My, how things have changed when it comes to how we're sold underwear. BuzzFeed takes us back in time today with "22 Sexy 1970s Men's Underwear Ads" and leaves us thanking Baby Jesus for inventing AussieBum, Andrew Christian, 2Xist, etc. 

Check out a few more of our favorite selections from BuzzFeed's post after the jump!

Florida Senator Marco Rubio, one of eight congressional lawmakers tasked with coming up with a plan for immigration reform, is hoping discussions on the subject steer clear of LGBT immigrants. 

After all, the LGBT community is just made up of second class citizens, so who really cares if they're separated from their families? Including them in the discussion would just make things unnecessarily difficult! Obviously.

See what Rubio had to say after the jump.

They say to know us is to love us and Newt Gingrich's sister, Candace Gingrich-Jones, believes that the relationship that's developed over time between Newt, Candace and her wife, Rebecca, has played a part in Newt's reversal on same-sex marriage.

See what she has to say after the jump.

In a clear (and effective) effort to get us to deactivate our Grindr accounts and run screaming (grunting?) to Scruff, desperate women have taken it upon themselves to set up Grindr profiles in the hopes of finding their new gay BFFs.

We like Grindr to be treated as a meat market not as pet store, ladies. 

Check out a few of our wannabe fag hags/fruit flies/bestiezzz on Grindr after the jump. Who knows maybe you'll find the Karen to your Jack?

Former commissioned officer Allyson Robinson, a transgender female, has been named as the new chief of the newly merged OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (OutServe-LSDN), which works to aid LGBT servicemembers and veterans.

According to Buzzfeed, Robinson is "the first out transgender leader of a national organization representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community," as opposed to an organization focused primarily on the transgender community. 

More after the jump.

After having to sit through NOM's attack on our community, we were on the hunt for something to make us (and you) smile this morning.

Well, it wasn't kittens, bunnies and rainbows that brightened our day. But rather, the shock and horror on these guys and gals' (mostly dudes—so tough!) faces as they walk through a Haunted House in California. Halloween is just 14 days a way, kiddies!

Check out some pics that'll give you a case of the giggles after the jump.

Lawyers defending DOMA are certainly reaching--all the way back to 1885, in fact, in their attempts to legally justify the Defense of Marriage Act and the "traditional definition of marriage."  They're arguing that an 1885 polygamy case established a traditional definition of marriage.

The current case centers around Edie Windsor, a widow suing to recoup a $350,000 federal estate tax bill she was forced to pay because DOMA prevented her marriage to a woman from being recognized by the federal government.

More after the jump.

Buzzfeed spoke with gay Republicans during "Homocon" at the Republican National Convention.

The question posed: how can someone be gay and Republican?

Find out how these gay Republicans answered after the jump!

Following the news that the Democratic Party would be drafting marriage equality into its party platform, Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner has gotten his hands on the drafted language shared with Drafting Committee members today!

Check out the marriage equality language that could make the official party platform after the jump!

'Nuff said. 

More of Instinct's coverage of Wednesday's "Homophobia Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" here.

(Via Stuff Christian Culture Likes; Twitter)

House Democrats are applying necessary pressure to the Obama administration to ensure that binational same-sex couples are protected from deportation.

As it stands now, a foreign same-sex partner of a US citizen has virtually no protection regarding whether they're forced to leave the country based on immigration laws.

House Reps, including Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, want President Obama and his Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano to change that—in writing.

More after the jump.

Sally Ride's sister, Bear Ride, confirmed her sister's sexual orientation in an interview with Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner.

Bear says, "I hope it makes it easier for kids growing up gay that they know that another one of their heroes was like them."

See what else she had to say after the jump.