Updated Thursday, 1:50 p.m. EST

To arrive at the answer one must first look at the drama currently unfolding behind the pages of the young adult fiction world. Details and an update revealing an alleged fabrication in the name of publicity for a new book, after the jump.

On the homophobic heels of the North Carolina House's approval, the state's Senate has just given the green-light to the sweeping anti-gay amendment banning any legal recognition of same-sex relationships. Details follow.

The countless hordes of Western tourists planning their vactaions to Ghana take notice: one member of the Afrianc nation's parliament is chastising tourism "for the indoctrination of homosexuality" in the country.

On Thursday, we reported the breaking news of a huge shift in U.K. blood donor policy that now allows gay men, previously banned for life, to donate blood if they haven't had sex in the past 12 months. Today we hear that Canada may follow suit...

We're no attorneys, but surely this flies in the face of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal Rehabilitation Act. Details of "Richard Roe's" case after the jump.

The Log Cabin Republicans will later today ask the 9th Circuit to declare "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" unconstitutional. No, you haven't accidentally clicked on a story from a year ago: full repeal is still expected to be implemented on September 20; however, the LCR believes the declaration is necessary to prevent a similar law from coming back to haunt us, should the Rick Perrys of the world ever become president. Details follow.

Yet another poll finds that a majority of youth, even those who describe themselves as religious, supports far-reaching rights and equality for the LGBT community. Take that, olds!

Missouri's Camdenton School District (near the Ozarks) is resisting an ACLU lawsuit demanding it removes its filter of LGBT-affirming websites and supportive materials. According to the ACLU, it marks the first time a school has turned down a request to stop censoring gay (non-porn) websites such as Trevor Project and It Gets Better. Details follow.

A washed-up UFC fighter, who has spent countless hours in the embrace of muscular, sweaty men, has made headlines today for refusing to train with gay fighters.

One bullied Arizona youth got a chance to speak with President Obama and Vice President Biden regarding safer schools and the appointment of an LGBT youth advisor to the White House. After the jump, discover the impact he's making on Capitol Hill!  

Take that "Catholic" charities that would rather keep orphans homeless than placing them in loving homes: an Illinois judge has ruled that you cannot discriminate against same-sex couples looking to adopt. 

File this under disgusting: a New Jersey bridal and tux rental shop refused to sell a wedding dress to a woman who planned to marry her female partner because marriage equality is an "illegal action" in the state.