A gay advocacy organization has filed a federal lawsuit against Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford for refusing to allow city workers to hang Gay Pride Week banners.

Del Martin, who just this past June wed her partner of nearly 55 years when gay marriage was legalized in California, died Wednesday morning with her wife, Phyllis Lyon, by her side, according to the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She was 87.

Del Martin, the pioneering lesbian rights activist whose career spanned more than five decades, and who twice took part in California's “first” gay marriage, has died at the age of 87.

"Although the platform is not emphasizing same-sex marriage, if you look around you'll see that the sky has not fallen. The bigots are still bigots but mainstream people do not feel threatened by same-sex marriage," said Kaplan, a Massachusetts DNC delegate.

MUSLIMS, Serbs and Croats united in anger today over Bosnia's first-ever gay festival.

Obituary: Campaigner was first to wed partner legally in California. The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died

Central Alabama Pride Inc. filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, contending he discriminated against the group when he refused to allow city workers to hang Gay Pride Week banners.

SACRAMENTO — A majority of California voters oppose a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, though they are evenly split on the practice itself, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Campaigner was first to marry partner legally in California.

A Pinellas County judge Wednesday ruled that five men wielding anti-gay signs at St. Petersburg's gay pride parade in 2007 violated the city's sign ordinance.

A gay man involved in a bitter custody battle with his estranged husband has been arrested after stepping off a plane from Israel where he had fled with their son.

Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died. She was 87.

Ms. Martin married her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon, on June 16 in the first legal gay union in California and also helped found the pioneering lesbian-rights group the Daughters of Bilitis.

A gay man involved in a bitter custody battle with his estranged husband has been arrested after stepping off a plane from Israel where he had fled with their son.

A gay man involved in a bitter custody battle with his estranged husband has been arrested after stepping off a plane from Israel where he had fled with their son.

In response to the loss of heroic and pioneering LGBT activist Del Martin, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Chief Executive Officer Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement:

A gay man involved in a bitter custody battle with his estranged husband has been arrested after stepping off a plane from Israel where he had fled with their son.

Gay and lesbian inmates in California prisons will be allowed to marry under new guidelines tentatively approved by the California Department of Corrections.

DENVER—Wednesday afternoon at the Denver Art Museum, Jennifer Lopez , Capitol File and Viacom honored Marian Wright Edelman for her work with the Children's Defense Fund. Before the awards presentation began, the Daily Transom spied the singer Rufus Wainwright , wearing a plaid blazer, striped T-shirt and sandals. "I'm gay and out and proud, but in saying that I feel that the gay ...

Del Martin, a pioneer lesbian rights activist who, with her partner of more than 50 years, Phyllis Lyon, became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in San Francisco in June, died Wednesday. She was 87.