The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health is including members of the LGBT community in its new anti-smoking campaign. 

That makes sense considering CDC data shows that LGBT people are almost 70% more likely to smoke cigarettes than others. (Sidebar, what's with people lighting up after they leave the gym??)

Check out the CDC's video with Ellie, who currently lives with her partner in a smoke-free home. Ellie suffers from asthma caused by second-hand smoke; she's never been a smoker. Watch after the jump.

We always dim the lights, prepare a cocktail, grab a fresh box of Kleenex (just in case) and tell Siri to clear our schedule for the night when we set in for an evening of our own sentimental journeys. Judging from the classics covered by singer and award-winning actress Emmy Rossum, it looks like our routine won't change as we set out for an evening with her Sentimental Journey. 

Want to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride with the amazing Emmy? Join our website (it's free!) then head to our Swag Suite area for a chance to win Sentimental Journey, out today, on CD. Good luck!

The Centers for Disease Control has illuminated the LGBT community today by releasing the first set of national prevalence data on reported violence within same-sex relationships. With our first real grasp at the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) LGBT members face in their relationships compare to the heterosexual community?

Connecticut's General Assembly today confirmed Andrew J. McDonald as the state's first openly gay state Supreme Court justice.

More after the jump. 

It's been a week rife with reminders that it's still no time to be complacent about HIV/AIDS, and a new report from the CDC backs that up. Details follow. 

Paloma Faith is the next big thing, but as trend-setting homosexuals, we already knew that, right?

Are you ready have faith? Then you're in luck! Paloma's big U.S. release Fall to Grace is the delicious ear-candy bounty in this week's Swag Suite!

Register for free with our website then head to our Swag Suite area to enter for a chance to win Paloma Faith Fall to Grace. Good luck!

Ooh! Broadway hottie Will Swenson is moving from the stage to the big screen, but this time he'll be behind the camera!

The Tony nominated actor will be directing Facing East, a feature film currently in pre-production that tells the story of a prominent Mormon couple dealing with the aftermath of their gay son’s suicide.

The Trevor Project is endorsing Facing East and the film will be donating 10 percent of all profits to the LGBT youth hotline.

Facing East launched a Kickstarter campaign today! Check it out after the jump!

The world might be cautiously optimistic after the United Nations recently said an end to the AIDS epidemic might be in sight, but one of the most at-risk populations—young American men—aren't doing enough to make that dream a reality, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control. 

We've come to expect an annual end-of-year release from Rihanna to provide our holidays with a soundtrack of cutting edge pop and R&B. But we've also come to expect the yearly gift to resemble the holiday presents we received as kids: a few must-have hits surrounded by throw away filler. 

Though we tried our best to be naughty in 2012, this time around Rihanna's annual album release rewards us as if we were gold star-worthy nice all year long! Unapologetic, the Barbadian beauty's seventh studio album, is a radio-ready complete package. Each of the diverse cuts (our current fave on repeat is "What Now") present a Rihanna who's matured and come into her own—even the inevitable hit duet with Chris Brown, "Nobody's Busin...

We love the confidence Kelly Clarkson puts in her career as evident in the title of her new release, Greatest Hits: Chapter One. It's not misdirected confidence whatsoever; as she proved on the 2012 American Music Awards, Kelly Clarkson has staying power. What will the next chapter hold for one of the generation's most accomplished divas?

The next chapter might have you holding Kelly's Greatest Hits release in your hands thanks to this week's Swag Suite giveaway! Just register with our site for free then head over to our Swag Suite area to enter for a chance to win Kelly Clarkson's Greatest Hits: Chapter One on CD. Good luck!

We readily admit that our affection for American Horror Story is in large part due to the show's committment to ensuring that its male characters spend the majority of their time naked. 

Dylan McDermott was a revelation last season and we couldn't have been more excited to hear that Adam Levine was joining the cast. 

Interestingly, it's young Evan Peters that appears to be taking up the naked reigns this season. He talks to Vulture about all the important things--cock socks, ball sheaths, etc. after the jump. 

We're hanging on his every word.

What Barbra Streisand might call catharsis, gay fans call an early Christmas! The living legend has dropped Release Me, a new album featuring previously unreleased songs from her entire career (spanning back to 1963!). 

If you want to gag on the latest from Babs along with us, register (it's free!) with our website, then head over to our Swag Suite area to complete your entry for a chance to win Release Me on CD. Good luck!