Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, along with the Speaker of the House of Delegates and President of the State Senate, sign HB 438 (Civil Marriage Protection Act) on March 1, 2012, making it law. Same-sex couples will be able to get married in 2013.

Freedom, justice, and human dignity have always guided our journey for a more perfect union. With historic victories for marriage, we've delivered a mandate for full equality.
The wind is at our back, but the journey has just begun.

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates had an informative conversation with Ellen about his foundation’s efforts to help find a vaccine and therapeutics for COVID-19, the effect the pandemic is having on the economy, when we can expect to get back to “normal life,” and what gives him hope d

Free & Equal’s newest video – narrated by movie star Zachary Quinto – exposes just how much LGBT exclusion really costs. Rates of poverty, homelessness, depression and suicide have been found to be far higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people than in the general population. But it’

Actress Julianna Margulies and her husband Keith Lieberthal support marriage equality. Do you?

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Justin Timberlake Is Bringing Sexy Robots Back. “Filthy” is a sci-fi curveball of a comeback single for the Super Bowl performer—but also a weirdly familiar one.

The Human Rights Campaign looks back at some of the trailblazing coming out moments in American media that raised the profile of LGBT Americans and sparked important dialogue about the fight for equality. Celebrating 25 years of coming out!

Taiwan’s legislature voted Friday, May 17, 2019 to legalize same-sex marriage. The first country in Asia to support gay rights and legalize same-sex marriage.

In Loving Memory of Bill Withers who passed away on March 30, 2020. Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder and John Legend perform "Lean On Me" at the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Dive into Bill Withers' full Induction Ceremony video collection at rockhall.com/inductees/bill-withers and...

On Friday, February 14, actress Ellen Page speaks about the brave decision to live openly and authentically as a lesbian during the Human Rights Campaign Fund Conference: Time to Thrive.