Hey, at least this is a promo partnership we can really get behind! Glee hottie Matthew Morrison has announced a deal to support HRC via sales of his upcoming album. Find out how to make sure your purchase supports our community, after the jump.

It appears not everyone was as thrilled as we were with Rhode Island's passage of marriage equality on Wednesday.

NOM's Brian Brown shockingly (read: not shockingly) chose to rain on our parade, but if it's possible, he may have been even more mean spirited than usual. 

See what he had to say after the jump. 

Tegan and Sara repped for marriage equality on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno with a performance of their Heartthrob single "Closer"!!

The duo showcases the Human Rights Campaign's red and pink equal sign in support of same-sex marriage.

Check out the girls after the jump!

You'd have to be colorblind not to notice the sea of change that flooded Facebook this week.

On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign promoted its red-hued equality sign and asked supporters of marriage equality to make it their profile picture in honor of the Supreme Court hearings; by Wednesday, a large portion of users had made the swap to state their support.

Today, in a rare glimpse at the data behind the scenes of the largest social network, Facebook breaks down the number of users who changed their profile pictures on Tuesday (the day of the Prop 8 hearing at SCOTUS).

From Oprah to Celine, many a high profile figure has been the recipient of an honorary degree from an institution of higher learning.

Now NOM's Brian Brown joins their ranks. The only difference?

These individuals received their honors from actual accredited institutions, whereas Brian Brown's "honorary doctorate" that he received this weekend from American Urban University? Well...that school doesn't exist. 

More after the jump.

Nice! A gay Missouri high school student gets to take his boyfriend to prom following a decision by his high school administrators to change their policy barring students from bringing same-sex dates. 

More after the jump.

Newark, New Jersey Mayor and LGBT advocate Cory Booker may be headed to the United States Senate now that NJ Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg has announced his retirement. 

Booker announced his interest in the seat last month. 

More after the jump.

Thirteen major companies have come together in support of the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. 

The Business Coalition for DOMA Repeal, formed by the Human Rights Campaign, includes six Fortune 500 companies.

Pretty fancy!

Details after the jump.

Is the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) done for? The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) certainly seems to think so. 

Uh oh, them's fightin' words!!

See what the HRC has to say on NOM's impending demise after the jump!

A coalition of LGBT leaders has sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding that he immediately stop using millions of taxpayer funds to keep the Defense of Marriage Act alive in courts. 

In sobering news (though it's Monday so practically everything is sobering news), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has announced that sexual orientation based crime is the second most frequent hate crime committed, second only to crimes based on race. 

This is according to the 2011 Hate Crimes statistics.

More after the jump.

Updated 4:10 p.m. EST

Both LGBT and anti-gay groups were quick to sound off on the big news that the Supreme Court has granted review to the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. Check out reactions from AFER, Freedom to Marry, Equality California, NOM and more after the jump!