The peerless Sally Field recently sat down with Oprah to discuss the joys of being the parent of an LGBT person for Sunday's episode of Oprah's Next Chapter. Check out a preview clip of the interview that will likely be required watching at PFLAG meetings around the world after the jump. 

The meningitis outbreak in New York City has taken a more serious turn as health officials release new recommendations for sexually active gay men—regardless of HIV status—living in Brooklyn. Details follow. 

We've gotta thank our friends at Huff Po for directing us to our biggest laugh of the day. The website Letters Of Note has unearthed an awesome piece of correspondence between ex-gay former Focus On The Family member, Mike Haley and Will & Grace Story Editor, Jon Kinnally.

In the June 2000 letter, Haley takes Kinally to task for an episode of Will & Grace that mocked the ex-gay movement (an ex-gay leader was memorably portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris). 

Check out Haley's complaint and Kinnally's awesome response after the jump!

While we generally spend our time fantasizing about olive-skinned toned Greek gods feeding us grape leaves, we were rudely snapped back to reality when we heard that blasphemy charges had been filed in Greece against the team behind a production of Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi." 

The play depicts Jesus Christ and his disciples as gay, and apparently many conservative members of Greek society are taking issue with it.

More after the jump.

Former commissioned officer Allyson Robinson, a transgender female, has been named as the new chief of the newly merged OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (OutServe-LSDN), which works to aid LGBT servicemembers and veterans.

According to Buzzfeed, Robinson is "the first out transgender leader of a national organization representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community," as opposed to an organization focused primarily on the transgender community. 

More after the jump.

President Obama has endorsed Referendum 74, the measure before voters to solidify marriage equality as the law of the land in Washington State. 

Hours before the candidates take the stage for the second debate, Actually.org has released its first video responding to claims and statements made by Mitt Romney at and just prior to the first debate. Follow the jump to hear what firecracker Rosie Perez has to say to Mitt about his “Latino fantasies.”

Darren Criss got all swoonworthy when he gave us his take on an old Broadway classic last night at Outfest's Legacy Awards honoring stage and screen producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

Watch his take on "Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm" (from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying) and be prepared to feel warm in your nether regions after the jump!

What would Will & Grace have been like without Will?

Or at least Will as we know him? Apparently we almost had to find out as according to Megan Mullally, who played our patron saint booze hound, Karen Walker, Eric McCormack initially turned down the role.

Why? He didn't want to play gay. 

Watch the short clip from Mullally's interview on Larry King Now after the jump.

In celebration of National Coming Out Day, author Timothy Kurek, 26, is launching the sale of his book The Cross In The Closet.

We were first introduced to Kurek's unique story earlier this summer. Kurek, a straight man that was raised as a devout Christian, made the interesting (and pretty daring) choice to go deep undercover and live as a gay man for an entire year in an attempt to better understand the gay experience. 

Kurek not only walked away with a greater sense of empathy for the gay community, but also with a better understanding of himself. 

More after the jump.

In certain ways Sally Field has always felt like everyone's mom. We're sure our back-to-back screening of her original Steel Magnolias followed by the new Lifetime version only amplified the idea. (We'll let you make your own judgments on who wins in a contest between Sally Field and Queen Latifah). 

Still, her speech this weekend as she accepted the Human Rights Campaign's Ally For Equality Award in Washington D.C. had us ready to draft official adoption papers.

Field spoke passionately in support of her openly gay son, Sam, and the LGBT community in general. It's definitely something to see!