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Laura Bush has asked to be removed from the Respect for Marriage Coalition's bipartisan ad that began airing around the country on Wednesday. 

Nobody does powerhouse female characters like Showtime (Homeland, Weeds, The Big C and Nurse Jackie, anyone??). And nobody loves powerhouse female characters like us gays. The two get married in a platonic union of bliss in this week's Swag Suite as we give you a chance to win Weeds: The Final Season and Nurse Jackie Season 4 on DVD. 

Register with our website and head over to our Swag Suite area for a chance to win. Good luck!

If Mariah throwing shade at Nicki Minaj on a weekly basis isn't enough Mimi for you, we think the diva's new track from the Oz The Great And Powerful soundtrack will more than satisfy your appetite!

Check out Mariah's leaked single, "Almost Home" after the jump!

Though the gayest U.S. state happens to be whichever one we're in at the time, Gallup has a different idea thanks to a massive 200,000 person study. While the rainbow might shine brightest in D.C., Gallup notes that these kinds of studies always include the caveat of people possibly not answering truthfully. Anyway, Gallup's results are after the jump!

Did Starbucks fire an employee that was harrassed for allegedly being gay? 

That's what accuser (and former New York City Starbucks manager), Alicia Brooks is saying. 

More after the jump.

The itch left in our cold, black hearts from the Scissor Sisters hiatus has been scratched by SS hottie Del Marquis solo experiments with vocalist Xavier.

"Let Me Tickle Your Fancy," the first single off an upcoming solo release from Del, is leaving us and the rest of the world giddy with a controversial NSFW music video. Check it out after the jump!

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!

Our boyfriend Andy Cohen got all hot and bothered over Chris Brown's refusal to stand up for Frank Ocean when Ocean bested him at the Grammys this weekend.

Andy gave Brown his "Jackhole of the Day" award during Sunday's Watch What Happens Live and, well, he got all kinds of feisty.

We likey!!

Watch after the jump!

Would you like to buy some Boy Scout cookies??

Randy Rainbow gives us his hilarious take on the Boy Scouts controversy in this latest episode of GwistTV's The Randy Rainbow Show. 

What's Boy Scout Randy have to say when he knocks on Texas Governor Rick Perry's door? And what lengths will he go to to raise funds for equality?

Find out after the jump!

Thanks to a UCLA-led team of researchers, a newly-identified natural protein that blocks HIV and other deadly viruses has been announced to the world! Details on CH25H after the break.

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.

A new study out of New York University reveals that mental health burdens are playing a key role in the spread of HIV among young black and Latino men.  The study finds that the "burdens of racism, homophobia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder contribute to the HIV epidemic among both groups.

More after the jump.