EDGE Provincetown

Two lesbian military couples are dealing with marriage in very disparate ways; while Major Shannon McLaughlin and her family get the short shrift over DOMA, Amanda Ortiz and Rachel Murphy of Texas win a wedding at NYC’s gay Pride.

Lesbian gossip columnist Liz Smith was among those honored at the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Women of Influence Awards.

Same-sex military couples want the Supreme Court to rule that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional so they can get the same military benefits as heterosexual couples.

At the OutServe-SLDN national dinner, leaders and veterans took a moment to celebrate their gains before refocusing on the mission -- to serve and protect LGBT servicemembers.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this month in a challenge to a provision of DOMA, and financial experts say that the sums gay and lesbian couples have to gain are not inconsequential.

A lawsuit brought by a lesbian Army veteran and her wife over the denial of disability benefits can move forward over the objections of the Department of Justice, a federal judge in California ruled Monday.

Sen. Patrick Leahy want the government to start affording same sex, married couples the same immigration benefits that heterosexual couples now enjoy.

Charlie Morgan, a chief warrant officer in the New Hampshire Army National Guard who fought to repeal the federal law barring her wife from receiving benefits to help care for their daughter, has died. She was 48.

Pentagon officials say the department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members because the issue requires more review and military leaders are worried that it might be unfair.

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of military members.