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Hundreds of small business owners gathered in Oakland this week to try to win a piece of the Super Bowl 50 pie. They're hoping for a slice of the millions of dollars in contracts organizers of next year's game in Santa Clara will hand out.
A newly-released study from Stanford University researchers found many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in medical school chose not to disclose their sexual identity or orientation and many feared being discriminated against.
A Detroit-area same-sex couple is raising awareness about discrimination against LGBT parents after a pediatrician refused to treat their newborn baby last October.
Despite Texas' statewide ban on gay marriage, county officials in Austin married a same-sex couple on Thursday under a one-time court order issued for medical reasons.
Democratic congressman Mike Honda said on his Twitter account he has a transgender grandchild, an announcement that comes amid a national conversation about people who struggle with gender identity.
On Ash Wednesday, one of the holiest days on the Catholic calendar, the students and parents are hoping Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will change his mind on the clauses, as the church heads into 40 days of Lenten reflection.
The Vatican did something it has never done before by giving a group of U.S. gay and lesbian Catholics VIP seats at Pope Francis' weekly general audience Wednesday.
State lawmakers representing the Bay Area are weighing in on the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco's plans to add a morality clause to high school teacher contracts.
San Francisco's Pink Saturday, the annual the street party held on the eve of the LGBT Pride Celebration in the Castro District, has has been canceled due safety and security concerns, the event's hosts said.
Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with "It's My Party" and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me" has died.
A plan is in the works for a parklet in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood that would celebrate the area's historic ties to the LGBT and leather communities.
There's no need to read between the lines of the latest comment hurled from the Vatican. Pope Francis called childless couples "selfish" Wednesday while speaking to his usual audience at St. Peter's Square.
Urban Outfitters' use of symbols reminiscent of Nazi oppression on home decor has sparked outrage in gay and Jewish communities here in the Bay Area, and around the world.
Native Americans say Facebook is locking them out of their accounts because the social media giant thinks their names are fake, according to Colorlines.
The United States is close to hiring a gay diplomat to promote LGBT rights abroad.
Justice Clarence Thomas is criticizing his Supreme Court colleagues for refusing to block same-sex marriage in Alabama until the court resolves the issue nationwide in a few months.
The self-proclaimed Islamic state has reportedly hurled a man believed to be gay off a Syrian high-rise as part of their continued war on the LGBT community.
At St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church in San Jose, the sign says all are welcome. But sometimes that's a tough sell for members of the LGBT community.
Archbishop Cordileone said the changes do not contain anything essentially new, but are intended to clarify existing expectations for Catholic teachers.
When The Amazing Race 26 premieres Wednesday, February 25, at 9:30 pm, the Bay Area will be rooting for its homeboy, Bergen Olson.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says gay marriage is akin to alcohol and profanity, options the Republican weighing a 2016 presidential bid says are appealing to others, but not to him.
Those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender aren't universal in their support of their own right to marry, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center.
Google apologized after facing fierce criticism for a software glitch that was translating "gay" into homophobic slurs for several different languages.
Mormon church leaders are making a national appeal for a "balanced approach" in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom.
The Federal government spent over $400,000 for studies on smartphone apps gay men use to hookup.
