Australia's moving "It's Time" viral ad propelled that nation's fight for marriage equality into the international spotlight, a strategy that independent filmmakers in the U.K. hoped to employ for their video, "Homecoming." Using a military homecoming as the setting, filmmakers tug at our out-of-tune heartstrings to bring awareness to their own fight for civil marriage. Watch "Homecoming" after the jump. (Maybe grab a Kleenex or three.)

Not everyone is feeling the love shared between Brandon Morgan and Dalen Wells in the homecoming kiss seen 'round the world. One of Morgan's military colleagues is so outraged by the sight of the photo that he felt the need to write in a homophobic reaction to Stars and Stripes Magazine. Read what Mstr. Sgt. Corey Wade, stationed in Afghanistan, has to say about the photo he finds "disgusting."

Another week, another incredible military homo homecoming picture. Isn't it great that shots of same-sex couples reuniting after a long war tour are now so plentiful? Follow the jump for the latest gay homecoming picture to capture the world's attention!

U.S. Marine Brandon Morgan continued his media tour with incredible savy on MSNBC today after becoming a viral hit with a same-sex homecoming smooch over the weekend. Video and transcript, after the jump.  

Brandon Morgan, a US Marine, and boyfriend Dalan Wells never expected their reunion kiss to lead to so much action. (What good is first base for, then?!) With their homecoming smooch shared at a military base now a venerable cultural moment, the pair have parlayed the attention into subtle activism. Follow the jump to check out a local news interview with Brandon and Dalan. 

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The US Marine who smooched up on his boyfriend in a homocoming image that has made even our Naomi Campbell-approved hearts pulsate with a few "Awwwwes" has released another picture and commentary following his rise to viral fame. Check out the second cute pic and what Brandon Morgan has to say, after the jump!

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The principal of the San Diego-area high school that crowned a lesbian couple as homecoming king and queen over the weekend is "furious" that adults from across the country have been sending along homophobic hate mail. More on the story, after the jump!

The past year might have been the year of making "It Gets Better" videos and sending positive messages across the World Wide Web, but maybe your actions this year could be even more impactful. Live Out Loud is bringing back its Homecoming Project, which partners successful LGBT adults with LGBT high school students. Get all the details on their back to school push, after the jump.

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Openly Gay Athlete Voted High School Prom King

We love when life imitates art, but, in this case, it appears that art imitated life. A real life Glee moment happened at a high school prom this past weekend, and we got the heart-warming details to prove it!

Openly gay high school track athlete Craig Cassey was voted prom king this year, according to OutSports who tells of Craig’s dilemma of wanting to go to the prom with his boyfriend, Carl, but didn’t want to upset his mother. Craig decided to take a girl instead, but the real magic happens after the dance. Wow, sorry, that sounded completely inappropriate. Maybe we will just let Craig explain. Here is what he posted on his own blog, Craig’s Gay Word:...

Oakleigh Reed (nicknamed "Oak" by his peers) was rightfully elected Muskegon, Michigan's Mona Shores High School Homecoming King by the student body. But when it came time to receive his crown, the school principal denied Oak the honor because he enrolled at Mona Shores as a female, despite peers and teachers comfortable with identifying him as male. Regardless of the majority of the school's loving support, a runner-up was announced as homecoming king, a shady move that quickly sparked unrest in the school. Oak's classmates have not only created a Facebook page in moving support, but have also assigned Friday, October 1 as a day of action to show their love for the rightful homecoming king.

The kids are all right, folks.

Last week, Jazmine Wells took rule as Colorado State University-Pueblo's Homecoming Queen, though her competition received plenty of attention.

Also vying for the title were DeMarques Taylor, an openly-gay student, and Juanita Whitaker, age 60.

Taylor, whose campaign posters read “Vote the Queen,” hoped his run would promote diversity on campus. "I thought this would be the right way to have a positive effect on the students and maybe change their minds a bit,” he said.

Whitaker, who had her criminal record bull horned in the media because of her unconventional bid, also wanted to change the way the student body was perceived. "I feel that I am best to represent CSU-Pueblo because according to statistics, the largest growing segment...