It seems as though Marine Corps Gen. James Amos (pictured, third from left), a onetime outspoken opponent of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, has had a change of heart. Where only recently he was testifying that letting gay soldiers serve openly would have a "strong potential for disruption at the small unit level,"…
Under pressure from campus LGBT groups, the New Brunswick campus of New Jersey's largest university has decided to make three of their dorms gender-neutral housing. Meaning, yes, boys and girls can live together in dry hump heaven.
The Russian government, which has long called beer a "foodstuff," will now classify the beverage as, you know, alcohol, as part of a campaign against alcoholism and underage drinking. People drinking excessively? In Russia!? Believe it or not! "Many ordinary Russians," The Daily Telegraph tells us, "regard beer as a…
Much to the disappointment of Maggie Gallagher and her troll-people hordes, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the DoJ will no longer defend the controversial 1995 Defense of Marriage Act in federal courts. A huge win for the gays.
House Republicans have declared victory in the historic battle for Electronic Freedom! They've changed the rules to allow members to use electronic devices in the House chamber — as long as it doesn't "impair decorum," which it probably will.
Forget the obvious connection for Harry Potter fans. The news that scientists have made progress in the development of some sort of cloaking material is likely more exciting for hungry-for-more voyeurs and girls locker room-gazing teenage boys the world over.
According to a new phone study, a majority of Americans now think that same-sex couples with children and married gays without kids count as "a family." Not everyone, though! Not everyone thinks that! So, still got a ways to go.
For now. Indonesia's world-famous cigarette-smoking two-year-old has quit cigs after undergoing therapy. Though there is concern that he will pick up the habit again once he returns home and the everyday stress of baby life wears at him once more.
You know why certain people are scared of Mexican immigrants? Because they might bring their gay marriage-tolerating with them! Yes, Mexico, or at least the Mexican Supreme Court, is more progressive than the States when it comes to gay marriage.
Tired of your umbrella breaking in high winds or getting gored by an errant bumbershoot blowing down 2nd Avenue? Well don't worry, science is on the case. A $100 umbrella could cure all of our woes. [WSJ]
Declarative PBS host and multimedia phenomenon Tavis Smiley is ending his "State of the Black Union" conference after ten years, because he needs time for other projects like—seriously—publishing R. Kelly's memoirs. Post-racial world, you're a wondrous place! [AP]
Just what the world needs in these heady times: A reality TV show is casting for little gay elves (us) to help farty straight boys and girls (them) figure out how to date each other. A gay man's forte!
According to Paul Caine, president of the Time Inc. magazine group that includes Entertainment Weekly, the ballpark dollar cost for one of these video units is in the "low teens," although he said the cost may come down before the issue comes out.
For all of you people who are always complaining about how the "good" news rarely gets reported, here's a little ray of sunshine courtesy of the New York Times—-Some straight men are actually accepting of the gays! Amazing!
Now it's six: New Hampshire legalized gay marriage, following Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa.
Even as their country plummets down the geyser hole, Icelanders are still awfully nice to gay people. They've appointed an out-and-proud lesbian to be their interim Prime Minister, a world first the papers say.
An intriguing little tidbit has just crossed our desk: news of a Gossip Girl video game! Now it's just a rumor at present but it sounds promising. I mean it makes perfect sense. New York-set teen soap Gossip Girl's viewer base, gay men and the girls who quietly pine for them, perfectly syncs up with the typical video…
Web hits, "the current fool's gold of the newspaper industry," are bringing down the level of discourse in this country, says veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist Bill Dwyre, in a column that leads with the saga of Golfweek's editor, who was fired after sticking a noose on the cover last week. The press, Dwyre…
