Sea sponges, mermaids and Captain Hook.

Pope declares commission on sex abuse scandal, ACLU sues American Bishops, Cardinal Dolan declares he was “outmarketed” on gay marriage, and more.

From sharing showers to karaoke, photographer Maika Elan captures everyday life for LGBT couples in Vietnam in her award-winning series “The Pink Choice.”

Billie Jean King, Barack Obama, and Googoosh are standing on the side of gay love and the Olympics.

The more we talk about things, the better they get. 2013 was proof.

When you give a mouse a cookie, a lesbian begins practicing a new sport.

There were 128 queer lady characters on TV this year, if you can believe that. It’s a brand new world.

It’s the episode where instead of having sex Callie and Arizona have an emotional conversation in a quiet section of the hospital. Holy shit, aren’t you excited? This is life mimicking art, y’all.

To which my own response was like Oprah’s, “Oh, girl.”

Emily Yoffe isn’t alone! A lot of advice columnists have terrible opinions that they’re excited to share with bisexuals.

“I admit I was skeptical of the plot and was afraid it was going to rely on tired tropes but it turns out it was actually a cute show with a lot of heart. It even has queer women in it!”

Topics include Edie Windsor, Party Monster, anxiety, the prison hunger strike, sorority vs. lesbians, growing up in a missionary family, HealthCare.gov and moar!

Lesbian movies are notoriously terrible, but these are some real diamonds in the rough. It’s getting colder and darker so there’s no day like today to curl up with a girl-meets-girl-and-shit-gets-complicated film!

Pussy Riot, sixty animals of varying species, and all the gay couples in the United States of America walk into the Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony.

A historic lesbian union, a failed hunger strike, queer ladies in the lap of luxury, and the ultimate “fuck you” to Linda Harvey’s anti-gay bullshit.

Brittney Griner could receive the honor of her lifetime, a rainbow army is going to Russia, and Virginia Woolf got born a long long time ago.

From Russia, with love.

Marsha Hunt writes your wedding song, Lily Tomlin ties the knot, a 12-year-old boy stands up for his gay moms, and a bunch of cats survive the best years of your life.

After being misgendered and disrespected by Piers Morgan last night, Janet Mock returned to his show hoping to get through to him on how hurtful and offensive he was being.

She’s engaged TO him, but engaged WITH you — and you’re not sure how much more of this you can take.