all LGBT Americans from discrimination.” From our Next Steps Department, Democrats in Congress plan to introduce broad legislation this week to protect LGBT ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 28

1. A primer on today's oral arguments on same-sex marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court. 2. Tony Award nominations were announced this morning. 3. The Daily Beast takes a look at the fear of being gay, or wh...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 7

1. "The judge has ruled, and we wish these couples the best.” Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi finally gives in on fighting gay marriage. 2. The Daily Beast takes a look at what issues anti-LGBT groups wil...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 9

1. Ouch. The Daily Beast on “The rise and fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's worst gay power couple.” Hughes, a Facebook co-founder, is under fire for how he has handled ownership of liberal maga...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 4

1. All-star outfielder Torii Hunter called a reporter a "prick" in a press conference Wednesday after being asked a question about gay marriage. Hunter has stated in the past that he would not be comfortable ha...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 20

1. A profile of the couple at the center of South Carolina's same-sex marriage lawsuit. Same-sex weddings started for the first time ever yesterday in the state. 2. “Photographing a gay wedding is not the be...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 27

1. “The federal judges who have supplied an unbroken wave of victories across the country to supporters of same-sex marriage are more diverse than their rulings would suggest: white and black, gay and straight,...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 24

1. Congrats to Jodie Foster, who married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison over the weekend! Foster and Hedison had been dating for about a year. 2. A report on the first day of oral arguments in Oregon's mar...