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Thousands of tourists, gay and straight, are descending on New Orleans this weekend for the annual Southern Decadence Festival, which organizers says is “one of the gay world’s major annual events.” In the almost four decades since it started, Southern Decadence has become a traditional Labor Day weekend, end-of-summer, event. But for two of the […]

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is the latest celebrity to pose for the NOH8 Campaign. The “Tardy for the Party” singer, whose single was released Tuesday, tweeted, “the noh8 campaign shoot was hot. and I am topless!!! Just to cause a stir to make people pay attention!” The NOH8 Campaign, launched by […]

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean is suing pageant organizers claiming she was wrongfully fired for saying marriage should be only between a man and a woman, her attorney said on Monday. Two months after her controversial statement at the Miss USA pageant in April, Prejean was fired by pageant officials who said she missed […]

Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio spoke out this week for gay marriage, saying that gays and lesbians are not seeking “special treatment, just equitable treatment.” In his blog this week on bravotv.com, Colicchio shares his views on gay marriage, prompted by one contestant’s discomfort with this week’s wedding challenge. “I’m going to go out on […]

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died shortly before Midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77. The man known as the “liberal lion of the Senate” had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived […]

In case you missed last week’s season premiere of Mad Men, here’s the gay scene where the bellhop helps Sal get his baggage “out of the closet.” Yes, it’s *that* episode. Out actor Bryan Batt plays Salvatore Romano, the tragically closeted art director in AMC’s Mad Men, which follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive […]

Jay Brannan is a singer and songwriter living in New York. Brannan appeared in the 2006 movie Shortbus, which included one of his songs in its soundtrack, and began to build a fan base by performing on YouTube. He released an EP and acted in Holding Trevor in 2007 and has since toured and released […]

Leaders of the largest Lutheran church approved a resolution today, allowing gays and lesbians, in committed and sexually active relationships, to serve as clergy within the church. By a vote of 559 to 451, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) voted in favor of the resolution on Ministry Policies, and making this statement: Resolved, […]

Leaders of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination endorsed an official statement on human sexuality that says there’s room in the church for differing views on an issue that’s divided other religious groups. Delegates to the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) narrowly adopted “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust” with a […]

As we reported last night via Twitter, David Letterman went on record for gay marriage. Miss USA/Universe pageant proprietor Donald Trump appeared on Tuesday night’s CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman,” to promote the upcoming pageant. Inevitably, the discussion turned to Carrie Prejean, former Miss California who made headlines by denouncing gay marriage during the […]

Rush Limbaugh made a joke mocking Barney Frank’s sexuality in response to Frank’s tough stance with a town hall protester Tuesday night. On Tuesday, Frank asked a protester who had compared President Obama to Hitler, “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” On his radio show Wednesday, Limbaugh weighed in, calling the […]

Israli-born Yehonathan Gatro was introduced to America as the cover man and featured interview in Instinct Magazine’s May 2009 issue. His aptly-titled “My Turn” is Yehonathan’s first, full-length English album, and his video of “Just Another Summer” received its worldwide premiere on Logo. Yehonathan is rapidly making a name for himself in the music industry […]

Brad Pitt appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, speaking out for gay marriage, his pro-marijuana agenda, and anti-religion crusade. “You know, I grew up in a religious family, in a religious community and it just doesn’t make sense to me. It just doesn’t work for me in the long run,” Pitt said. […]

Since April 2006, when he released his self-produced debut, Naked Without, openly gay artist Tom Goss has played scores of coffeehouses, bars, gay pride festivals and other events — honing his skills along the way, and developing a loyal following among gay and straight audiences. With the January 2008 release of his second CD, Rise, […]

The NO H8 Campaign has released it’s second official public service announcement titled “I’m Coming Out” to help raise awareness about Propostion 8 and Marriage Equality…

The nation’s largest Lutheran denomination will consider lifting its ban on gay and lesbian clergy who are in committed, long-term relationships as it gathers next week for a churchwide assembly More than 1,000 delegates will gather in Minneapolis August 17-23 for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) biennial General Assembly. On the agenda:  whether […]

In a new Current TV segment, 26 year-old Cody Derrick tells his coming out story. Cody Derrick grew up in a conservative Mormon home in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 21, shortly after returning from his mission, Derrick came out that he was gay. The story depicts the young […]

Seth MacFarlane finally spills the secrets of “Family Guy” — including the fact that, yes, baby Stewie is gay! “We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out,” revealed MacFarlane,  the show’s creator, in an interview in September’s issue of Playboy magazine. “It had to […]

A judge has ruled that Howard K. Stern, attorney of the late Anna Nicole Smith, can go before a jury with his suit against the author of a book about Smith. The suit, filed by Stern shortly after the Sept., 2007, publication of journalist and TV personality Rita Cosby’s book “Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story […]

Gay leaders Harvey Milk and Billie Jean King were among 16 recipients awarded the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama today.