Missouri's senior Senator Claire McCaskill became the latest national lawmaker to publicly announce support for marriage equality. In a blog post on her Tumblr page, Sen. McCaskill revealed that she can no longer "confront this uncomfortable inequality."

GLAAD handed out its annual Amplifier Awards honoring the best in LGBT advertising and PR Tuesday night. Though its year in advertising boasts a string of reasons it deserved the top honor last night, JC Penney's "First Pals" catalogue image featuring dads Cooper Smith Koch and Todd Koch and their kids Claire and Mason stood out. 

The family sent in a video acceptance speech as they received the Outstanding LGBT Image in Mainstream Advertising award from GLAAD. Check it out after the jump!

We'd get on our knees before Matthew Mitcham if ever given the opportunity, so its nice to see that he'd respond to our gesture with a million dollar smile and the words "I do." 

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Without skipping a beat, the predictable "One Million" Moms has issued a statement condemning J.C. Penney's incredibly adorable gay dads Father's Day ad.

Last summer, when Inception brought out our inner-blond faster than any over-the-counter box from Paul Mitchell ever has, huge and hunky Tom Hardy made homo headlines after a bi-curious quote landed in the Daily Mail. "I've played with everything and everyone," he allegedly told the U.K. publication. Now, with Warrior achieving critical success and Hardy's star rising he'd like to clear up a few things...

Whenever any of the Glee girls cover a magazine, controversy tends to follow. But with Lea, Amber and Dianna taking an elegant turn for the May issue of Marie Claire, there's little room for conservatives to get their virginal whitey-tighties all in a bunch. Follow the jump to check out the covers!

Not once in the Miss America pageant's 90-year history has a contestant boasted a gay-rights platform. Until Miss New York Claire Buffie -- my new favorite New Yorker -- that is. 

The 24-year old is set to make history when she takes her "Straight for Equality: Let's Talk" campaign to the 2011 Miss America stage. 

"The reason I am such a vocal straight ally is because my older sister, Sarah, is gay, and I have a lot of gay friends and a gay roommate," Claire tells New York Daily News. "They're people that I care about so much and that I never want to see treated as second-class citizens."