Lawyers

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  Woman Finds Brother Beaten to Death in Basement of Their Family Home by Men He Met on a Dating App: Police

  The family of George Levin, 63, was upstairs as he was brutally beaten in the basement where he lived

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  Nightclub Patrons Arrested and Fined in Russia For Dressing 'Unmanly,' Appearing 'Too Gay'

  Eight individuals were fined for dressing "too gay" during a police raid at a Russian nightclub.

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  Detroit Teen Slayed His Gay Date He Met On App: Police

  Authorities believe Ahmed Al-Alikhan targeted the victim because of his sexual orientation.

• Whole Foods Disputes Case Filed By Gay Pastor Over Malicious Cake Writing

  Whole Foods filed a countersuit against Jordan Brown who accused a Whole Foods employee of writing malicious words on the cake he bought. The pastor filed the lawsuit earlier this week and released a video showing the writings on the cake.

• Court of Appeals sides with Botswana’s gay rights’ group

  Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. The court dismissed the governments appeal to ban the LGBT group.

• British same-sex marriage laws influence South Australia to change homosexual legislation

  South Australia plans to change its homosexual laws after the state denied to recognize same-sex marriage of British newlyweds in Bulmer-Rizzi case. The state was also influenced by British laws when it decriminalized homosexuality in 1975.

• Catholic school in Massachusetts broke state law by withdrawing job offer to gay man

  Judge Douglas Wilins ruled that Catholic school Fontbonne broke state's anti-discrimination law. An all-girls prep school will pay damages to gay man Matthew Barrett.

• Indiana governor defends religious freedom law

  Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Sunday defended a new state law that opponents worry may support discrimination against gay people, saying he had no plans to add extra protections but would consider new suggestions from state legislators.

• Small step by Tokyo district could be giant leap for LGBT equality

  Same-sex couples in Japan are awaiting the results of a debate in a Tokyo local assembly that may give them what their Western counterparts have long had: a chance to step out of the shadows.

• Pro-gay marriage signals seen in U.S. Supreme Court action

  The U.S. Supreme Court's move on Monday to allow gay marriage to proceed in Alabama is the strongest signal yet that the justices are likely to rule in June that no state can restrict marriage to only heterosexual couples.

• Alabama anti-discrimination bill to be named after Apple's Tim Cook

  Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, who made headlines in October when he publicly acknowledged being gay, is lending his name to legislation to bar discrimination against state employees on the basis of their sexual orientation in his native Alabama.

• U.S. pastor who led son's same-sex marriage can keep ordination: council

  A U.S. pastor who was defrocked after officiating his son's same-sex wedding ceremony, and later reinstated, can keep his ordination, a Methodist judicial council has ruled.