Cue the One Million Moms in 3...2...1....

The Disney Channel had the audacity to briefly feature a family with same-sex parents as part of its "Make Your Mark" social outreach campaign.

The network has never featured openly gay characters so we're sure this means that the world is, in fact, coming to the end. That or the One Million Moms and their hate mongering ilk will simply be blocking Disney from their cable package. 

Check out the campaign 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. 

Gallup has released results from a Nov. 26-29, 2012 poll charting American attitudes towards gays and lesbians. 

Some of them may surprise you.

See after the jump!

Forbes announced its "30 Under 30" list and some high profile gays made the cut!

Check out which youngins' represent Forbes' best of the best after the jump!

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Updated Friday, 12:50 p.m. EST

Fort Bragg leadership has agreed to meet with Ashley Broadway after she was refused membership in a military spouse organization because her servicemember partner is a woman. The good news, after the break.

Last Sunday's "Threads of Change" clothing drive, sponsored by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and benefiting homeless LGBT youth, was a huge success!

Details after the jump!

Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes has consistently been noted for consistently diverse cast of actors and characters on her shows. 

Lately she's also garnered attention for her willingness to communicate directly with fans of her shows via Twitter, which is why it's no surprise that she didn't hesitate to speak freely when a fan Tweeted her the following question:

@yvonneh48 love your shows but why all the gay and lesbian story lines?

Find out what Shonda had to say after the jump.

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.

Los Angeles Instincters, before you lock in those Sunday brunch plans consider scheduling a stop at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's "Threads Of Change" clothing drive. 

LAGLC is looking for gently used clothing to benefit our homeless LGBT youth. Bring a bag and you'll get a free mimosa! (No word yet on whether six bags will get you six mimomas, but don't let that stop you!) 

And there's more!

Details after the jump!

The tireless work of Jeremy Hooper, one of Instinct's 2012 Leading Men and the force behind NOM Exposed, has revealed a dirty new campaign coming soon from the National Organization for Marriage. Details follow. 

Hundreds of same-sex couples planning to tie-the-knot at Seattle City Hall on Sunday as part of Dan Savage's mass gay wedding were in need of an equally impressive number of judges to officiate the ceremonies. So, nearly a dozen judges announced today that they will volunteer their time and chambers to marry the couples as needed for the big celebration!