The Senate has confirmed an openly gay man, Eric Fanning, as the under secretary of the U.S. Air Force. This is the second-highest ranking civilian position in the Air Force.

More after the jump. 

At GitHub, a community devoted to the altruism of sharing code with fellow developers, a severe lack of diversity is shining through in many lines of open-source code. Is it time for the development community to take stock and have a conversation about offensive language perpetuated behind the scenes of the Internet?

We love that the Franco brothers are constantly fighting for our attention! Fight on, boys! Keep it up! (Indeed.)

Younger Franco bro, Dave, got on the phone with Pride Source for his first gay media interview and like his big bro, he doesn't shy away from the gay subject matter at hand. 

Check out what he has to say after the jump!

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Never one to back down from a fight (even if it doesn't directly involve her), Sharon Osbourne has jumped into the fray between Lady Gaga and her daughter, Kelly. And let's just say, she's not exactly playing nicely with Mother Monster...

See what Sharon had to say after the jump!

Mary J. Blige has never hesitated to show her love to the gays lots of love, performing at Pride festivals and other LGBT events around the country.

The Hip-Hop Soul diva touched on the subject of her gay fans and reconciling that with her belief in God in an interview with Los Angeles Confidential.

See what she has to say after the jump!

Fantasia Barrino has released her clearest and most well thought-out statement yet regarding that odd "mad world because of gay marriage" Instagram rant from last week. 

Fantasia is still spitting mad that the world thinks she might be a homophobe, so she's taken to Instagram once again to try to set the record straight, errr, gay. 

Fantasia Barrino thinks the whole world's gone mad, but it might just be Fantasia. Earlier this week the American Idol alum posted a mysterious message to Instagram calling on the world to judge pot smokers and same-sex couples, not Fantasia. Today, she's explaining herself. 

If you've been going through withdrawals because it's been two or three months since Madonna last pulled her hard earned diva card, then you can breathe a sigh of relief today 'cause the MDNA is being served up on a platter and telling bitches to EAT IT once again.  

The National Organization for Marriage's war against Starbucks isn't going so well. Launched over summer for a myriad of reasons surrounding Starbucks' many pro-LGBT initiatives, NOM's "Dump Starbucks" campaign has missed its target and, arguably, caused the anti-gay group itself the most damage. 

Losing the war? Then move the battleground to a locale where you have the advantage. In NOM's case, it's decided to move the battleground to the vehemently hostile-to-gays regions of the Middle East and Asia. 

We know. We know. This is heartbreaking news for tweens around the globe, and the eleven gay men who should know better than to be a rabid fan of either rising startlet. Oops, we meant star or starlet.

More on the shocking news after the jump.

Even in a message conveying disappointment and frustration, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson still manages to remain polite as he kindly shows homophobic "fans" the door.