Updated Tuesday, February 5, 11:45 est

The Alabama high school "Coach of the Year" who was caught firing off homophobic vitriol and offensive statements about Michelle Obama has been suspended. Details follow.

A 17-year-old self-proclaimed white supremacist from Alabama was arrested after a Russell County High School teacher found a journal that included plans to murder six students and one teacher with homemade grenades.

Six of the seven individuals were black. The one white individual on the list was presumed to be gay.

Details after the jump!

With the help of her attorney and family, the brutally beaten Mallory Owens has released a detailed official statement detailing the Thanksgiving attack at the hands of her girlfriend's brother that landed her in the hospital. Read it after the jump. 

Horrifying pictures of a hospitalized Mallory Owens have been spread around Facebook as much as that copyright statement this week, along with a petition urging Mobile County, Alabama prosecutors to charge her attack as a hate crime. But now that she's well enough to speak to the press, Mallory herself is making some shocking claims about the Thanksgiving dinner assault she faced at the hands of her girlfriend's brother. 

Mallory Owens, a 23-year old living in Mobile County, Alabama, has to receive facial reconstruction after a horrific assault at the hands of her girlfriend's brother on Thanksgiving. 

A group of high school students from Spanish Fort, Alabama apparently didn't get the memo that the rest of the world has moved on from "that's gay" jokes. During a state championship title against Daphne that was broadcast on national television, the students raised a banner attacking their opponents' team color. "Purple? Man, that's gay." 

The athletes from Daphne were probably shaking in their boots after reading that clever zing, right? 

The Human Rights Campaign's titanic week-long release of the National Organization for Marriage's internal documents continues today with a leak that tackles Mitt Romney. 

Updated 3:15 p.m. EST

Apparel makers looking to make a few bucks off the big upcoming footballish game between Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU (we have straight friends to explain these things to us) by joking about gay bashings have apparently taken down their website. 

Look at Alabama getting all progressive on us! Or so we're hoping. After the jump, read about Alabama's first openly lesbian legislator state Rep. Patricia Todd's legislation and why it stands a chance of passing . 

Alabama, of all places, is bracing for the grand opening of the first drive-thru sex toy store, New Pleasures.

From a press release:

It’s a new level of privacy, and it feels good to give something back to the community,” business owner Sherri Williams said of her newest adult store location that offers drive-thru convenience.

For 10 years she’s fought the state to keep politicians out of the bedroom and vibrators in the hands of her customers. Her battle cry, "I’ll stop selling vibrator when they pry them from my cold, dead hand," was featured in a highly-publicized '20/20' segment with John Stossel. The investigative news story followed Williams' and the ACLU's battle to overturn Alabama's ban on adult toys.

Now, with almost 20...

Though the summer hit movie Bruno stirred a mix reaction in the GLBT community, a few minutes of bliss occurred in a scene with ex-gay sympathizer and pastor Jody Trautwein. The pastor, with an unbreakable smile, attempted to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen's gay character to join team hetero, adding that if the Austrian fashion reporter allowed Jesus to come into his heart, he'd see the right path. Bruno immediately thought the once-director of the Alabama Coalition Against Same Sex Marriage was hitting on him.

Now, the lucky citizens of Birmingham (+sarcasm+) have a chance to make Trautwein their mayor! The unwilling movie star has tossed his name into next week's mayoral election, an election necessary to replace an even less tolerant...