California's ban on "ex-gay" reparative therapy has gotten its day in federal appeals court. 

Proponents and opponents of the ban had a hearing today in front of the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals. 

More after the jump.

Well this comes as a surprise--primarily because we didn't realize it was still an issue.

A U.S. Federal Appeals Court has finally thrown out Virginia's ban on sodomy between consenting adults. 

We're gonna party like it's 2003!! (Let's just hope Grindr's got its servers up to speed.)

Details after the jump.

A New Mexico photographer who received an discrimination judgment after refusing to photograph a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony is appealing to have the judgment overturned. 

More after the jump.

We continue to climb the ranks!

President Obama has nominated Todd M. Hughes for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Hughes, an openly gay man, would be the first openly gay federal appellate court judge.

More after the jump.

Two Cameroon men were arrested for "looking gay." The kicker?

They ordered Bailey's Irish Cream.

We guess we should refrain from ordering that Appletini? (Kidding! We'd never order a drink with that many calories! Vodka sodas all around!)

A Court of Appeals released the two men, who had been sentenced to five years in prison. More after the jump.

California's ex-gay therapy ban has hit a road block. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the law that bans ex-gay therapy for minors and was scheduled to go into effect in January 2013.

Details after the jump.

Updated Monday, December 17, 3:45 p.m. EST

Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé will spend another few years in prison after losing an appeals hearing in Cameroon for sending the above text to another man. 

The California Court of Appeals just got its first openly gay justice!

Governor Jerry Brown made this historic appointment on Wednesday and gave us even more to be thankful for when he appointed a lesbian attorney to a court seat in San Diego County.

Details after the jump!

Our straight girlfriends won't shut up about their "girl crushes," so its only fair that we extend the same opportunity to hetero men who are comfortable enough in their sexuality to have healthy & innocuous "man crushes" of their own. 

Though guys shouldn't be limited in their dude crush selections, according to bro-blog Monolith there are apparently a clear "five secret man crushes that it's totally okay to have."

Which handsome hunks made the list?

A conservative group looking to overturn New York's same-sex marriage law just got bitch slapped. 

The state Court of Appeals announced today that they had declined to hear an appeal from New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a group opposed to same-sex marriage.

More after the jump.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled today that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples.

The case was brought to the court by Edith "Edie" Windsor. Windsor's wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009 and she left all of her property to her spouse. While deceased spouse's estate typically would go to the surviving spouse without any estate tax, DOMA prevents the federal government from recognizing the state-recognized legal marriages of same-sex couples.

Windsor had to pay $363,000 in federal estate taxes as a result. More after the jump. 

Lawyers defending DOMA are certainly reaching--all the way back to 1885, in fact, in their attempts to legally justify the Defense of Marriage Act and the "traditional definition of marriage."  They're arguing that an 1885 polygamy case established a traditional definition of marriage.

The current case centers around Edie Windsor, a widow suing to recoup a $350,000 federal estate tax bill she was forced to pay because DOMA prevented her marriage to a woman from being recognized by the federal government.

More after the jump.