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

Let’s break it down by uncomfortably accurate fashion stereotype. High school students listen up — this is relevant to your interests.

Chris Rock goes to India for hair, Michelle Tea goes to Fashion Week for Beth Ditto, Bisexuals are Scary, Chefs & Old People are Sexy, Equaliyy California has a plan, Lesbian Gaydar is “real” and it’s time to Read a F*cking Book Wednesday.

Gay news from all over the world including India, Ghana and Italy, as well as 4 photoshoots of very attractive women and ~10 additional links of interest to queers & feminists & weirdos. Also, Harry Potter inspired cocktails.

The predictable, yet still enraging, backlash to California’s groundbreaking LGBT-inclusive history textbooks.

It’s time for your tri-annual update on Shane’s whereabouts. Plus: James Franco talks gay rumors and sexuality with Playboy, Jane Lynch & wife Lara Embry do Vogue, Haviland Stillwell is on stage in LA, and Stephen Colbert does “It Gets Better.”