A new CNNMoney study conducted with H&R Block puts another price tag on hefty price of marriage inequality, finding that same-sex couples pay up to $6,000 a year more in taxes thanks to anti-gay discrimination. Details follow. 

Happy holidays, gay public employees in Michigan! Just in time for Christmas, Governor Rick Snyder has signed a bill that successfully prevents state agencies from providing same-sex couples with the same benefits they are able to provide opposite-sex couples. Details follow. 

We were one of the first outlets to bring you the story of a Detroit-area man making some alarming claims of HIV-related discrimination at the hands of Great Expressions Dental Centers. The story has picked up steam across mainstream media, and, likely feeling the heat, Great Expressions has just sent Instinct its first statement in reaction to the story. 

Once again making TMZ seem like a bastion of journalistic integrity and a surefire Pulitzer prize contender, Fox News has continued its tradition of new lows by mocking a trans teen questioned for using Macy's changing rooms. Details and video follow.

Following the esteemed Pennsylvania school that denied a student admission because of his HIV status and a new report detailing the gay community's persistent stigmatization of HIV positive men comes more troubling news that makes us question what year it is. The latest chin-scratcher comes courtesy of the Great Expressions Dental Center of Detroit, where an HIV positive employee says he was banned from touching doorknobs and subjected to Lysol spray-downs. Details follow.

In the foot cleat steps of the NFL and MLB, the NBA has announced that it will officially protect gay players from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. Details follow.

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As expected, people were fired up about this story that broke Thursday. And in trend with the times, a massive Change.org petition was launched overnight calling on Milton Hershey School officials to reverse their decision and admit an HIV-Positive student to the school.

"Schools should be allies, not enemies of students living with HIV,” said Lawrence Stallworth II, now age 20, who is leading the campaign on Change.org with Advocates for Youth.

“It shouldn’t be the responsibility of a 13-year-old boy to teach the Milton Hershey School about the science of HIV or the moral obligation educators have to meet the needs of all students. But this young man is doing just that – and we all have a responsibility...

The horror-story St. Petersburg, Russia has threatened to inflict upon one of its communities might possibly spread throughout the entire country. Details follow.

Topeka, Kansas Mayor Bill Bunten has decided that there is an age limit on tolerance. As Topeka's City Council considers providing domestic partner benefits to the partners of LGBT workers, the curmudgeon put in his two anti-gay cents while reminiscing about the good ol' days when he walked seven miles to school in three feet of snow. (More after the jump).

Turns out Lt. John Pike, the police officer who pepper-sprayed non-violent protesters at UC Davis before becoming an Internet meme, was one of the subjects of a racial and sexual discrimination lawsuit. Lt. Pike, according to the 2003 discrimination complaint, used an anti-gay slur against an openly-gay police officer. A real charmer, huh? Details follow. 

Setting up the field for future American athletes to come-out, the MLB will reportedly follow the NFL by adding "sexual orientation" to its collective bargaining agreement's non-discrimination policy.

We are feeling the ally love today! After the jump, watch the awesome speech made by the Oklahoma City Council Member Ed Shadid, who sponsored the LGBT employment non-discrimination measure that passed 7-3 on Tuesday.