Courant Headlines

Lawyers, lawmakers, activists and newlyweds gathered at the state Capitol Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the effective date of the court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut.

Matthew Malok and William J. Whitaker III got married in Stratford last year, after 35 years together.

About 325 students from around the state got a chance to look through the eyes of fat kids, goths, mentally challenged kids, Jewish kids, homosexuals and others who are sometimes marginalized in high school during a summit Monday meant to empower kids to speak up against intolerance and promote an atmosphere of inclusion at their schools.

The Hartford Courant has honored a Hartford leadership program and the director of a mentoring group for teenage homosexuals with the newspaper's Tapestry Award.

Michael Fago, a policeman at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington since 2006, has been complaining for about a year of alleged irregularities and improprieties in the public safety department of the state medical facility.

The state Department of Children and Families has removed from its website links to "open and affirming" churches after a group opposed to gay marriage threatened legal action.

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, who has long favored civil unions over same-sex marriage, now supports equal rights for gay and lesbian couples.