Patrick Finley: Time is right for gay athletes

If free agent Jason Collins, right, signs with another NBA team, it would prove players can coexist with an openly gay teammate and fans can cheer for one.

Patrick Finley: Time is right for gay athletes

I smiled when I read this line in Jason Collins' first-person Sports Illustrated account.

Arizona bathroom gender bill revised to give business owners immunity

PHOENIX - Hoping to blunt opposition, a Fountain Hills Republican on Monday scaled back his measure aimed at who can use which bathroom.

Show your birth certificate before using that restroom

PHOENIX - If you think you might need to use a public restroom while you're out and about, you might want to make sure you have your birth certificate handy.

Justices urged not to intercede in Ariz. partner-benefits case

PHOENIX - Attorneys representing some gay state and university workers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Gov. Jan Brewer's bid to immediately slash domestic-partner benefits "unworthy."

Romney denies targeting classmates for being gay

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney apologized Thursday for “stupid” high school pranks that may have gone too far and moved quickly to stamp out any notion that he bullied schoolmates because they were gay.

NH bill would allow service refusal to gay couples

CONCORD, N.H. — People could refuse to provide accommodations, goods or services to gay couples getting married in New Hampshire under legislation being considered by the House.