The Cleveland Plain Dealer publication decided to take the low road in its coverage of the local murder of transgender woman Cemia Acoff. Referring to Cemia as "oddly dressed" and "it" in its reporting, the Plain Dealer is being called out by GLAAD and other groups for its outrageous lack of professionalism. 

Do the editors of the New York Post run this Midwest paper?

Details follow.

The NFL has completed its investigation of Ricky "Tank" Carder's use of "faggot" on Twitter and has decided not to take any action against the Cleveland Browns player. 

The Cleveland Browns didn't waste much time before releasing a statement this morning to both condemn their player Tank Carder's use of "faggot" on Twitter and distance the franchise from the ugly slur. 

Well here's a little intolerance in action.

AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland was left stranded this weekend at Cleveland LGBT Pride, when their float's driver, Tim, realized he'd be driving his truck in a gay Pride parade.

More after the jump!

Updated Monday, 2:15 p.m. EST

DJ Dominic Dieter has apologized for an appalling anti-gay remark he made on air during Friday's radio broadcast of a popular Cleveland morning show.

Giving Black Party a run for its money in the sheer amount of gays slipping rings on each other over the weekend was a mass wedding held in Cleveland by Equality Ohio. Details follow. 

A Cleveland gay couple has filed a lawsuit against police officers who harassed and beat them before forcing them to spend a day in jail without their pants, because, you know, "faggots don't deserve to wear pants in jail." 

At the risk of aging ourselves and shattering the well-established illusion that we can still accurately use the word "twink" on our Grindr profiles, former MTV VJ Dan Cortese was one of our first man crushes in the *take a deep breath* 1990s. Now, the 44-year old star is back on our gaydar after appearing on Hot In Cleveland wearing nothing but a towel alongside Betty White. Why does Betty always get our men?!

More pics of our Hump Day Hottie after the jump! 

Some gay-fave entertainers have been signing dotted lines all over Hollywood since the clock turned on the new year. From Liza to Auntie Mame, find out who is taking what roles—and a major change to one of our favorite shows—after the jump.

Yeah, we kinda resemble the gals of Cleveland (our EIC and Elka share the same birthday and birth year, after all), but we don't just love them for looking and acting like us, we love when this gay-gay-gay sassy sitcom brings on the guest stars with an impeccable gay caché. Sean Hayes joins that list when he comes to Ohio on tomorrow's episode. Check out a preview of the Dec. 28 Hot In Cleveland after the jump.

There may have been one occasion during high tea on a big gay cruise when we thought we ran into Betty White, but that was two or seven drinks into the event. A new clip previewing tonight's episode of Hot In Cleveland depicts Betty White on a gay cruise, but again, we're two or seven drinks into the post-lunch afternoon, so we don't really know if its an apperition and too-good-to-be-true or lucid reality. Follow the jump to see for yourself.