Edie Windsor didn’t set out to blaze a legal trail, but she ended up a hero to the gay rights movement in a landmark legal battle that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gay rights, including marriage, have become increasingly relevant with countries stepping up to legalize same-sex marriage. So where is same-sex marriage legal?

In our World of Weddings series, we are exploring the different ways people get married and celebrate their love around the globe. Seth Doane traveled to Tel Aviv where he met a same-sex couple who had to find a legal loophole to get their marriage recognized.

Rep. Jim Crawford (Person, Granville Counties) is confronted by a constituent about his co-sponsorship of an amendment to the NC Constitution that would limit recognition of legal partnerships in NC solely to "a marriage between a man and woman." Visit www.progressnc.org for the facts on this amendm...

The Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act providing equal rights to same sex marriages in more than one thousand federal government programs including taxation and health care. The Court also ruled Against Proposition 8 on the basis that they can not take the challenge to Califor...

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Brazil (2013), France (2013), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), th...

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Brazil (2013), France (2013), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), th...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) took to the House floor on Friday and delivered a rip-roaring presentation against the “bigots” in North Carolina and their anti-LGBT bathroom bill HB 2. The speech was also historic and groundbreaking, according to the office of the U.S. House Communications Director, which

Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned Tuesday by a federal judge in a decision that makes same-sex marriage legal throughout the Northeast. (May 20)

Spurring onlookers' cheers, the Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry. Gov. Mark Dayton immediately announced he would sign the legislation Tuesday.