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The Roe decision hinged on the constitutional right to privacy and advocates worry that other established protections grounded on the same argument could be in jeopardy.

Switzerland has voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in western Europe

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney tells CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that she was wrong to have opposed gay marriage

Cuba has released the draft of a new family code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as give children greater participation in decisions that affect them.

Nevada voters overturned an 18-year-old ban on same-sex marriage, making the state the first to enshrine gay couples’ right to marry in its constitution, NBC News reports.

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate said “everything is on the ballot” for LGBTQ Americans on Election Day, including the fate of gay marriage, and advised voters to look at the candidates’ records on gay rights when they make their choice for president.

Ecuador’s highest court authorized same-sex marriage Wednesday in a landmark case seeking to expand LGBT rights in the small South American nation. The decision by the Constitutional Court came after a lengthy legal battle waged by several couples and gay rights advocates. With the 5-to-4 ruling, Ecuador joins a handful of Latin American nations — Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia...

Lt. Governor Newsom and John Cox debated for the first and possibly only time on their road to California’s next governor. NBC 7’s Alex Presha has more.

In the two years since same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide, support for it has surged even among groups that recently were broadly opposed, according to a new national survey. The Pew Research Center survey found that for the first time, a majority of blacks and baby boomers support allowing gays and lesbians to wed. It said Republicans are now split...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 24, 2017, to legalize same-sex marriage. It is the first ruling of its kind in Asia. The Democratic Progressive Party, which swept national elections last year, supported the change in the marriage law.

The Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is seeking to close the book on a contentious case that made her a pariah to progressives and a hero to some religious conservatives, NBC News reported. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court to dismiss her appeal because her...

Caitlyn Jenner discusses how her thinking on same-sex marriage has changed over the years.

When Caitlyn Jenner gave her first talk show interview on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday, she admitted to DeGeneres that she “was not for” gay marriage in the past.

Brown, 32, and Knight, 31, met on a beach in Miami and have been dating for two and a half years. Their wedding comes just two days after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 states.

Same-sex couples and their supporters were elated on Friday morning in San Francisco, as the Supreme Court ruled it’s perfectly constitutional for men to marry men, and women to marry women.

A day before Cuban President Raul Castro visits the Vatican, his daughter has sponsored a blessing ceremony for gay couples on an island where gay marriage remains illegal.

Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at midnight. But Miami-Dade County got a jump on the rest of the state when a judge lifted a stay that allowed same-sex marriages to start Monday afternoon.

Same-sex weddings may soon begin in Florida after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block them.

Florida attorney general Pam Bondi has asked the Florida Supreme Court to make a final decision on whether same-sex couples can legally marry in the Sunshine State, according to the Miami Herald.

Florida will continue to fight to prohibit same-sex marriage even as other states are allowing it following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ignore their appeals.