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Three years after the attack on Chrissy Lee Polis, it's time Maryland protected the basic rights of transgender individuals

Black men who experience "high levels" of racism and internalize it may age more quickly, according to a new University of Maryland, College Park study.

Choosing from a slate of three Democratic candidates who have all been friendly to its cause, Maryland's largest gay rights organization on Monday endorsed Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown for governor.

Religious exemptions should never become a tool of discrimination. They should be narrowly tailored to reduce the burden on a person's free exercise of religion. They should not give license to some employers, under the guise of religious liberty, to treat LGBT people adversely in their jobs.

School officials were right to punish a campus fraternity for anti-gay discrimination

A fraternity at Morgan State accused of discriminating against a pledge because he is gay has been placed on probation until 2015, university officials said Tuesday.

Revenge porn: Hateful but not bigotry

Senator deserves harsh criticism for what he's said, not just for plagiarism

Maryland, like 34 other states, lacks laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity – laws that would protect transgender people and others who transgress traditional notions of male and female.

The GLCCB, Baltimore's LGBT community center, will begin providing LGBT-specific recovery support services in December.

Bipartisan effort to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity reflects changing public attitudes

A bill that would ban hiring and employment discrimination against LGBT individuals, will move forward in the Senate after a cloture vote.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act receives bursts of media attentions that punctuate long waiting periods. If you haven't been following closely, here's what you may have missed.

After progress on ENDA stalled, the Senate Majority Leader has promised to bring a bill that would prevent LGBT discrimination in hiring to the Senate floor.

Former Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has channeled his early support for same-sex marriage and other gay-rights issues as a player into a post-retirement mission to raise awareness about LGBT equality — from high schools to colleges to corporate board rooms.

A poll released Monday shows a firm majority of Americans support a federal law that would protect LGBT employees in their workplaces.

Harford County based Upper Chesapeake Health System is the subject of a complaint filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former employee who claims she was discriminated against because of a disability and retaliated against when she sought federal relief.

International Olympic Committee officials said Thursday they were "fully satisfied" that a Russian law barring gay propaganda doesn't violate the Olympic charter's anti-discrimination language, the Washington Post reports.

As the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore prepares to relocate this fall after more than 30 years at its West Chase Street headquarters, a small group of volunteers is working to compile, catalog and preserve records they say highlight the history of the center and the trajectory of the nation through a time of rapid changes.

The battle between two pharmaceutical companies over an AIDS drug has sparked a debate over whether gay men and lesbians can be removed from juries due to their sexual orientations.

The resignation of NAACP president Benjamin Jealous left the nation's most influential advocacy group for equality in search of a new leader at a particularly sensitive time for U.S. race relations, setting off a debate Monday about his potential successor.

A. Philip Randolph went from being "the most dangerous Negro in America" to one of the most venerated and acknowledged for his role as the grandfather of civil rights.

The Supreme Court's short-sighted ruling against a key provision of the Voting Rights Act demands a vigorous response from the Justice Department

As states move forward with discriminatory policies, Congress must repair damage done by Supreme Court to Voting Rights Act

Election officials in states covered by the 1965 Voting Rights Act are interpreting the Supreme Court's decision striking down a key provision of the law as a license to discriminate against minorities

The International Olympic Committee released a statement saying it will "work to ensure" no discrimination against LGBT participants in Sochi.

MLB's new guidelines will protect baseball players from harassment and provide increased training.

Contrary to Chief Justice John Roberts' assertions, America still needs the full weight of the Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activists must step up to pressure Congress to restore it.

The Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is pure judicial activism.

The U.S. Department of State plans to fight homophobia and is looking for new ways it can protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens in countries around the world, including within the United States, Secretary John Kerry said during a "Pride at State" event held Wednesday.

Same-sex couples are discriminated against when searching for housing through online rental markets across the country, according to a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development study released Tuesday.

Now that Major League Soccer has its first openly gay player, the league is launching a new effort to tackle anti-gay attitudes.

Lisa Burgess, of Gwynn Oak in Baltimore County, filed a complaint seeking $400,00 in damages in December alleging that she was denied due pay raises because of negative performance evaluations that contained "false, misleading and exaggerated claims."

About 20 people demonstrated Tuesday outside the Arundel Center in Annapolis, imploring County Executive Laura Neuman to do more to combat racism and discrimination.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman has ordered a review of the county's anti-discrimination efforts and the Human Relations Commission.

WNBA rookie, former Baylor star draws much-needed attention to homophobia in women's sports

Four African-American current and former Annapolis police officers have filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the city, claiming they were unfairly treated, subjected to harassment, wrongly turned down for promotions, and for some, given walking papers.

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. What better way to observe than to take a look at efforts to uncover where the hate is coming from.

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will be the first player featured during the upcoming season in USA's "NFL Characters Unite" campaign, the cable channel will announce later today.

Columnist Marta Mossburg twisted a Hopkins professor's research on discrimination by landlords who don't accept Section 8 vouchers to suit her political purposes.

Jonah Goldberg asks: Why the massive reaction to the slightest trace of "bigotry," whether real or imagined?

Rarely does a literary classic transfer from page to stage as eloquently as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" does in the current production of the Annapolis Shakespeare Company at Bowie Playhouse.