A fantastic trailer for a book about the dangers of homosexuality, a world map of useless stereotypes, Coronation Street is too gay, and about 15 other stories relevant to your interests.

Today the Respect for Marriage Act had it’s day in court and it was pretty awesome.

It’s three days until you can get legally married in California, so you had better get all your feelings about the bourgeois upper-middle class heteronormative paradigm out now, before they have to come out in couples therapy later on. While you’re here you can check out an infographic on Lady Gaga, find out which person you have possibly heard of came out this week, mourn the passing of Portland’s only lesbian bar, and celebrate BABIES with NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.

Pat Robertson, Barack Obama, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Michele Bachmann, Maggie Gallagher, the Jewish Orthodox Union, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Ruben Diaz

“Middle America is safer and more welcoming for gay people than ever before, which is good, because it’s most of America.”

If you can handle the rain, you’ll be handsomely rewarded by my beloved hometown of Vancouver, one of the gay-friendliest cities in Canada!

Phillip Parker was 14 years old. He was gay and he lived in Tennessee and now he is dead.

Richard Nixon had a gay boyfriend, you can get hitched in Cancun, the KKK = the gays, and other things we need to tell you about urgently.

Look, we all were hoping this wasn’t true but it is: the Republican candidates for president are completely and totally obsessed with us, and it’s super awkward. They just won’t let the gay thing go. Ever. Seriously.

What do the Episcopalian Church, the LDS leaders of Utah, and the Republican party all have in common? They’re all becoming a little more gay-friendly day by day.

Rick Perry can’t stop talking about how much he hates the gays, and Newt Gingrich can. How’s that working out for them?

Also, does anyone else want a sandwich?

Things get really intense in Episode Two of Lip Service Season Two. Didn’t this show used to be fizzy and fun?

All sorts of things are being done and said about gay and trans people in Australia; here are some of them.

Mitt Romney gets asked by a Vietnam vet whether or not he supports equal rights for him and his spouse, and he does not have a satisfactory answer.

Roses are red, violets are blue, we’ve got a “like” button because we like you.

Did you know that one in five trans people does not have stable housing? Obama’s administration does!

If you’re experiencing a slow build of paralyzing anxiety over the 2012 Presidential race and need someone to hold your hand and explain the big names and Death Eater alter-egos, this is your lucky day.

Ohio’s capital city (and the third largest city in the Midwest) has everything you’d ever need, including the world’s best ice cream, one of the country’s largest universities, and a hoppin’ LGBTQ scene.

Anthony Makk can stay with his husband Bradford Wells in the US, at least for two more years.