Supporters of legalizing same-sex marriage [in Minnesota] hope to speedily pass legislation in the first weeks of the upcoming legislative session.

(Des Moines, IA, December 17, 2012) - The Iowa District Court for Polk County ordered the state's Department of Public Health to issue an accurate death certificate to Jennifer and Jessica Buntemeyer after their son was stillborn in October of last year.

The Missouri Supreme Court will decide if an HIV-positive man deserves a new trial to determine whether a medical lab wrongfully disclosed his infection status.

Attorneys for the man, referred to as John Doe 1631 in court documents to protect his identity, and Quest Diagnostics, the testing facility that faxed medical documents to his employer, argued their sides in Jefferson City on Monday. It’s unclear when the judges will rule.

Lincoln nonprofit director Tami Lewis-Ahrendt and her spouse would like to be part of the solution for the many Nebraska children who need a loving family.

But as a lesbian couple, the two are banned in this state from both being foster parents and adopting a child.

Several gay and lesbian couples who are plaintiffs in a legal challenge to a state law prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages met with state legislators in Springfield Wednesday and urged them to vote for a bill that would legalize gay marriage in Illinois.

The St. Louis County Council chamber was filled to capacity on Tuesday as council members voted and passed an ordinance that would include sexual orientation and gender identity in St. Louis County’s non-discrimination protections in unincorporated St. Louis County.

Opponents of the bill greatly outnumbered pro-equality supporters, but council members voted 4-3 to pass Bill 279, affecting over 321,000 residents.

The increasing acceptance of gay marriage in Iowa is going to become more entrenched as, well, bluntly, older people die off, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said Wednesday. Speaking after a Sioux City forum looking at ways to improve the skill levels of Iowa workers, Gronstal said a generational change is at hand regarding marriage.

Emboldened by Election Day votes to allow gay marriage in three states, advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Illinois are pushing to accelerate their quest to bring marriage equality to the Prairie State.

Some immigrants living in Iowa City are calling for reform in the Iowa City police and the Iowa City transportation system.

More than 20 community members expressed their concerns Thursday night at a forum hosted by the city’s recently established Ad Hoc Diversity Committee.

Wisconsin Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin has been accused by Peter LaBarbera of promoting lesbianism to young women, instead of “healthy behaviors.”