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The article reports on the decision of California District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled that the state's Proposition 8 was unconstitutional in the case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger. The proposition prevents same-sex marriage in the state. According to Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, the ruling of Judge Walker is a historic one. The opinion of Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights on the decision is also cited.

The article reveals that efforts to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) Law, a policy restricting the U.S. military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted homosexual service members while barring those who are openly gay persons, might only cause confusion since it requires informants to testify under oath with investigations to be conducted only by senior military officers. It notes that the move could allegedly make people more hesitant to come forward. It explains why only a lawsuit can repeal the DADT law based on its unconstitutionality.

The article reports that several briefs have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on February 27, 2015 challenging the constitutionality of marriage bans in four states. Topics discussed include the right to marriage equality nationwide, the court case involving Michigan couple April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, and marriage law under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The article discusses the public's anxiety over how the U.S. Supreme Court might rule in the constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8 in 2013. It provides an overview of the case filed by Edith Windsor, who was forced to pay a 363,000 dollar estate tax bill when her wife Thea Clara Spyer died, higher than a heterosexual widow would have to pay. It offers various predictions about the outcome of the case.

The article reports that the city of Los Angles in California is being sued by openly gay Sergeant Ronald Crump for job discrimination. According to Crump, his manager in Media Relations, Lieutenant John Romero, adopted a hostile work environment for gay and lesbian officers. Crump also stated that Romero labeled someone as a Don't Ask, Don't Tell activist lesbian.

Discusses the legal co-parenting battle between music producer Tena Clark and her former life partner Dell Pearce, focusing on the involvement of attorney Dianne Goodman in the matter. Symbolism of the battle for the gay and lesbian community; Effects of Goodman not being used as a referral in the case; Results of the Clark-Pearce dispute; Plans by Goodman to change adoption laws to help gay and lesbian families.

The article discusses various controversies faced by Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage including Representative Adam Schiff stated that Brown lacks commitment towards LGBT rights, investigation asked by gay activist Fred Karger on the violation of the Logan Act.

The article reports on the argument of attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies against an appeal of the court case Bostic vs. Schaefer concerning gay marriage in the state of Virginia. Topics include the popularity of Olson and Boies for overturning the Proposition 8 anti-gay law, the court case of Hollingsworth vs. Perry as the only evidentiary trial in the U.S. about marriage equality, and the reaction of Olson to the criticism around their public education campaign.

The article reports on a lawsuit filed by the anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) coalition Privacy For All Students (PFAS) against California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and other officials in an attempt to start its effort to place a legislative measure on the 2014 ballot. The arguments of PFAS regarding the petition signatures which it claims were unlawfully disqualified by Bowen and county clerks are highlighted. Organizations that support the effort are mentioned.

The article focuses on Republican political activist Fred Karger who said National Organization for Marriage (NOM) lawyer John Eastman was asking him inane questions during his deposition. Karger, who was subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department due to a lawsuit filed by NOM against the Internal Revenue System (IRS), claims that IRS illegally leaked 2008 confidential tax returns of NOM to Human Rights Campaign (HRC). It also notes that final pretrial for the lawsuit will be on March 20, 2014.

The article reports on the arrest of Walter Lee Williams, a gay former professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, on June 18, 2013 in Mexico on charges stemming from alleged sexual activity with minors and child pornography.

The article reports that former Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers football player Kwame Harris has been charged with felony domestic violence arising from an altercation with former boyfriend Dimitri Geier.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in reviewing the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on December 7, 2012 for the case U.S. v. Windsor.

The article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to handle lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights-related cases which include five which concern the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and another which involves the California Proposition 8 on same-sex marriage.

The article reports on the decision of Judge Charles Campbell of Ventura County, California to declare a mistrial on the murder case of Brandon McInerney on September 1, 2011 after jurors were deadlocked over a first-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter conviction.

The article reports on the testimony made by defense witness Susan Crowley on August 1, 2011 in connection with the murder trial of 17-year-old Brandon McInerney who was accused of shooting 15-year-old gay classmate Larry King in California in February 2008.

The article reports on the move by the U.S. House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) to dismiss a pending lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in August 2011. At issue is a 350,000 dollars estate tax bill received by Edith Windsor after the death of her wife Thea Spyer. It notes that DOMA prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. According to BLAG, fundamental right to same-sex marriage does not exist.

The article reports on the start of the trial of Brandon McInerney in a Chatsworth courtroom in Los Angeles, California on July 5, 2011. McInerney was charged with first-degree murder and hate crime due to the shooting of gay classmate Larry King on February 12, 2008. The trial is presided by Los Angeles Superior Court judge Charles Campbell.

The article reports on the arguments heard by a three-judge panel at the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California from proponents of Proposition 8 and plaintiffs challenging its constitutionality in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger. The arguments appealed the ruling by District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that held the proposition unconstitutional. The similarities of the 9th Circuit argument to another heard by the California Supreme Court, which upheld the initiative based on technicalities, are discussed.

The article reports on a new trial granted to former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Sergeant Mitch Grobeson, the first openly gay officer, in his battle with the city of Los Angeles, California for alleged anti-gay harassment and slurs.

The article focuses on the possible impact of a report from the U.S. Department of Defense, which concludes that objections to openly gay military personnel would drop once troops were able to live and serve alongside them, on the judges in the court case Log Cabin Republicans v. the United States, a challenge to the constitutionality of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) military policy. Following an injunction against the enforcement of DADT, the Justice Department appealed and was granted a stay of the injunction while the case is being heard.

The article reports on two lawsuits that challenge the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government of Massachusetts from recognizing same-sex marriages.

The article discusses the move of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips to rule that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy is unconstitutional on September 9, 2010. The ruling follows a trial of a case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Republican lawyer Dan Woods who challenged the constitutionality of the policy in 2004. According to Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, it is hard to believe that a judge at the District Court-level knows about the impact of the employment of gay soldiers on military readiness.

The article reports on a court case wherein transgender woman Vandy Beth Glenn won her discrimination complaint against the Georgia General Assembly whose legislative counsel Sewell Brumby terminated her after Glenn disclosed her male-to-female transition plan.

The article reports on two court cases wherein Judge Jospeh Tauro, federal judge for the district of Massachusetts, ruled that the third section of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, thereby affirming the right of the state of Massachusetts to recognize same-sex marriages.

The article reports on the revised legislation of same-sex marriage in California. The California Supreme Court once ruled that marriage is a "fundamental" constitutional right afforded gays and straights alike, but recently stripped away the right and wrote a ban against it in the Prop. 8. By this, petitioners filed lawsuits by asking the court to consider its invalidity, the elimination of the existing constitutional right to marry, and the effect of its unconstitutionality.

The article reports on the on the approval of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors of the motion by Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina to join the City and other neighboring cities file lawsuits against Proposition 8 in California. There are about 15 witnesses testified before the Board calling them to join the suit. According to them, they oppose Pro. 8 due to clear discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

Reports on the conviction of Janet Greene of second degree murder.