The LaRuelist Rainbow Room was created in response to several subscribers who wanted to see articles and resources on GLBTI issues. The goal here is not to speak simply to the GLBTI community but to also educate the straight community on public policy issue...   Read More >>

The Obama administration's sudden shift in immigration policy had a tangible impact in a Denver courtroom Friday when a federal immigration judge delayed a deportation hearing for a lesbian fighting to stay in the country with her wife.

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--Gender-neutral or "open" dorms may be increasingly commonplace on U.S. campuses, but they aren't expected at women's colleges, a presumably single-sex refuge.

Many Christian denominations denounce homosexuality as a sin. As a result, gay Christian singers, songwriters and musicians face a challenge in balancing their art, their sexuality and their faith. For those few who have decided to come out, it has meant giving up successful careers.

Singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp has sold more than a million albums and earned Dove Awards on the strength of songs like her 1998 hit, "Undo Me." But i...   Read More >>

A lawsuit filed by opponents of same-sex marriage in New York that seeks to void the law "is without merit," a spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said today.

The lawsuit asks for the Marriage Equality Act to be declared void by virtue of a claimed violations of the state's Open Meetings Laws and the constitutional provision that dictates when the governor can issue a "message of necessity."

The governor's spokesman,...   Read More >>

Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona state senator considering a bid for Congress next year, says she realizes that as a young, single woman, she'll have hurdles to overcome with some voters.

And the fact that she's openly bisexual? "Arizona doesn't really care," the 35-year-old lawyer says, dismissing the issue as irrelevant. "They just want to have low property taxes and no gun control."

Sweeping changes in public attitudes t...   Read More >>

While America's laws on same-sex marriage are clear, either prohibiting or permitting them, the attitudes of people of faith in America and the religious laws and principles they follow vary in support or opposition, in large part because of varying degrees of devotion and adherence to faith pronouncements and scriptural interpretations.

As for the most recent of these laws, New York's Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law June 24, 2011, a me...   Read More >>

A straight man who tried donating blood at a Gary, Indiana blood center was reportedly turned away recently-- because employees of the center thought he was gay.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Aaron Pace, 22, is "admittedly and noticeably effeminate," but still a heterosexual man. In any case, when he visited Bio- Blood Components Inc. in Gary, which pays for blood and plasma donations, he was told he could not be a donor because h...   Read More >>

President Obama on Tuesday appointed an openly gay Army veteran, Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, to the Board of Visitors at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Fulton, who will be the board’s first openly gay member, graduated from West Point in 1980 as a member of the first class to admit women. She served for five years in the Army Signal Corps and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain.

She is the executive director and co-fou...   Read More >>

(CNN) -- Three California Marines have been charged with marrying for financial gain, accused of manipulating the military's off-base housing program so a lesbian couple could live together, according to a woman at the center of the case.

Marine Cpl. Ashley Vice says she and two others have been charged with conspiracy, making false official statements, fraud and adultery for allegedly marrying to collect thousands in financial assistance offe...   Read More >>