Fellow Democrats and LGBT leaders are heaping praise on South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as he became Tuesday what's believed to be Indiana's first openly-gay mayor.

LGBT advocates say they're waiting on pins and needles for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling later this month on marriage equality. But, they say regardless of the outcome, there's more work to be done.

A same-sex couple and a law professor weigh in on the two and half hours of arguments the Supreme Court heard Tuesday.

Justice Scalia asked whether ministers would be able to refuse to marry two gay men. Justice Alito asked, why not marry four gay men together?

Across the United States, there has been a sea change in public opinion on the issue of same-sex marriage. But that's not the whole story - as NPR's David Greene found on a trip to North Dakota.

Leaders of what some call a new civil rights struggle say the protests must lead to long-term strategies. The goal is to sustain a national movement and to get past challenging obstacles.

Sarah Thomas has officiated football games in the NCAA and for the NFL's preseason and training camps. For the 2015 NFL season, she'll reportedly work full time at the game's highest level.

One email compares President Obama to a chimpanzee. No one got fired.

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Los Angeles and spoke to a standing room-only crowd at Temple Israel. The synagogue honors his legacy by replaying the speech once a year.

The State Department said Randy Berry's job will be to "reaffirm the universal human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."