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Frank Kameny, one of the United States’ earliest gay rights activists, died Tuesday — National Coming Out Day — of natural causes at the age of 86. “Frank Kameny led an extraordinary life marked by heroic activism that set a path for the modern LGBT civil rights movement,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese in a statement. “As we say goodbye to this trailblazer on National Coming O

The policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which has been in place since the Clinton administration, became a thing of the past at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday when the United States became one of more than 40 countries worldwide allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. “They will no longer have to lie in order to help protect us,” said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Ca

California has become the first state to force schools to insert curriculum teaching about gay and homosexual history into social studies class rooms after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the legislation on Thursday. The bill has drawn criticism from from some churches and conservative groups stating that this might expose children to subject found objectionable by parents...