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A Nevada senator came out during a senate debate on a measure that would repeal the state’s gay marriage ban.

A lesbian was attacked & her friend stabbed after leaving a bar in the northwestern Nevada city by a strange man who yelled anti-gay epithets at them.

Same-sex couples who marry in one of the nation’s more forward-thinking states might consider a honeymoon in Vegas, one of the world’s premier luxury destinations with a surfeit of celebrity chefs and more than 45 destination spas.

Lambda Legal announced that it will file a federal lawsuit against Nevada on behalf of the eight same-sex couples in order to challenge the state’s ban on gay marriage.

LGBT activists are disappointed, but not necessarily surprised that Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has not signed onto Freedom to Marry’s new campaign that features more than 100 mayors from across the country who support nuptials for same-sex couples.

Thousands of gay and heterosexual athletes are expected at the Sin City Shootout in Las Vegas from Jan. 12-15. Registration began on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Chris Miller, president of the Nevada Stonewall Democrat Caucus, is the first gay man elected to head the Clark County Democratic Party.

2010 census statistics indicate the number of same-sex households in Nevada grew 87 percent from 2000 to 2010. Activists maintain the documented 9,000 same-sex households in the state are almost certainly higher.

Carolyn Goodman, the wife of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, will be the next mayor of Sin City after winning 61 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election.

Carolyn Goodman’s series of gaffes before LGBT audiences have given her opponent Chris Giunchigliani a distinct advantage over Mayor Oscar Goodman’s wife going into the June 7 election.