Ugh. This news gutted us. Sandy is just suuuuuch a bitch. 

Our previous Instinct Leading Man, Carl Siciliano, the head of the Ali Forney Center, an LGBT homeless youth shelter in New York City, has announced that the center's drop-in center for homeless youth has been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

Devastating. See what Sicilano had to say after the jump.

In what the L.A. Times is calling a "rare political donation," Brad Pitt has given $100,000 to the four battleground states that will see marriage equality on the ballot next week. 

The effort to make marriage equality the law of the land in Washington state just received a huge push to the tune of half a million dollars from Bill & Melinda Gates. 

There may be many a pimp mama or pimp papa handing over their precious photos of nuptials or children for cold, hard cash that tabloids usually dispense, but class act Anne is changing the game.

Read all about it after the jump.

Guess it's the egg, not the chicken, that came first, and it's unfortunately all over the faces of the equality fighters attempting to help Chick-fil-A evolve.

Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno is trying his best to remain diplomatic but has obviously lost patience with Chick-fil-A in the wake of the fast food chain seemingly breaking the pro-LGBT contract he says they signed off on last week. 

Updated Wednesday at 11:15 p.m. PST

Full video of the press conference held by the Toronto Blue Jays and Yunel Escobar regarding the shortstop's "You are a faggot" eye black has been released. Watch Yunel try to explain his decision to don the gay Spanish slur after the jump.

T-Mobile has joined the growing list of Washington-based companies to support Referendum 74, which seeks to affirm the marriage equality law passed earlier this year in the state. Details follow. 

As Chick-fil-A experiences the expected bigot bump today for Mike Huckabee's "Homophobia Appreciation Day" event, GLAAD is turning the media attention into an opportunity to raise money for LGBT equality. 

GLAAD's asking folks to avoid the "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" and instead donate the cost of a chicken sandwich meal ($6.50 or more) to the fight for LGBT rights. No thumbs-up from Sarah Palin, so you know it's probably the reasonable thing to support. 

In other Chick-fil-A developments, Randy Rainbow has taken a job at the hate group/fast food chain just in time to welcome the Huckster's hordes of homophobes. Video after the jump!

If you're craving finger-lickin' chicken but have a conscience and want the money you spend on a meal supporting pro-equality causes rather than Bible-based bigotry, NYC's Schnipper's has a deal for you!

The list of places anti-gay bigots can shop at continues to shrink as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife donate $2.5 million dollars to support marriage equality. Details follow. 

New at Chick-fil-A! Your serving of hate meat now comes with a side of lies! 

We broke the news on Monday that the Jim Henson Company had severed ties with the hate group fast food chain due to its war against the gays. But you'll never guess how at least one Chic-fil-A is allegedly spinning the latest PR nightmare...

Making an impact locally and nationally is a cinch thanks to the numerous LGBT groups that serve the United States. But when it comes to helping out our fellow LGBT living in some of the most hostile parts of the world, it's not always clear where we can turn to lend our helping hands. 

That's all about to change thanks to the U.S. Department of State's new text donation campaign, the mGive International Response Equality Fund. 

Details follow.