SAN FRANCISCO -- Equality California announced today that it will not lead an effort to repeal Proposition 8 on the 2012 ballot but would instead launch a new public education project, “The Breakthrough Conversation,” designed to overcome the psychological, cultural and emotional triggers around LGBT people and kids that continue to impede securing full equality, including the freedom to marry.

WASHINGTON – One day after GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain appeared on “The View” and declared that people choose to be gay, the Human Rights Campaign is asking Cain’s fellow candidates to clarify where they standon the issue.

“Issues of LGBT equality and discrimination have played a role in the GOP primaries to date – from Michele Bachmann’s anti-gay past and ties to reparative therapy, to audience members booing a brave gay active duty servicemember,” HRC President Joe Solmonese said.

The latest reported escape from censure of a reportedly gay journalist working for Zimbabwe's government media has led to a call for a 'sex audit' by an opposition, diaspora website.

BOSTON -- Rainbow flags have been posted outside the open doors at Unitarian Universalist parishes for decades now, flapping against a tide of intolerance surrounding the gay and lesbian community.

But in recent years, the rainbow flag - a popular symbol of diversity and inclusiveness - has been ripped down, burned, and stolen in assaults that church leaders say are tantamount to hate crimes.