NY senator, gay rights group decry GOP governor's 'outrageous' appearance at event organized by Tikvah Fund, citing his support for law barring teaching on sexual orientation

Author hopes it will eventually be reinstated: 'When people are banning books, they’re implicitly recognizing that books are powerful'

Governor Ron DeSantis claims bill - which bans classroom discussion of sexual identity until 3rd grade - is aimed at protecting schoolchildren from receiving an 'indoctrination'

Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi, after 6 years on death row, were hanged in a prison in northwestern city of Maragheh

Health Minister Horowitz stresses transgender people will be included in regulation change in wake of last year's High Court ruling; rights groups welcome 'historic day'

After government said it was 'unfeasible' to change the law and asked justices to intervene, top court delivers landmark ruling that ends 11-year legal battle

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end says he agonized for 15 years over decision to come out, but does so now with support of family and friends, and respect from fellow players

Orthodox groups celebrate victory for religious freedom, liberal Jews bemoan civil rights loss, as Catholic agency gains the right to not put children in care of same-sex couples

Move by Orban, defended as protecting children, widely seen as further cracking down on LGBT rights in EU nation

Agreements between 8 parties represent a tapestry of policy arrangements aimed at pleasing the diverse and sometimes conflicting ideologies within the would-be-government