It's been a week rife with reminders that it's still no time to be complacent about HIV/AIDS, and a new report from the CDC backs that up. Details follow. 

Find us a cuter couple! We dare you!!

We highlighted Paris Prince and Dr. Ravi Perry last week when they became the first male same-sex couple to be featured in JET Magazine's "LOVE" wedding series.

Today the handsome duo were interviewed by MSNBC's Thomas Roberts (also a newlywed) and they actually addressed some tough questions regarding being role models in the African-American community and their thoughts on the upcoming Supreme Court marriage equality cases.

Did we mention that their practically beaming throughout this entire interview? Watch after the jump!

A new poll released by Public Policy Polling reveals that New Jersey and Illinois could follow Maine, Maryland and Washington's lead in approving marriage equality by way of the ballot box. Details (and other noteworthy stats) from the new poll after the jump!

For its December 10 issue, JET Magazine, a biweekly publication serving the country's African American community, broke with its longstanding tradition of featuring straight couples in its wedding feature to share the love between a gay couple. 

President Obama has nominated the first out gay, African-American man to the federal bench.

Judge William Thomas has been nominated to serve as a lifetime-tenured judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

More after the jump.

With all four states that put same-sex marriage on the ballot now officially called, we can finally take a closer look at the numbers behind last night's incredible victories for the LGBT community. A few just released exit polls are letting us know who we can send thank flowers to for the historic 2012 elections...and which group that most needs our help evolving over the next few years.

A group of African-American pastors have announced a $1 million anti-Obama ad campaign in response to the president’s support of marriage equality. And color us shocked, they’re of course trying to play racial politics while “preaching the word of God” at the same time. More after the jump.

Has the LGBT community "commandeered" the black civil rights experience?

According to that beacon of grace, Ann Coulter, we and other groups (like, you know, pro-choice women, and all immigrants) have done just that. 

Watch what she had to say during a visit to George Stephanopoulos's This Week after the jump.

The New York Daily News published an interesting piece today that may cast a shadow over the Presidential election in November.

President Obama's decision to come out in favor of same-sex marriage in May, may have marked a notable shift in support of same-sex marriage within the African-American community, but within the black church many clergy members viewed the move as a betrayal.

Now with the option being to vote for a President that supports same-sex marriage and a candidate that is part of a controversial religious faith (Mormonism), some black pastors are encouraging their parishoners to stay home on election day. More after the jump.

Former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chairman Julian Bond penned an op-ed aiming to increase the discussion of same-sex marriage within the African-American community. 

The opinion piece was published in Afro-American newspaper, which is notable because the paper circulates in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Maryland will be the site of a voter referendum on same-sex marriage in November and 25 percent of the state's voters are African-American. 

Check out Bond's piece, "Why Marriage In Maryland Matters" after the jump!

Updated Friday, 11:20 a.m. EST

Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer "I don't look like a lesbian" Carroll has apologized for her first line of defense against accusations that she had an affair with a female aid.

So, what does the Lt. Gov. have to say about claiming she's 110% heterosexual simply because "women that look like" her aren't lesbians?

A new report from the Black AIDS Institute puts more new numbers behind the disparity in new HIV infections between black gay men and other groups. Details follow.