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. 

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. 

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.

By drafting new homophobic rules for its faculty, Shorter University, a Southern Baptist college in Georgia, has effectively banned gay employees. Details follow.

The LGBT employees at American Airlines have come together to film a creative "It Gets Better" message. Watch, after the jump. 

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry released a memo to all Federal Government executive department and agency heads on Tuesday afternoon, alerting them to new guidance rules regarding transgender federal workers. Read the government's new guidelines, after the jump.