Is hip-hop culture less homophobic than before? 

Hip-hop mogul and noted LGBT ally Russell Simmons seems to think so!

See what he has to say after the jump!

A lesbian couple and an agnostic couple have lost their case according to a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The two couples filed suit claiming that the Boy Scouts of America ban gay, atheist, and agnostic scouts and scout leaders based on religious beliefs and are ineligible to lease government regulated land at a nominal rate. 

More on the Ninth Circuit's decision after the jump. 

Because high tech gaydar technology isn't yet available in Malaysia, authorities are resorting to the next most offensive best thing: endorsing a list of the "warning signs of homosexuality" so that communities can vigilantly prevent the "Western trend" from "spreading" to its schoolchildren. 

So, which teen styles have the Malaysian government determined to be homosexual and worthy of punishment?

A new poll from the Washington Post finally puts the hard numbers behind what the LGBT community has suspected for quite some time: America's tea baggers really, really want to limit the scope of federal government...except when it comes to letting the federal government into our bedrooms. In that case, tea baggers are completely supportive of big government keeping big homos away from civil marriage equality.

Try to wrap your minds around those logistical hoops with more deets on WaPo's new poll after the jump!

The network of Sudan's government websites were taken offline this week by Anonymous in the latest part of the hacktivist's pro-LGBT "#OpFuckAfrica" campaign. Details follow. 

We knew that global warming was getting bad, but we didn't know that it was bad enough to freeze hell over. At least that's what some may have thought after visiting Uganda's government websites this week to find themselves greeted with pro-gay imagery and messages. 

Turns out that support for the first gay Pride in the "Kill The Gays" country displayed on Uganda's official websites were the work of Anonymous, and not, in fact, pro-gay sentiment from some of the most notorious and dangerous homophobes on the planet. Whodda thunk?

The Centers for Disease Control is attempting the largest ever study of gay and bisexual men's health conducted by a U.S. federal agency. With every completion of a "Sex Is The Question" survey online, the CDC will make a donation to the It Gets Better Project. Details follow. 

Well, at least London's gay community has something to celebrate this year for Pride.

While the official London Pride events have evaporated before their queer eyes for financial, political and other reasons stemming from mis-management, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has given the LGBT something tangible (and historic) to grasp onto: a rainbow flag raised above a government building for the first time in the city's history.

In a message sent out today, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden celebrates Pride Month and honors the agency's LGBT employees.

Read NASA and Bolden's celebration of Pride after the jump!

On Wednesday we reported that Kansas Pastor Curtis Knapp basically filled out and filed a work order request form asking the U.S. government to follow one quick Leviticus passage and exterminate all the gays. Today, he's explaining himself to CNN (and not exactly strengthening his reputation in the process). 

Sure, you can likely guess the typical homophobic "clarifications" Pastor Knapp makes in his mainstream media interview, but it's still fun to follow the jump for your daily dose of lunacy. We promise!

These kinds of stories are making the headlines in the wake of President Obama's evolution because these bigots who hide behind their narrow interpretation of the Bible are finally (and rightfully) regarded by the mainstream as extremist and fringe.

Oh, how the tables have turned. 

Follow the jump for more on the latest "Christian" pastor to call for the death of gays. 

Ignatius Chombo, a Minister of Local Government in Zimbabwe, has called on community chiefs to evict supporters of the LGBT community and steal their land. Why? There are enough "beautiful women in the country" he can't imagine why men would want to marry men. More details follow.