Judy Shepard, who has fought to erase hate in the memory of her slain gay son, was honored with the highest civilian award in the United States. 

The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is working to keep its doors and services open for hundreds of people with a funding campaign. The financial outlook currently is dire, as the center has a May 31 deadline to raise the required funds so that the Leonard-Litz Foundation will match it.

Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ customers in need of fertility treatment.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced this week that her office secured a conviction of Ronald Anthony Silveria (27), of Fremont, California, after a trial by jury for attacking and stealing from a man he met on the Grindr application. 

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A man currently on parole for a habitual criminal offense has been charged by Clark County, Nevada prosecutors for an April 25 incident for shooting at his neighbors while using homophobic slurs.