It’s time for us to rejoice and then rejoice some more over a big ol’ batch of queer cheer, because it’s Sunday Funday!

The New York Times is swearing off the “h-word” (again), Charice is really happy, a bunch of puppies are longing for treats, and Michigan’s gay moms have a new reason to smile.

And it’s hard to know how to feel about it.

Queerty decides to throw the biggots a bone with ten reasons against gay marriage. Stargate Universe gets a lez. And for once, the media is paying attention to the death of a troubled teen who isn’t white.

Welcome back to the wonderful world of Glee, where boys tongue-kiss each other at school!

In today’s news, Washington, D.C., may soon legalize gay marriage. DADT is sinking faster than Riese, Alex, and Jess’s hurricane-bound lesbian cruise ship! Unfortunately, The Man is still lurking around high schools, keeping girls from dancing together.

Good news for the gays from Manitoba to New Mexico (and all the letters of the alphabet before and after M and N)! With added surfing puppies for your viewing pleasure.

Neko Case, cuddly beavers, and a whole lotta love.

The law would make it illegal to provide information to minors if it promotes “non-traditional sexual relationships” or provides “a distorted notion of social equivalence of traditional and non-traditional sexual relationships.”

“I loved living in Georgia, but the people I met, particularly in my village, seemed so old-fashioned I was always too scared to come out and lose the love and affection I’d gained. “

I bookended this article with pictures of animals. Just so you know.

Drop the mic and walk off the stage.

Kristen’s Team Pick: #dayssincethelastprominenthomophobewascaughtinagaysexscandal isn’t just a hashtag.

Basically, the Republican party has nailed down social conservatism from 1950, and plans to fuck all of us over. Thanks, guys!

A church whose mantra is “Church Unusual.”

Maybe young people aren’t going to be the saviors of the campaign for equal rights for gays.

Michigan has passed a law denying domestic partners of public employees any benefits, but the ACLU isn’t happy about it.

There were huge strides for the queer community this year, while we lost ground for reproductive rights. What made the difference, and how can we make more progress on both fronts in 2012?

Good news, now with animals!

“Middlesex” author Jeffery Eugenides new novel “The Marriage Plot” is really good! But is it really aptly described as “a feminist re-telling”? Not so much.