Openly gay Pulitzer Prize winner Antonio Vargas' tear-jerking plea for protection for binational same-sex couples was met with applause on Capitol Hill today. 

The Associated Press Stylebook—the longstanding Bible of journalism—has made major changes for its 2013 edition. Details follow.

After endorsing a presidential ticket (and dozens of other candidates) that promised a constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, "LGBT" group GOProud has suddenly undergone major heart surgery to finally support the civil rights issue.

My, what could've happened to spark such an about face?

Oh yea, that whole election landslide thing. 

Move over "motion of the ocean"—a new study says the size of the boat might play a bigger role in getting there than we previously thought! 

The new report published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that'll leave straight and bisexual men anxious after the jump.

Disatisfied with the reporting in Wednesday night's Frontline documentary on AIDS in the African American community, Gawker has set out to uncover what it assumes to be sordid origins of Magic Johnson's infection with HIV.

And plenty across the blogosphere, both gay and straight, are outraged.

Details follow. 

We've imagined known since high school that we're highly desirable. But never more so than the past year when it's become oh-so apparent that companies both left and right (figuratively and metaphorically) want our business.

In a piece published today, the Wall Street Journal takes a closer look at this new age of "gay consumerism" and pink marketing. Details follow. 

So sad.

Armando Montano, a 22-year-old gay journalist interning with the Associated Press was found dead in Mexico City on Saturday.

His body was found in an apartment building elevator shaft near where he was living in the capital's Condesa neighborhood. Mexican authorities are currently investigating his death with the US Embassy monitoring.

More after the jump.

In a lengthy letter written to Andrew Sullivan and intended to be shared with the public, Anderson Cooper confirms years of rumors with grace, elegance and, above all, Pride. Details follow. 

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After an intense reaction from the right over the past 24 hours, LGBT activist Dan Savage has apologized for calling the Christian student walkout that ocurred on his watch "pansy assed." However, he is not sorry for calling the Bible "bullshit."

The local hometown paper of 14-year old Kenneth Weishuhn, who died last week from suicide, devoted its entire Sunday front page to a tear jerking anti-bullying editorial. 

Well here's something we didn't expect.

Republican Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania  governor and Secretary of Homeland Security, is speaking out against many of his fellow Republicans for their anti-LGBT views.

See what he has to say after the jump!

The inevitable tide of love and tolerance we've been told to expect to wash over the country is evident in a new poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal. Details follow.