Nicki Thorn and Tracy Barbatti didn't know what to expect when they entered the Black Hawk County Courthouse on April 30, 2009. In the wake of the Iowa Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage, several of the county's judges and magistrates stopped performing civil ceremonies to avoid marrying gays and lesbians.

Two Iowa legislators are getting heat from the gay community. The lawmakers want to remove protection to lesbians, gay and transgender students from the Safe Schools Law, in and effort to reverse the Iowa's Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

A majority of Iowans think the issue of gay marriage doesn't deserve lawmakers' limited time. Among six hot-button topics, a new Iowa Poll shows a majority of Iowans consider only a ban on text messaging while driving worth the Legislature's time during a session shortened by 20 days to cut costs.

When Nick Pace was serving as principal of a small Iowa high school, he didn't quite know how to respond when one of his students came out of the closet. He was concerned with how the other students would react and what safety measures he would have to put in place to protect his only openly gay student.

Representatives Shultz & Windschitl Introduce House Files 2291 to Exclude Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Students from Safe Schools Law.

One Iowa, the state’s largest gay-rights organization, is urging members to contact their legislators in order to counter a move by conservative lawmakers to push a ban on same-sex marriage.