Dan Rutherford, who may seek the governor's office, has backed several gay rights measures, although he draws the line at marriage equality.

Thursday event to have speakers, discussions

Supporters of civil rights and equality for those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Drury University to create a Springfield chapter of Straight for Equality.

The Daily Iowan Editorial Board stands firmly in the “yes” camp in regards to judicial retention. In fact, we regret even having to take up the issue on this page, as the Iowa Constitution is clear on the matter.

Reverend Phil Snider has been caught off-guard by the outpouring of support after a YouTube video of a speech he gave supporting gay rights went viral over the weekend.

Snider, a pastor in Springfield, Mo., delivered his speech on gay rights to a Missouri City Council over the summer when the city was considering an LGBT ordinance that would have added homosexuals to a list of protected minorities, The Advocate reported.

The political action committee for the Family Research Council, a group designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBT hate group, has released its endorsements for the 2012 elections.

The deputy clerk of court in Grundy County faces felony charges for allegedly filing an illegal Iowa marriage certificate.

Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents arrested Brigette Van Nice, 42, on Wednesday and charged her with two counts of forgery and one count of perjury. All charges are class "D" felonies with a term of up to five years in prison.

A St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The Olympic gold medalist, Minnesota Lynx shooting guard, and out lesbian is asking Minnesotans to vote against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in November.

Olympic gold medalist and Minnesota Lynx star Seimone Augustus broke from her usually quiet private life yesterday when she told the Associated Press she's speaking out against the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in her adopted home state. Augustus is an out lesbian, currently engaged to marry her longtime girlfriend LaTaya Varner.

When Nathan Meyer calls voters who are undecided about same-sex marriage, he talks about his parents' marriage and how he sees it as a model for what he hopes to have -- before he mentions that he and his boyfriend plan to one day wed.

Meyer, 30, a high school English teacher from the St. Paul suburb of Roseville, is part of a team of volunteers who aim to reach 1 million Minnesota voters before the state votes on November 6 on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

The Grand Island City Council will consider whether to create a protected class for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people through a local ordinance Tuesday night.

If the ordinance passes, it would be illegal in Grand Island to fail to hire or promote based on sexual orientation. It would be illegal to fail to rent or sell a house to a person based on sexual orientation. It would also be illegal to fail to sell food or other items or fail to wait on a person in any business in the city due to a person's sexual orientation.