Same-sex marriage is prohibited in Navajo Nation — but a new measure under consideration this fall aims to change that. In June, Navajo Nation Council Del. Seth Damon introduced legislation to repeal ...

It’s unclear whether Native American opposition to gay marriage comes primarily from tradition or from the influence of most U.S. states, where it is still illegal. A Navajo group’s battle to overturn ...

LGBTQ rights activists are renewing their push for a repeal of the Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban. While the United States Supreme Court declared marriage equality the law of the land, it does ...

Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years. They’ve raised a child together. They wear wedding rings and refer to each other as ...

NAVAJO NATION - There is a renewed effort at the Navajo Nation legislature to legalize same-sex marriage for the Native American nation. According to a statement released on June 26, Delegate Seth ...

The Navajo, who count 300,000 members and to whom smaller tribes often look for direction, passed a law in 2005 explicitly banning gay marriage. It followed in the footsteps of the U.S. Defense of ...

Long-anticipated legislation to recognize same-sex marriages in the Navajo Nation was tabled by the final committee before it could make its way to the Navajo Nation Council Fall session last month, ...

Cleo Pablo made headlines in 2015 after she took on the Ak Chin Indian Community with a lawsuit seeking marriage equality rights within the tribe, which at the time didn't recognize same-sex marriage.

Lengthy debate forecasts challenges the measure will face in coming weeks A Navajo Nation committee voted Wednesday against legislation that would permit same-sex marriages, though the bill is far ...

PHOENIX - Officials with the Navajo Nation say the Native American tribe's legislative body is considering a bill that will enshrine same-sex marriage into the tribe's code of law. According to an ...

Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years. They’ve raised a child together. They wear wedding rings and refer to each other as ...