Ethiopia is prepared to start a genocide against its LGBT citizens, according to a religious group affiliated with the government of the African nation. 

Details follow. 

Famed film critic Roger Ebert has passed away at age 70.

More after the jump.

Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a member of the New Hampshire National Guard and a lesbian, passed away this morning.

Morgan bravely battled Stage IV breast cancer while working tirelessly to see both the overturn of the Defense of Marriage Act and the extension of benefits to same-sex military couples. 

More after the jump.

Famed former New York City Mayor Ed Koch has passed away at 88 years old, coincidentally on the same day that his eponymous documentary Koch opened in New York.

Queerty brought our attention to a recent interview Koch gave to DuJour where he reflects on openly gay politicians and the groundbreaking work he did to protect LGBT equality.

More after the jump!

Katie Couric's big scoop interview with embattled Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o airs today. During it, we get our first listen at voicemails left by Manti's infamous girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, shortly before her "death." Apparently, Manti's gay friend Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was the one behind the hoax the entire time and developed "intense feelings" for the athlete during the entire episode. 

After a morning of high profile headlines on gay publications such as yours truly, the National Organization for Marriage has deleted its web-page promoting Matt Barber's belief that gays should be put to death. 

The LGBT community suffered a huge loss today with the passing of Jeanne Manford, a true pioneering straight ally.

Manford, the founder of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) was 92. 

Please check out an excerpt from her obituary after the jump.

Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams passed away this past Monday.

Adams, along with his husband Anthony Sullivan, was one of the first gay couples in the United States to be issued a marriage license.

The two received their license in Boulder, Colorado in 1975, when a liberal county clerk, Clela Rorex began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples once it was determined that nothing in Colorado's state law explicitly forbade same-sex marriages. 

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Spencer Cox, an AIDS activist most recently known for appearing in one of the year's best films, How To Survive A Plague, has passed away at age 44. Like 39 year old Josh Weston whose death we learned about yesterday, Spencer succumbed to complications related to HIV.  

HBO is about to get into the gay television game in a big way (though we're wondering if anything gets gayer than True Blood)!

The network has just picked up a pilot centered around a trio of gay men in contemporary San Francisco. 

Take us away to the Bay!! 

Details after the jump.

Depending on whom you ask, our gay prayers have just been answered or our worst nightmares are about to become a reality. 

Death Becomes Her, the classic early 90's film that gave us Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn serving up comic diva realness in the best way possible, is coming to television as a new series!

Details after the jump.

Does Uganda's "Kill The Gays" bill still contain the death penalty?

It was reported last week that the death penalty provision had been removed in committee, but Ugandan LGBT activists are stating otherwise. 

More after the jump.