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.

There is less than a week until the Supreme Court Prop 8 and "Defense of Marriage" hearings. Have you made plans to attend the nearest "United for Marriage" rally in support of marriage equality and repealing the laws that have winded their way up to SCOTUS?

We already know the National Organization for Marriage and Westboro will be there. Will you?

Demonstrations are now being organized to show support for marriage, with events popping up on Facebook and others being set up across the country by Get Equal, Marriage Equality USA and Equality Beyond Gender. Head to the March 4 Marriage Facebook page or Light The Way for more information. See you there!

French girls schooled the world on the art of counter protesting by sharing a Sapphic smooch in the middle of a demonstration against marriage equality held in Marseille. 

Updated Thursday, 4:45 p.m. PST

Madonna delivered as promise! Watch her speech to the audience in St. Petersburg after the jump!!

Now this is the kind of activism we can get behind!

Gay activists in Cuba held a kiss-in demonstration and presented a petition demanding civil rights for the LGBT community from the Cuban government.

More after the jump!

As HIV/AIDS continues to be a pressing pandemic, the government is slashing funding and many people in the community are pissed, in particular these 13. Details after the jump.

While we've never dated a Texan, we can assume by the actions taking place across Texas tomorrow that the saying "Everything is bigger in Texas" is, indeed, true. Find out what nine different cities have in store to protest anti-gay lawmakers like Governor Rick Perry.

As Nepal is in the process of writing a new constitution, the LGBT community of the country took to the streets over the weekend in large numbers. Find out what they're fighting for, after the jump.

Thanks to QueersUnited, we have a growing list of rallies scheduled to protest the Maine decision. We'll update the list as necessary:

Wednesday November 4th Protests:

Austin, Texas
5pm - 6:30 p.m
South Gate of the Capital Building
11th and Congress.

Sacramento, California
Capitol Building (west steps), 5-7PM
Equality Action Now!

Washington D.C.
5:30pm at Dupont Circle (follower by organizing meeting)
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New York, New York
5:30pm - 6:20pm
Union Square (14th Street side)

San Francisco, California
Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro and Market Streets, 6PM

Houston, Texas
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney St

San Diego, California
6PM Rally at County Administration Building
7PM March to Manchester Hyatt
8PM Outdoor Screening of MILK on the Manchester...