Gay marriage was just legalized in Maryland — but now religious anti-gay-marriage groups are already trying to overturn the law.

Gay marriage is an unlikely and unpopular issue for Republicans to go after directly.

“If the institution is in need of an update, is the inclusion of gay marriage enough to jumpstart a healthier version of marriage?”

Maybe you’ve seen one of the pro-gay marriage ads. Maybe you’ve noticed something… missing… from them.

In which we use adorable infographics to break down the economics of gay marriage in NYC.

Conservative British PM David Cameron supports gay marriage. What does this mean?

“For even one vote to come out in favor of gay marriage only three years later would have been historic; the fact that all four states did so is nothing short of incredible.”

In today’s edition of “I am gay and want to do things anyway,” gays are still trying to legally be in love, around the world, and state rights are still proving to be ineffective ways to govern the love lives of American gay people (ahem).

Dan Choi & his boyfriend give Autostraddle some exclusive homosexual conduct. And we say “it is good.”

The majority of Americans support equality on a variety of gay equality issues — the government just needs to catch up. A look at 2011’s gay marriage initiatives around the country and hope for the future.

I think it might be wedding season.

Ireland could be the first country in the world to have voted, as a population, for marriage equality. Though she be small, she is mighty.

In one of the most surprisingly gay-unfriendly states in the U.S., same-sex couples still can’t adopt children together. Here’s how two Hazel Park nurses are trying to change that.

Autostraddle will be “live-blogging” election happenings coming in from Maine (voting on Question 1, could reverse law permitting same-sex marriage) and Washington (voting on Referendum 71 which would permit “everything but” marriage for Washington same-sex couples). And you know, whatever else happens. Hopefully no-one will get hurt this time.

As is only reasonable given the fact that we’ve been denied access to it for all but the last decade of our nation’s history, “the institution of marriage” has come to mean something unique and unprecedented to the gay community.

Familia es Familia, unless you’re in the Salvation Army. Or Louisiana.

Marriage equality bills make progress from the UK House of Commons to the Rhode Island state legislature.

A fish you’ll wish you could snuggle, gay taxis and gay streetlights, Hillary Clinton’s heartfelt letter to the couple from her heartwarming campaign announcement, a prominent voice in Irish media comes out and doesn’t give a f*ck about her damn reputation, Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson tie the knot, the Church of Scotland opens doors for queers, and Harriet Tubman might be the new face of the $20 bill. How’s them apples?

David Cameron says yay, the church says nay, Parliament has the final say.

“Is opposition to gay marriage by itself proof of bigotry? No. But is far too much of the opposition largely fueled by prejudice? Yes.”