Tags: facebook, red equality sign, hrc, marriage equality, graphs 
You'd have to be colorblind not to notice the sea of change that flooded Facebook this week.
On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign promoted its red-hued equality sign and asked supporters of marriage equality to make it their profile picture in honor of the Supreme Court hearings; by Wednesday, a large portion of users had made the swap to state their support.
Today, in a rare glimpse at the data behind the scenes of the largest social network, Facebook breaks down the number of users who changed their profile pictures on Tuesday (the day of the Prop 8 hearing at SCOTUS).
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Thursday, 28 March 2013
Tags: dave agema, michigan, anti-gay, facebook, resignation
A Michigan Republican National Committeeman, Dave Agema, published a blatantly anti-gay post on his Facebook page and it's his fellow Republicans that are demanding his resignation.
See what went down after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Tags: marriage equality, brands, red, facebook
Our Facebook feed has been painted red by both fellow gays and lesbians, allies, and some prominent businesses and brands!
See some of the brands showing solidarity with the gay community after the jump!
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Tags: facebook, studies, culture
What do your Facebook "Likes" say about you?
That's the premise of a new study out of the University of Cambridge, where researchers have pinpointed with frightening accuracy the type of person who likes everything from "emo" to "Did you get a haircut no it grew shorter."
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Tags: comic books, marvel, the x-men, northstar, doma
The Defense of Marriage Act's ability to rip apart gay binational families spills over into The Astonishing X-Men. The latest issue, written by Marjorie Liu, who penned the brilliant historic wedding of Northstar, a Canadian, and his American Husband Kyle, explores the havoc wreaked by DOMA upon the international married couple.
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Tags: wolverine, comic books
We know, we know: we were hoping to find a picture of a very hirsute Hugh Jackman lip wrestling with another dude. Still, Wolverine (well, an alternate Wolverine in the parallel universe explored in the X-Treme X-Men comic series) has come out of the closet. He also didn't waste any time in getting down to bidness.
Take a look at Wolverine getting a smooch on with the bisexual Hercules after the jump!
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Tags: associated press stylebook, language, marriage equality, same-sex couples
The Associated Press Stylebook—basically the journalist's Bible—has implemented a few controversial LGBT-specific "clarifications" in the past five months that have left many in the community appalled. The latest update to its guidelines suggesting that journalists refrain from using "husband" and "wife" when referring to married same-sex couples has spurred at least one couple in California into action.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 14 February 2013
Tags: cory booker, frank lautenberg, senate, new jersey, newark, mayor, hrc, retirement
Newark, New Jersey Mayor and LGBT advocate Cory Booker may be headed to the United States Senate now that NJ Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg has announced his retirement.
Booker announced his interest in the seat last month.
More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Tags: swag suite, jackie collins, the power trip, books, icons, divas, authors, win, copy, giveaways
We take many vacations throughout the year, but none are as looked forward to as the power trip. What a coincidence, then, that our favorite last-minute vacation item (a page turner from gaydored iconic writer Jackie Collins) and our favorite trip have finally collided into one beautiful package that we simply can't put down: Jackie Collins' The Power Trip.
Use a few vacation days and go on The Power Trip with us in this week's Swag Suite! Register (it's free!) with our website then head to our Swag Suite area to enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of The Power Trip. Good luck!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 11 February 2013
Tags: chris christie, mark zuckerberg, facebook, marriage equality, fundraiser, new jersey, blue jersey, rosi efthim, unfriend christie, social media campaign
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes didn't hesitate to express his concern over Mark Zuckerberg's allegiance with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who famously vetoed marriage equality in the state.
Now marriage equality advocates are getting in on the action.
See what they have to say after the jump.
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