Gay marriage statistics are hard to find. That's because the U.S. Census, the primary tracker of demographics, has never counted them. In fact, gay couples who reported as married on the 2000 census were changed to unmarried by the Census Bureau. That will change next year. Erik Fowle reports on

Video conferencing and remote connection technologies could make it easier for same sex couples who live in states that don't allow gay marriage to get married in states that do. Professors Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall, who run the E-Marriage Project over at Michigan State Law School, said in an

A study by Naoimi Goldberg of the UCLA Law Williams Institute says that same sex couples have less retirement income than straight couples, but only if they're women. The study was the first to look exclusively at elderly (65+) gay couples. The study makes numerous findings, but three of them

The federal government Friday denied asylum to a gay Brazilian man who married his partner in Massachusetts. The man must now stay in Brazil. Normally, foreign citizens can become U.S. residents if their spouse is a U.S. citizen. But because of DOMA, immigration law doesn't recognize same sex marriages. Passing

Remember when Dallas Judge Tena Callahan struck down the Texas gay marriage ban earlier this month? Unfortunately, because she gave an oral decision, no  written decision was available to see what motivated the judge to rule the way she did. But last week the judge spoke at a democratic organizitaiton

Yesterday I explained how the new federal hate crime law works. I've seen some questions about it and wanted to answer them. What if my state or other federal laws define hate crimes differently? States are free to make their own hate crime laws. In those laws, they can define

Yesterday Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The president said he'll sign the bill. The new law lets the Department of Justice give money to help local investigations and prosecutions of hate crimes based on on sexual orientation. Or, the Justice Department can lead

Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter were one of the most famous married gay couples. But as of Tuesday, they are couples no more. Rosie and Kelli live in New York, but married in California. Their split shows many of the issues that come up during a same sex divorce. Getting

I got an email this morning that said the U.S. Office of Personnel Management wants feedback on proposed changes to federal regulations that would include same sex domestic partners in the definition of family member for the purpose of using federal employment benefits. Specifically, the changes would allow federal employees

Gay couples in most states can't enter into a formal legal relationship, so instead they live together without one. Sometimes these relationships don't work out, and the couples break up. There's plenty of laws about what happens to property and children when married couples get divorced. But here's what generally