With the addition of Rhode Island, Delaware and Minnesota over the past two weeks,, marriage equality maps of the United States have certainly brightened up, haven't they?

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will sign marriage equality legislation into law at 5 p.m. central. 

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(Via Stateline)

Another year, another International Pride Month that won't include Moscow on the calendar of events. 

Once again, city officials in the Russian capital have refused to allow permits to host gay pride events in the city, surprising no one, unfortunately.

After Robbie Rogers came out, soccer has trumped hockeystick ball or whatever as our favorite athletic competition show sport thingymajig. So we were very happy to learn that fans of professional soccer who were attending a recent Portland Timbers match were met with an incredible display of LGBT support ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Friday. Go local sports team!

Details follow.

New York City LGBT-ers and their allies...and presumably anyone that wants to come in from Jersey and Connecticut will be rallying on Thursday in protest of the recent anti-gay hate crimes that have taken place in the city. 

The gays don't take this kind of thing lightly, y'all. More after the jump.

We getting our first look at Sean Hayes' new gay dad sitcom, Sean Saves The World from NBC!

Check it out after the jump!

(Ex?) Spice Girl Mel B. presented the GLAAD Media Award to Adam Lambert this weekend at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Gala in San Francisco.

Check out Adam's speech in which he touches on the gay rights movement for today's generation and how it's continually linked to the past. Watch after the jump!

As homo heads asplode across the globe due to the convergence of Kylie Minogue and She-Ra (it was only a matter of time, wasn't it?), follow the jump to join the hysterics caused by Funny or Die's latest video. 

After missing a lot of screentime already this year due to illness, 83-year old legend Barbara Walters officially announced her career retirement on The View. 

Check out her emotional announcement after the break.

Natalie Maines, the gorgeous former face of the Dixie Chicks, has given right wing country fans yet another reason to dislike her (and LGBT fans another reason to fawn over her) in a new interview with USA Today. 

Hate group the Family Research Council has likely scoured America for a few years before finally finding its pay dirt: the Goode family, which won't allow its young boys to be Boy Scouts if the organization's ranks are opened up to gay kids. 

Stop!! We can't even process the casting news Ryan Murphy dropped today via Twitter for the upcoming season of American Horror Story!

We previously mentioned that the showrunner had announced the bombshell addition of Kathy Bates, who'll apparently be squaring off with Jessica Lange. That was followed by news that Precious star Gabourey Sidibe will be joining the cast. 

We were already all in and then Murphy casually dropped the news of not one but TWO ridiculous additions to season three. 

WE'RE NOT READY. Find out who else is joining American Horror Story: Coven after the jump!

Have you called your mother yet? Sent a card? Flowers?

We're sure you have. Still, what better way to celebrate the holiday than with the gift of laughter, presented by the one and only Kristen Wiig who made her triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last night as the show's host. 

Wiig delivers a special 1-800-Flowers commercial (alongside our fave, Kate McKinnon) in celebration of Mother's Day after the jump!!