Abigail Ocobock is a sociologist of families, sexualities, and gender. She has been researching and writing about marriage ...

Republicans have criticized Gov. Tony Evers for changing "mother" to "inseminated person" in budget language related to IVF and certain other births.

The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles ...

A Connecticut resident described bumblebees coming back to the same flower with insecticide on it: “it’s like they’re getting ...

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Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is Pope Francis' biggest critic, an anti-vaccine traditionalist papal lawyer who would be the ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

While hundreds of protesters chanted and yelled in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda Monday morning, House Republicans advanced ...

Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations which does not have LGTBQ+ legal protections. Support for same-sex marriage and other rights has grown among the ...