2012 Instinct Leading Men Beau Chandler and Mark "Major" Jiminez has us all rallying with them when the couple was arrested for holding a marriage equality sit-in after they were denied a marriage license by the Dallas County Clerk's Office this past July.   

Both men were charged with criminal trespassing at the couple vowed to see their cases go to trial unless the cases were dismissed. 

Beau Chandler's case was dismissed today. 

More after the jump. 

Great news out of Dallas County, Texas today where the County Commissioners Court has approved health benefits for the domestic partners, gay and straight, of county employees. Details follow. 

We priority mailed a muffin basket (no pun intended) to the incredible Texas State Rep. Mary Gonzalez when she became the state's first openly LGBT representative back in May. Now we're readying another congratulatory basket and adding a "P" to our vibrant acronym as Rep. Gonzalez has ditched the "L" to fully come out as pansexual. 

Big news that oughta give the weekly gay newspapers that are so invaluable to many gay communities across the country some staying power: a national LGBT newspaper alliance has formed, banding together some of the country's top regional publications. 

Dallas-based radio host Kellie Raspberry is under fire today after coming out against marriage equality on the popular nationally-syndicated morning show, Kidd Kraddick. Details follow.

Michele Bachmann now garners as many gay blog headlines as Lady Gaga. She must be so proud! For Friday's Bachmann roundup, we've got a hilarious editorial cartoon that ran in the Dallas Voice, a challenge for hubby Marcus to debate "gay issues" from out GOP candidate Fred Karger, and a bitch-slap from none other than Janeane Garofalo. Follow the jump for the Bachmann bounty!

As folks who have been celebrating Pride for decades age and raise children, scenarios like the one depicted in this hilarious Dallas Voice Pride cartoon surely aren't that far-fetched. Follow the jump for the full fun-with-stereotypes hilarity!