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.

Stay classy. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has gone on record (well,on Twitter) saying that he will drop support of his own immigration reform bill if it includes provisions benefiting same-sex couples.

More after the jump.

We're seeing some forward movement in Germany with regards to gay couples being allowed to adopt children.

Details after the jump!

Alaska's House Majority Caucus was asked whether they'd consider same-sex civil unions or domestic partnerships and they just found that HILARIOUS.

Seriously, they could barely respond to Juneau Empire reporter Mark Miller's question through their laughter. 

Check out Republican House Leader Lance Pruitt's oh-so-classy response to Miller after the jump.

Indiana lawmakers have decided that they will not put the question of whether or not to institute a state constitutional ban on the legal recognition of same-sex couples to voters via referendum this year.

Could it be because social conservatives are afraid that they'll lose?

More after the jump.

As Great Britain prepares for marriage equality, civil servants in the country are debating a topic better left for Dan Savage: what defines consummation for gay couples?

Call it the luck of the Irish if you will, but now gays (and umarried twosomes) in Northern Ireland can adopt!

More after the jump.

If it's actually true then this is a phenomenal scientific breakthrough... 

A Japanese research team, led by Mitinori Saitou of Kyoto University in Japan are claiming to have created eggs from embryonic stem cells, as well as producing eggs that will become healthy offspring.

This could lead to gay men in same-sex relationships having the ability to create an offspring completely from just their two donor DNA's.

More after the jump.

The National Organization for Marriage's Ruth Institute published an article Wednesday that compares gay couples who use surrogates to have kids with sexual predators who rape women. Seriously. 

The gays will play a role during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina and it sounds like the execution of that role will be very specific.

We're curious to get your take on it. More after the jump!

On the heels of last week's bleak report from the Black AIDS Institute arrives some much-needed enthusiastic news.

In a study conducted by San Francisco University and presented over the weekend at the 19th Annual AIDS Conference in D.C., researchers unveiled statistics showing that black gay couples use condoms more than white gay couples. 

Employees of the University of Pennsylvania who are in a same-sex relationship will get a little boost in their paychecks to bridge the gap and match a tax benefit once limited to heterosexual married employees.