Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6 in the Iowa House of Representatives. He was raised by two Lesbian mothers.

The election's finally here. We'll have everything you need to know about key marriage ballot measures both before and after the vote. Plus, a look ahead at some major post-election marriage equality milestones.

Another state finally recognizes the freedom to marry, bringing the national total to ten. With work accelerating in Delaware and Illinois, that could increase to eleven or twelve in the next few weeks. Civil unions start in Colorado, and a civil union bill in tiny Arizona town could bring about civ...

We've got lots of good news this week, from an op-ed by President Clinton to progress on Colorado's civil unions. Plus a slew of favorable polls shows momentum for equality.

The Australian House of Representatives celebrates in the chamber on Thursday after passing a long-awaited bill to legalise same-sex marriage. The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, tells the gathered MPs that it’s a day 'for love, for equality, for respect' as those in the public gallery burst into

Tim Wilson proposes to his partner during his speech on marriage equality in the House of Representatives. The Liberal MP's voice breaks with emotion as he says: 'There's only one thing left to do: Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?' Bolger, seated in the gallery, beams and says yes and his ans

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and a University of San Diego law professor got into heated debate over transgender rights during a House Judiciary Committee hearing this week about federal regulations. The law professor, Gail Heriot, was on hand to challenge the U.S. Department of Education Office of

Rep. Maureen Walsh (R-Wa.) explains her support for a same-sex marriage bill at the Washington state House of Representatives referencing the emotions she shared with her husband and the relationship with her lesbian daughter.

The White House Invites You to the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act:: The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA; H.R. 8404) is a bill in the United States Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), require the U.S. federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex and interracial...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) returns to the House and gets a standing ovation. This is her first time back in the House since surviving an assassination attempt in January of 2011 to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling.