The civil rights movement for marriage equality is often accused of wanting to change the definition of marriage. That's blatant hyperbole, but Mike Raven's new Change.org petition asking Dictionary.com to make its definition of marriage more gay friendly actually provides a legitimate instance of just that. 

Finally!

We have a chance at sharing oxygen and screentime with hunky club music chart-topper Matt Zarley thanks to a contest searching for co-stars for the singer's "Change Begins With Me" music video! 

Speculation of sexual orientation has swarmed multiple Emmy Award winner Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon) for years but a surreptitious line in a New York Times profile published today makes it official (and public). 

Target is really aiming (hardy har) to get on our good side these days!

Though higher ups at the bulls-eye insist the new line of Pride t-shirts has zilch to do with that massive 2010 donation to anti-gay politico Tom Emmer, with 100 percent of sales going to the Family Equality Council, would criticizing the retailer nowadays just be splitting hairs? (Details follow.)

Jack Antonoff, the adorkable man who sings the soundtrack to our weekly back-alley Juviderm sessions, has announced that he is indeed an American for Marriage Equality.

So, how, exactly, does the lead singer and guitarist for fun. of "We Are Young" chart topping success state his support?

Claiming it does nothing but advance the "pro-homosexual agenda," anti-gay Republicans backed by certified hate-group the Illinois Family Institute voted down a comprehensive anti-bullying bill in the state. 

Huge, historic news to report this morning, Instincters!

It's official: our current cover guy Adam Lambert has made history by becoming Billboard's first openly gay chart topper! With Adam's second album Trespassing taking the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Top 200 and the Billboard Digital Albums charts, the pop star becomes the first artist to achieve the top position after coming out of the closet.

A new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post reveals bad news for the National Organization for Marriage's race baiting tactics: African Americans are now the largest group of marriage equality supporters. 

If you've ever wondered how we find our boyfriends (a.k.a. how Hollister selects its infamous shirtless doorman), booking agent Preston Chaunsumlit takes us behind-the-scenes of a casting session in the latest episode of the V-Files web series to answer that question. Video after the jump!

Well we guess it shouldn't be a surprise that not everyone is thrilled by the NAACP's vocal support of same-sex marriage.

Martin Luther King, Jr's niece, Alveda King is speaking out against the NAACP's call for equality for all.

See what she has to say after the jump.

We previously reported on Dominic Sheahan-Stahl, a third-generation alum of Sacred Heart Academy in Michigan, who's invitation to present the keynote address at Sacred Heart's commencement was rescinded based on him being gay.

Dominic's younger brother was a member of the graduating class.

Well, Dominic was able to deliver his speech at an inclusive graduation event called Live through Love, which took place on May 20 in the time between morning Mass and the graduation ceremony.

Check out Dominic's important speech after the jump!

See this is the kind of store opening we can get behind.

Universal Gear's new store in Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan, NYC) is giving us everything we want.

And they've got clothes too!

Hot swimwear models? A fashion show. Universal Gear certainly knows its target audience. Check out the merchandise after the jump!