The Chelsea Clinton contraband that NBC refused to air because she's an official peacock correspondent has been taken off the black market and onto the Internet. Follow the break for more on the taboo brilliance that is Chelsea Clinton's pro-same-sex marriage PSA after the break!

Woody Allen continues his magical and romantic exploration of Western Europe in his 2012 cinematic entry, To Rome With Love. While we have actually sent ourselves to Rome to look for love (specifically, to the outside of the Coliseum to look for love with one of the hunky Mediterranean actors who play shirtless gladiator/tour guides), our experience isn't quite as fantastical as Woddy's follow-up to 2011's Midnight In Paris. 

Want to travel to romantic Roma by way of the film's release on DVD? Register (it's free!) with our website, then head to our Swag Suite area to complete your entry for a chance to win To Rome With Love on DVD. Good luck!

We're not sure that the public faces of Exodus International meant their 2012 blooper reel to be hilarious in the ironic way that it actually is, but at least it gets us laughing. Follow the jump to see "ex gay" men getting comfortable before camera and we're sure you'll note just how successful the denounced methodology they base their lives on is during such candid moments!

Though Liz & Dick should've shut down the entire award industry by winning every honor imaginable, Lindsay Lohan's greatest triumph has been noticeably snubbed by the Razzies committee. Which movies were actually worse than the Lifetime Liz Taylor biopic? 

It's always a question of who ends up on top when it comes to Grindr, so having the gay geo-social app host a "best of" awards totally made sense. Grindr tasked some of its 4.5 million worldwide users with the job of naming the top pop- and local-culture items from 2012. Given that these are some of the pickiest gays on the planet, the winners should be very illuminating!

Find out which celebrities, TV shows, athletes, bars, clubs, parties, salons, gyms, bartenders and more were favored by Grindr users after the jump!

We may still be a bit fuzzy in the head from the final night of 2012, but we have no trouble remembering those who made last year one for the LGBT record books. Who will be on the right side of history and who will be in the wrong when texts recall the year that was 2012? Instinct's editorial team (Editor in Chief Mike Wood, Senior Editor Jeff Katz, Associate Web Editor Jonathan Higbee and Web Superstar Nigel Campbell) countdown the folks (and companies) that set the bar high for 2013. 

We were feverish over more viral videos than ever in 2012. Whether it was Psy's record-breaking Gangname Style or Instinct Leading Man Shane Bitney Crone's tear-jerking "It Could Happen To You," YouTube's replay button saw more action than we did this year. 

But which viral videos were the most sickening in 2012? Instinct's editorial team (Editor in Chief Mike Wood, Senior Editor Jeff Katz, Associate Web Editor Jonathan Higbee and Web Superstar Nigel Campbell) count down the best of the year below! 

Roughly 60 percent of the lower 48 is covered in snow. Brrr. What better way to warm up the body without raising the heat bill than with a review of the Top 10 hotties that made 2012 so abs-olutely delectable (with emphasis on "abs" for a reason)?

Take a stroll cruise down memory lane with us as Instinct's editorial team (Editor in Chief Mike Wood, Senior Editor Jeff Katz, Associate Web Editor Jonathan Higbee and Web Superstar Nigel Campbell) counts down the men who made us swoon the most throughout 2012. As we always ask at the New Year's Day after hours, who will find themselves on top?

Christmas did not end well for Kenni Shaw. The 30-year old was outside an East Baltimore liquor store when a group of five men attacked him for seemingly no reason—except for his perceived sexual orientation. Details follow.

Our eyes were wide open (though not in the fun Stanley Kubrick/Tom Cruise kind of way) throughout 2012 thanks to a year that was absolutely teeming with queer cinema. Whether it was on screens at film festivals, in indie theaters or in IMAX across the country, movies playing in every niche this year seemed to serve up some LGBT realness. Once again, Instinct's here to help distill an overwhelming amount of pop culture into a handy guide to the 2012 zeitgeist. 

The Oscars may have bitches starving themselves to get their hands around a trophy and the Golden Globes might command love letter campaigns addressed to members of the Hollywood Foreign Press, but there isn't a movie prize quite as coveted as landing on our annual Top 10...

So, the Last Day of the World turned out to be just another excuse to drink with friends (not that we ever need an excuse.)

Should the Mayan Prophecy have held true, however, alien schoolchildren studying humanity’s final year would’ve learned the correct pronunciation of Ke$ha, how to have a proper kiki and other lessons thanks to a time capsule packed with the greatest pop-culture benchmarks of 2012 that we left in the office fridge next to a year-old carton of Coconut Water.

If the world had actually ended a few days ago, which pop songs would we have heartily co-signed as the absolute greatest in the history of histories ever in all of time combined for eternity in 2012? The Instinct editorial team (Editor In Chief Mike...

It's that time of year again when we drink too much and fight with our families take a little time off for the holiday! But don't worry, we'll be back on Wednesday, Dec. 26, with your favorite gay blog coverage—plus the start of Instinct's Top 10 of 2012!!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Instincters! We love ya!!

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