With new reports showing a 20 percent increase in the murders of people from the transgender community, the Transgender Day Of Remembrance might be more necessary than ever before. 

Manila Luzon has broken the month of silence to speak about the tragic and untimely loss of her partner Sahara Davenport. 

Read what Manila has to say about her beloved after the jump. 

After having to sit through NOM's attack on our community, we were on the hunt for something to make us (and you) smile this morning.

Well, it wasn't kittens, bunnies and rainbows that brightened our day. But rather, the shock and horror on these guys and gals' (mostly dudes—so tough!) faces as they walk through a Haunted House in California. Halloween is just 14 days a way, kiddies!

Check out some pics that'll give you a case of the giggles after the jump.

A study by the American Cancer Society reveals a disparity in HIV death rates between white and minority Americans, specifically for those minority Americans that are less educated. 

More after the jump.

An official statement was just released by the family and friends of Antoine Ashley, also known as beloved drag diva Sahara Davenport, in regards to Sahara's sudden death this week. 

Read after the jump.

Real Housewife of Atlanta Sheree managed to not pull off TV Guide's wig after its website mistakenly included a picture of her in a report of Sahara Davenport's untimely death. Instead, Sheree took the classy road for once and remained calm in her Twitter request for TV Guide to get its shit together. 

So, what did Sheree have to say to TV Guide (which has since corrected the post)?

Kristene Chapa (left), 18, who survived a gunshot to the head this past June, when an assailant attacked her and killed her girlfriend, Mollie Olgin (right), 19, is speaking out from her rehabilitation center in Texas.

More after the jump.

Some transphobic and homophobic car fans have been blasting Toyota across the Internet after clips of a commercial for the new Auris only airing in Japan have hit the web. Check out what all the hubbub is about after the jump!

When it was announced back in February that Maya Rudolph would be hosting Saturday Night Live, one of the biggest questions was whether she'd be impersonating Whitney Houston, who'd died that same week.

As you know, a Whitney sketch didn't happen (though we did get that awesome Beyonce/Jay-Z/Blue Ivy bit!).

Still, we wondered whether a Whitney sketch was ever on the table. Maya Rudolph answers that question after the jump!

The network of Sudan's government websites were taken offline this week by Anonymous in the latest part of the hacktivist's pro-LGBT "#OpFuckAfrica" campaign. Details follow. 

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard (also of the amazing Postal Service) has released a statement gushing over Obama's 2012 campaign solely because the president came out in support of marriage equality in May. 

Calling all our musical theater gays. We think it's time to take a moment.

The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award-winning composer of classics like "A Chorus Line" and "The Way We Were," Marvin Hamlisch has passed at age 68.

More (including statements from Barbra and Liza) after the jump.