If you had hoped Michele Bachmann seeking praise for her failed constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality in Minnesota yesterday was the last we'd hear from her on the issue for awhile, you might want to take a seat. 

As the state that gave us Crazy Eyes and Lady Fingers (aka The Bachmanns) officially becomes state No. 12 to offer marriage equality later today, a clip featuring Michele calling for "spiritual warfare" against gays and civil rights has surfaced. 

Set your DVRs for series record--HBO has just picked up its new San Francisco based gay dramedy pilot starring Jonathan Groff for a complete season!

Details after the jump!

To promote International Day Against Homophobia in the parts of the world that really need to observe it, the United Nations has released a PSA that would make the United Colors of Benetton proud.

Check out the UN's extremely (and appropriately) diverse International Day Against Homophobia promo after the jump!

With the addition of Rhode Island, Delaware and Minnesota over the past two weeks,, marriage equality maps of the United States have certainly brightened up, haven't they?

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will sign marriage equality legislation into law at 5 p.m. central. 

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(Via Stateline)

Vivendo o Brasil!

Thanks to Brazil's National Council of Justice, marriage equality has moved from being limited to a handful of states to being approved nationwide. 

Details on Brazil's big day after the jump!

Another year, another International Pride Month that won't include Moscow on the calendar of events. 

Once again, city officials in the Russian capital have refused to allow permits to host gay pride events in the city, surprising no one, unfortunately.

Maybe the older generation isn't as rigidly conservative as we had once assumed?

According to a new poll from Gallup, an increasing number of voters over the age of 50 are coming around to support marriage equality. 

After Robbie Rogers came out, soccer has trumped hockeystick ball or whatever as our favorite athletic competition show sport thingymajig. So we were very happy to learn that fans of professional soccer who were attending a recent Portland Timbers match were met with an incredible display of LGBT support ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Friday. Go local sports team!

Details follow.

With three states having approved marriage equality in two weeks, we have a bona fide epidemic according to the CDC (via Stephen Colbert). Stephen devoted a segment on Monday night to warning the straights about the gay symptoms (jet-fuel high bears, for starters) associated with the contagion. Check it out after the jump.

New York City LGBT-ers and their allies...and presumably anyone that wants to come in from Jersey and Connecticut will be rallying on Thursday in protest of the recent anti-gay hate crimes that have taken place in the city. 

The gays don't take this kind of thing lightly, y'all. More after the jump.

We getting our first look at Sean Hayes' new gay dad sitcom, Sean Saves The World from NBC!

Check it out after the jump!

BOOM!

Number TWELVE!! Minnesota just passed marriage equality in the state Senate following last week's passge in the state House! 

Details after the jump!