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With a Sunday night deadline looming, Gov. Jerry Brown did the right thing for LGBT youth and signed SB 1172 making California the first state in the country to ban ex-gay/reparative therapy for minors.

More after the jump.

President Joyce Banda has let down the LGBT community in her southern African country after breaking her campaign pledge to trash Malawi's archaic anti-homosexuality laws.

The incredible Married with Children icon Katey Sagal is the latest American to join the Human Rights Campaign and stand up for marriage equality. Check out what Kety has to say about same sex marriage after the jump. 

Who doesn't love a good penis joke on the campaign trail?

Dr. Jill Biden accidentally made a funny about "Big Joe" and well...you'll get it when you see it. 

Watch after the jump!

(Well, second biggest nightmare following seeing the federal government recognize the unions of all American couples.)

Despite a nasty effort from NOM and one of the most anti-gay mailers we've seen this election cycle, New York State Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of four Republicans to vote for marriage equality, has won his primary. Details follow. 

"What's Queer, Anyway? A Campaign To End Ignorance" has released a new video that should be used by the Malaysian government to describe homosexuality to its citizens. While we look for an ice skating rink in hell as we wait for that to happen, follow the jump to check out the new campaign's debut video. 

Vice President Joe Biden seems as sure as Brad Pitt that federal marriage equality in the U.S. is inevitable. At a campaign stop in Ohio, Biden spoke with a lesbian couple about same-sex marriage.

This is what Cathy Pool and Mendy Yates, together for 25 years, had to say about the meeting:

The 2012 Democratic National Convention will go down in history for being the first major political gathering in American history to wholly embrace LGBT equality. A compilation video showcasing every mention of LGBT rights at the DNC (courtesy of the HRC) reminds us why. Follow the jump to watch. 

This new and not exactly clear ad for gay vacay website Gay-Ville makes our head spin as fast as the metamorphasis the drag queen Wonder Woman co-starring in the video endured. With the high quotient of Brazilian gay jocks and campy drag antics, who cares that the NSFW-ish video makes no sense at all??

Viva Brasil!

After slaying everyone at last night's Democratic National Convention, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke this afternoon at a luncheon hosted by the Human Rights Council and the Victory Fund.

Nearly 500 guest were in attendance as Obama targeted her message towards the LGBT community. 

What did she have to say? Read her full speech after the jump!

A gay man is recovering from an assault at the hands of four U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton that took place at the Silver Fox bar in Long Beach, California.