The White House has just released a video message from Ambassador Susan Rice—U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations—addressing today's International Day Against Homophobia (as they address it, minus transphobia mentions). See the video and read the transcript below.

Falsely linking homosexuality with pedophilia isn't exactly a new concept amongst conservative "Christian" wingnuts, but Liberty Council member and Christian radio host, Matt Barber, took it a step further when he illustrated his views on why gays shouldn't be allowed to join the Boy Scouts.

Barber tweeted a super classy cartoon that's we're sure is getting a lot of laughs amongst the extreme right wing set. Take a look after the jump.

To promote International Day Against Homophobia in the parts of the world that really need to observe it, the United Nations has released a PSA that would make the United Colors of Benetton proud.

Check out the UN's extremely (and appropriately) diverse International Day Against Homophobia promo after the jump!

After Robbie Rogers came out, soccer has trumped hockeystick ball or whatever as our favorite athletic competition show sport thingymajig. So we were very happy to learn that fans of professional soccer who were attending a recent Portland Timbers match were met with an incredible display of LGBT support ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Friday. Go local sports team!

Details follow.

Surprise, surprise: the highest frequency of homophobic tweets in the U.S. mostly occur in small towns, not large cities, according to a heat map produced by researchers at Humboldt State University. 

Is your city in the red?

Bryant Huddleston, a successful Los Angeles television producer, was scheduled to give a commencement speech at Sloan-Hendrix High School in Imboden, Arkansas where he is an alum.

Well that invitation's been rescinded. Why? 

Yeah, you guessed it. Bryant Huddleston is gay, y'all. And apparently, that's just not okay. 

More after the jump.

Yikes. Professor, your homophobia is showing. 

Harvard Professor Niall Ferguson stepped in it in a big way while debating the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes.  Ferguson is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University; he also authored The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die.

We know economic policy isn't exactly titillating, but Ferguson's insinuation that Keynes' policies are based on him being homosexual--and as a result, self-interested because he didn't have children is beyond offensive. 

Details after the jump.

Piers Morgan got into with Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro over Shapiro's veiled homophobic tweets denouncing Jason Collins for being a called a "hero" for coming out.

Honestly the voice on Shapiro alone is enough to grate cheese, but the clips worth watching since Piers isn't one to hold back.

Watch after the jump.

It's not the kind of wedding gift anyone would want to open, but Thierry Spietel, mayor of Sigolsheim, France, did just that when he received bullets in the mail after announcing his impending marriage to his partner. 

Cuties Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stopped by The Colbert Report and the LGBT allies didn't hold back when discussing their support for our community.

The duo also performed their marriage equality anthem, "Same Love." 

Watch after the jump!

The ugly side of humanity has reared its disfigured head on Twitter, where newly out NBA star Jason Collins is receiving poorly-spelled death threats. 

There have been a few NFL players who've said that they'd be uncomfortable in a locker-room with a gay teammate. Rapper T-Pain is sick of the arrogance and has taken to Twitter to call out these guys for what they are: homophobic.