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A French anti-gay activist protested the nation's legalization of same-sex marriage in the most dramatic way possible--by committing suicide on the altar of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral.

More after the jump.

Two more alleged hate crimes occurred in New York City last night in the wake of yesterday's rally against the previous anti-gay attacks that have taken place in the city in recent weeks. 

More after the jump.

We're seeing more rumbling within the ranks of the Boy Scouts. 

This weekend a northeast chapter of the Scouts, the Connecticut Yankee Council, renounced the Boy Scouts' current discriminatory policy as well as any potential policy that discriminates against gay adults that may act as leaders.

See what the Council had to say after the jump.

According to a Gallup poll conducted this month, a record number of Americans now believe that same-sex relationships are morally acceptable. 

Details after the jump. 

Elliot Morales, the accused suspect in the shooting death of 32-year-old gay male Mark Carson (pictured), has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime. 

Morales allegedly "laughed in hideous glee" as he confessed. 

Let's hope they throw the book at him. More after the jump.

With the U.S. Senate's immigration reform bill looming, Democratic New York Senator called a meeting with New York's leading elected gay officials and activists to discuss the inclusion of a pro-gay provision in the bill. 

The provision, which would protect binational same-sex couples from being separated by allowing foreign members to apply for green cards, has been presented as a make-or-break issue for the entire bill. 

Republicans have threatened to squash the bill if the provision is included. 

So what came out of Schumer's meeting with the prominent gays? Find out after  the jump.

Virginia Republicans continue to show their love for the gays...by nominating the most aggressively anti-gay candidates possible. 

This weekend Virginia GOP delegates nominated virulently anti-gay, Tea Party extremist E.W. Jackson as their Lieutenant Governor nominee. He joins a gubernatorial ticket led by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. You remember Cuccinelli. He's the one that tried and failed to keep Virginia's anti-sodomy laws on the books, despite them being declared unconstitutional.

As for Jackson....well, he makes Cuccinelli look like Obama. 

Check out his track record of opposition to the gays after the jump.

New Yorkers turned out last night for a candlelight vigil to mourn the passing of 32-year-old shooting victim, Mark Carson. 

Carson was murdered early Saturday morning in an anti-gay hate crime. 

Video from the vigil and details for a rally/speak out scheduled for Monday, after the jump.

What is happening in New York City? 

No really. What the hell is happening?

A gunman murdered a 32-year-old gay man early Saturday morning after screaming anti-gay slurs at him in Greenwich Village. 

Details from the terrifying story after the jump.

This morning, marking International Day Against Homphobia and Transphobia, the largest EU survey of hate crime and discrimination targeting members of the LGBT community in the 27-nation bloc and Croatia showed many live in fear and conceal their sexual identity. Details below.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Jujubee has plucked the dusty, out of tune heart strings in our chest cavity after posting a picture of her and her fiance Chris's engagement rings. 

It appears the happy couple became engaged during a recent romantic trip to Paris. 

Someone give these two their own reality show!

Twins Jason and Jarron ("the straight one") Collins bring some humor to what might be one of the year's biggest sports and LGBT stories in a sit-down with Jimmy Kimmel.

Watch after the jump.