LOS ANGELES -- Jerry Sandusky -- the former Penn State assistant coach charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse -- is "a gay guy" but the "gay lobby" won't let you say that, according to conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh.

The head of the D.C. chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans on Tuesday criticized prominent gay blogger Joe Jervis for publicly questioning claims by reality star Taylor Garrett that he has twice been the victim of anti-gay attacks due to his association with conservative political commentator Ann Coulter.

According to Matt Barber: DOMA is needed to protect children on the grounds that kids who are raised in same-sex households are more likely to identify as gay, and gay men are more likely to get HIV … so, apparently DOMA is necessary in order to keep kids from getting AIDS, or something...

It was bound to happen. I was hoping that it wouldn't but in hindsight, I shouldn't have been surprised. Someone from the religious right is now blaming gay men for [...]

When Gary Glenn, the head of American Family Association’s Michigan affiliate, announced his run for U.S. Senate, Right Wing Watch wondered “how long it will be before Glenn receives Mike Huckabee’s endorsement given that Huckabee believes that ‘if we had leaders like Gary Glenn across America, our work wouldn’t be so hard.’”

LOS ANGELES -- Film director Brett Ratner on Tuesday resigned as one of the producers of the annual Academy Awards telecast after igniting a firestorm of criticism for using a gay slur, in which he said "rehearsal is for fags."

BETHESDA, Md. -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday announced that talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been named as a Special U.S. Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness. [...]

Linda Harvey of Mission America is urging voters to oppose the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Student Nondiscrimination Act, warning that anti-bullying legislation is “using bullying prevention as a tool to force approval of homosexuality and gender bending on children, teachers and families.”

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, staying laser focused on his anti-gay platform, told Iowa voters this week that civil laws relating to same-sex marriage must "comport with God's law."

Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin has been granted citizenship in Spain, the country’s government has announced. The move has fueled speculation that Martin, who came out in 2009, plans to marry his partner Carlos Gonzalez Abella.

A Senate committee approved unanimously by voice vote on Thursday a judicial nominee who could become the fourth openly gay person to sit on the federal bench.

Grammy-award winning artist and cultural icon Lady Gaga on Wednesday announced the launch of the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), an organization to support programs and initiatives that deal with all aspects of empowering youth.

Dr. Janice Crouse of the anti-gay organization Concerned Women for America said that the "Every Child Deserves a Family Act" -- which would prohibit federal funding for entities that discriminate against prospective adoptive or foster parents on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status -- is "an experiment" that should not be taking place.

Today on Washington Watch Weekly with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) claimed that marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples is “a threat to the nation’s survival.”

Less than a month after his speech to the Values Voter Summit, in which he claimed that marriage equality was an “assault” by the left to destroy America’s foundations, U.S. [...]