sexual orientation

Two months after its president voiced the fast-food giant's opposition to same-sex marriage, Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to not engage in social or political debates, a Chicago rights lobby says.

The Atlanta-based company also reiterated a stated policy to treat all employees equally. Read more »

* Two major gay-rights disputes are coming before court

* Gay clerks and employees now open about orientation

* Still, new atmosphere may not sway justices' decisions

A tall, hulking man in his late 70s, William Rehnquist, then chief justice of the United States, crawled down on all fours to say hello to the two little girls who had scurried under the table when he approached at a luncheon.

Sally Rider and her partner Betsy had tried to teach their two preschool-age daughters how to shake hands with Rehnquist. At the time, Rider was his top aide. Read more »

Nebraska cops are hunting three masked men who carved derogatory epithets into the body of an openly gay woman.

"Three men wearing masks, that's all the victim was able to provide," said Officer Katie Flood of the Lincoln Police Department.

"Derogatory terms associated with her sexual orientation were painted inside her home," the officer said. News reports state that crude words referring to her sexual orientation were carved into her body.

"We will not release what was written on her body," Flood said.

The woman, who is 33, was bound, gagged and mutilated early Sunday and the three attackers splashed the victim's home with gasoline and tried to set it on fire, scorching a floor, police reports state. Read more »

The D.C. Republican Committee adopted inclusive language in its platform with a vote Thursday, becoming the first GOP state party to take such a step.

The committee, which is the equivalent of a state party, made the change under the platform’s “Family and Marriage” heading, according to a news release from the D.C. chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, which supported the move.

“We, the Republicans of the District of Columbia support the belief that all individuals, without regard to sexual orientation, are entitled to full and equal protection under the laws and the Constitution and that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect,” says the new language. Read more »