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The 2014-2015 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, best known by its acronym FAFSA, will collect income and other information from a dependent student’s legal parents regardless of their marital status or gender.

Kaitlyn Hunt, the Florida teenager who stands accused of felonious abuse stemming from a same-sex relationship, and her attorney held a press conference on Wednesday to address the continued media scrutiny of a case that has made its way around the world.

The Boy Scouts of America’s national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation’s oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.

Nearly 50 leaders of Christian groups signed a joint letter that urges the Boy Scouts of America to keep its anti-gay policy, which bars openly gay scouts, volunteers and leaders from joining the organization.

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There’s one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp.

The White House has released the list of the 10 openly gay officials it plans to honor on May 22 as "Harvey Milk Champions of Change."

An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a woman convicted of lying about being attacked by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.

Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues.

Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controver