Hillary Clinton has come out for marriage equality.

On Monday (18 March), the US Democrat made the announcement in an online video released by the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign.

In the five-minute video, she says gays and lesbians are ‘full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship.’

‘That includes marriage,’ Clinton says, adding she backs same-sex marriage both ‘personally and as a matter of policy and law.’

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is certain Chuck Hagel will support LGBT troops if he gets to lead the Defense Department.

The retired four-star general was a guest on the Sunday news program Meet the Press. When asked how the Secretary of Defense nominee would handle the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Powell noted the policy was gone. He added Hagel would do what was required to treat gay and lesbian troops like their straight peers.

The daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is carving out a career for herself with NBC News and recently sat down with controversial pastor Rick Warren for a chat.

Among the topics was Warren's views against homosexuality and marriage equality. Clinton asked during an interview on NBC's Rock Center how those views square with his Christianity.

The Church of England and the Church in Wales have expressed their ‘complete shock’ at the government’s plan to ban them from offering same-sex marriages.

In the proposed bill the UK government announced on 11 December, there will be a ‘quadruple lock’ ensuring no religious institution will be forced to marry same-sex couples.

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has revealed a plan to control the AIDS epidemic in the next four years.

According to a State Department document unveiled today (29 November), Clinton says the goal of an ‘AIDs-free generation’ by starting more infected people on AIDS drugs, circumcising men in high-prevalence countries and making sure every pregnant and infected woman is treated.

The editor and director of a Cameroonian tabloid which published articles in June, 2012 alleging ‘homosexual mafia’ within the highest echelons of the state, has appeared in court for a hearing in which he is accused of defamation.

In June, L'Anecdote, a tabloid owned by local media mogul Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga published a series of articles accusing prominent individuals of being part of a gay network.

If the selection of ministers to a particular position is based on their track records and qualifications, then Maria Miller is surely in the wrong job.

A reshuffle of the British cabinet saw Member of Parliament (MP) Miller given a new role as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

But this government department has also been given the job of overseeing equality, making her the UK’s senior Minister for Women and Equality. (She’s assisted in this role by her junior, Helen Grant MP.)

Imagine if Bill and Hillary Clinton had a son named Thomas instead of a daughter named Chelsea.

Now imagine that the son was gay - and very hot.

That's essentially the situation in the new USA Network series Political Animals which premieres on Sunday (15 July).

In the six-episode series, Sigourney Weaver plays former First Lady Elaine Barrish is currently serving as the Secretary of State and running for the presidency herself.

US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has been honored with a unique work of art for her gay rights work.

International gay organization Kaleidoscope Trust has given her a huge American flag with the full text of her historic speech to the United Nations, where she called for global LGBT rights, sewn into it.

The US ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis Susman, received the flag at the American embassy today in advance of Independence Day, 4 July tomorrow.

The small communist south-east Asian country of Laos celebrated its first LGBT Pride on Monday (25 June).

The event ‘Proud to be Us’ was organized by local activists and the US embassy in the capital, Vientiane. It featured performances exploring discrimination, gender roles and sexual health on a stage in the US embasssy’s sports field, AFP reported.

US Congressmen have called for action on the violence suffered by the LGBT community in Honduras.

In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, over 80 US congressional Democrats expressed 'concern about the recent increase in violence' against the gay, bi and trans communities in the Central American country.

According to human rights organizations in Honduras, over 70 LGBT individuals have been murdered since the 2009 coup d'etat when the Honduran army ousted President Manuel Zelaya.