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. 

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. 

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.

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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?

Thanks to President Obama, homophobic forces hoping to repeal marriage equality in Maryland now face an increasingly uphill battle. Details after the jump. 

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. 

Talking heads have carped incessantly the past week about President Obama's support for same-sex marriage costing him votes in communities of color. A new ABC News poll conducted after the landmark news had time to settle in suggests quite the opposite, however. 

We don't require any evidence at all to know that the National Organization for Marriage has to resort to lowdown dirty tactics to further its agenda of hate, yet it keeps coming. First, internal memos from NOM's campaign against equality in Maine were released on Monday. Today, Louis J. Marinelli (the NOM defector who has turned into a marriage equality advocate) releases internal emails from Maggie Gallagher and project leader Joe Giganti that further reveal the exploitation of minority communities the anti-gay group pursued.

You won't believe what you find after the jump...

Is the water getting too hot? National Organization for Marriage's head homophobe Brian Brown has issued a rare statement of damage control today in the wake of his organization's disgusting internal documents causing controversy nationwide. So, what does Brian have to say about NOM's devious manipulations of the African American and Hispanic communities in its fight to oppress another minority group?

Sure, we're all a little heated and emotional following (ex) CNN contributor Roland Martin's irresponsible tweets, but perhaps no one is more incensed than the man of the moment's wife, Jacquie Hood Martin. We might be able to get over the fact that Jacquie stole our entire fantasy drag name but we will not be able to overlook the insensitive anti-gay comments she made following word that CNN had suspended her husband. So, what does Jacquie insist gays not steal from the African American community?

Gov. Chris Christie has issued a conditional apology (a.k.a. non-apology) for "anyone who might've been offended" by his remarks claiming African Americans would've preferred having their civil rights voted on by the majority in the 1960s. So, what does Christie again have to say for himself?