Marigold Creek, a resort-style retirement community marketed toward gays and lesbians might face more trouble developing the property in Surprise because of the economic climate than from opposition because of the community's clientele.

Arizona’s gay community will break ground Nov. 3 on a home in Apache Junction for a family in need.

Scottsdale club owner Tom Anderson ended 2007 with a bang. After keeping struggling nightspot Anderson’s Fifth Estate afloat for 25 years, he revamped it into Forbidden, a gay dance club that opened in late December.

ST. HELENA, Calif. - Merryvale Vineyards had a well-regarded product but a slim advertising budget. So it decided to try something different — reach out to gay consumers.

Maricopa Community College District board member Jerry Walker doesn’t like gays and is quick to tell you that. So it wasn’t surprising when he made inflammatory comments about gays last month to a gay Mesa Community College employee.

May 4, 2005

Over the past month, entertainment writers have been tripping over themselves describing this awards season as heralding the year of the homosexual.

Mayor Mary Manross watered down a proclamation meant to honor Scottsdale’s gay residents until it became an “insult” and a “slap in the face,” members of the homosexual community charged Thursday.

The Scottsdale business community’s reaction to a discrimination complaint filed against a local club has been muted, but the Chamber of Commerce president says business owners are keeping a watchful eye.

Gay rights activists said Wednesday’s sit-down with Scottsdale Mayor Mary Manross was a good first step toward reversing the perception that the city is hostile to the gay community.

Scottsdale’s elected leaders are debating how to assuage the fears of people worried the city is becoming hostile to gays after being inundated with messages of concern.

For 30 years, I have been a leader in my church and community of Mesa. I announce to the world in this column that I am a gay Mormon. Putting those two words together in print is the hardest thing I’ve had to face.

LOS ANGELES - "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington, under fire for using a gay slur about a co-star, met Monday with gay rights activists who said he agreed to help educate the public about the cruelty of such language.

LOS ANGELES - "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington, under fire for using a gay slur about a co-star, met Monday with gay rights activists who said he agreed to help educate the public about the cruelty of such language.

About 50 municipal employees in Scottsdale and Tempe would no longer be able to extend health benefits to their domestic partners if activists succeed in their efforts to ban municipalities from offering such public benefits.

The little blue pill once promoted by Bob Dole has become a party pill in the Valley gay scene — one that could be leading to the spread of HIV here, according to local health workers.

January 15, 2005

August 5, 2004

Former state Rep. Steve May used to get calls from people who said gays and lesbians shouldn’t be allowed to vote.