37 U.S. Senators have sent a letter to President Obama asking him to issue an executive order that would put the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in place.

This would protect LGBT employees from discrimination by federal contractors.

More after the jump. 

Gallup has released results from a Nov. 26-29, 2012 poll charting American attitudes towards gays and lesbians. 

Some of them may surprise you.

See after the jump!

It looks like Kate's not the only royal making headlines today!

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit gave new meaning to the title, when she secretly traveled to India to care for infant twins born (via surrogate mother) to a gay palace employee. 

The employee and his husband were unable to get a travel visa to make the trip to India, so Mette-Marit stepped in. 

More after the jump!

Great news out of Dallas County, Texas today where the County Commissioners Court has approved health benefits for the domestic partners, gay and straight, of county employees. Details follow. 

If you're a Vanderbilt University student or alumnus and are wondering why you've never seen an LGBT newspaper on campus, one of the school's longtime employees might be single-handedly to blame. 

A New York Times article, published today, details a proposed rule that would "extend health insurance to the children of gay people who are partnered with federal employees."

Though the actual domestic partners would still be blocked from coverage based on the Defense Of Marriage Act, children being provided coverage is certainly a silver-lining.

More after the jump. 

The always classy Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (who's proven to be anti-pretty-much-everything) has shifted her focus to the gays in a particularly nasty way.

The Republican Governor has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that allows state employees to place their same-sex partners on their health insurance. Because, you know, we should die.

More after the jump.

Republican House Rep. Steve King of Iowa fails to see the need for employment protections for LGBT citizens, primarily because they can hide their sexual orientation and, as such, won’t be discriminated against.

Genius!

Watch him articulate this brilliance after the jump.

Mama O laid off 30 employees today as part of OWN's network restructuring.

This comes three days after her shocking (or not-so-shocking depending on who you ask) cancellation of Rosie O'Donnell's chat-fest, The Rosie Show.

More after the jump.

Over 100,000 Americans have signed a Change.org petition demanding that President Obama protect the LGBT employees of companies that accept federal contracts. Details follow.

In the latest and greatest piece of pro-home schooling propaganda that we’ve seen, Georgia teacher Tanya Ditty, hereafter known as "T-Ditty," let loose on those dirty dirty homosexuals during a Georgia House subcommittee hearing.

Watch T-Ditty flow after the jump.

How Christianly! New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has announced that any priest, deacon, church employee or lay person who basically supports or even associates with a same-sex couple's wedding in any way risks harsh canonical sanctions. Details follow.