A gay-marriage ban in Indiana isn't heading to the ballot anytime in the near future, thanks to a decision by the state senate.

The Kansas House recently passed a bill that would make it legal to deny access to services to same-sex couples.

A married lesbian couple say they had just finished enjoying a meal at The Stingray Café in New Bern, North Carolina, when they were approached by the owner and handed a letter riddled with spelling errors telling them their homosexuality was hurting everyone around them.

Looks like some UPS employees are gonna be delivering extra packagaes this holiday season, and we're not just talking about presents! Actually, we really are, but still, it's cool that the UPS Foundation, which gave $167,000 to various Boy Scouts of America entities in 2010, has said enough is enough! Yellow and…

On Friday, David Blankenhorn, formerly an outspoken (and completely secular) opponent of same-sex marriage, wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times in which he explained how the homophobia that permeates the opposition to same-sex marriage has forced him to rethink his own views. Though he wrote that his…

Hawaii's governor-elect says he'd sign into law legislation granting same-sex civil unions—which would make the Aloha state the sixth to offer the right. A gay legislator says he's optimistic, but it will take "a lot of work."

Yesterday's Senate failure on the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal was disappointing, but as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs put it, "I don't think this is the end." Oh yeah?

Miss New York, Claire Buffie, is the first contestant in Miss America history to run on a platform of gay rights. In this clip, she explains why she chose that platform, and what she's hoping to accomplish. [Buzzfeed] [Advocate]

Yesterday Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre, whose Buenos Aires wedding was thwarted earlier this month, married in Ushuaia, Argentina in Latin America's first gay marriage. Both are HIV-positive and wore large red ribbons during the ceremony. [The Guardian]

It turns out Mexico City is more progressive than most U.S. states: Yesterday marriage was redefined in the city's civil code as "the free uniting of two people," making it the first Latin American city to legalize gay marriage. [Telegraph]

The National Equality March took place in Washington, D.C. this weekend, and thousands came out to show their support and demand equal rights for the LGBT community. Ahead, a collection of images from the weekend's events.

"[Feminism] is one of those coined phrases that has a lot of innuendo and not much meaning...I believe men and women are different and they have different needs, therefore the concept of equal rights doesn't really sit with me..." [Guardian]

As part of her Times interview, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made some brief remarks about the Hyde Amendment and whether criticisms of the reproductive rights movement's flirtation with economic eugenics would prove true. Those have, naturally, been misinterpreted.

This weekend, LGBT Pride parades and festivals took place across the world. Ahead, a collection of images from celebrations in several countries.

[San Francisco, May 26. Image via Getty]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the State Department hopes to provide partners of lesbian and gay diplomats with the same benefits as heterosexual couples, noting "these inequities are unfair and must end."

In this awesome clip from Portia de Rossi's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, de Rossi mocks those who protest gay marriage by "apologizing" for the traumas and inconveniences her marriage to Ellen DeGeneres has caused.

Washington state lawmakers are trying to get an "Everything but marriage" bill passed that would give gay couples all the rights of marriage, but under the title "domestic partnership."