Republican Colorado Rep. Don Coram cast the deciding vote killing civil unions on Monday in committee, preventing the bill from receiving a full House vote.

It came as quite a shock to us when Coram mentioned that he has a gay son.

His son, Dee Coram, has spoken out regarding his father's vote.

Hear what he has to say after the jump.

President Obama has threatened to veto two bills currently making their way through the House of Representatives that include anti-gay provisions.

More after the jump.

We’re not sure what marriage smells like, but apparently the Manhattan based perfumery, Bond No. 9, has bottled it up and will have you smelling like same-sex matrimonial bliss.

The new scent, I LOVE NEW YORK for Marriage Equality, will start flying off the shelves in July.

Details after the jump on this eau d’Equality!

Any hopes of fine-tuning our Gaydar to make for less awkward moments at the gym have been dashed by a new study out of the University of Washington. 

Updated Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. EST

Granville Ampong, the conservative Examiner reporter who outed rising fighter Manny Pacquiao as a vehement homophobe, has come clean to say that Pacquiao actually did not quote the Levitical edict calling for the death of gays.

In a vote that fell squarely along party lines, Virginia's House of Delegates voted today to deny a judicial nomination to Tracy Thorne-Begland, who would have become the state's first openly gay judge.

Thorne-Begland’s vote resulted in 33 “yes” votes to 31 “nay” votes. All 31 nay votes came from Republican delegates, who argued that his “lifestyle” and support for LGBT causes would make it impossible for him to be an impartial judge. Thorne-Begland required a 51-vote majority amongst House delegates to be approved.

More after the jump.

On a full PR tour to promote Obama 2.0, President Obama's heavily publicized interview on The View airs this morning. Until then, an extensive seven-minute clip of his sofa time with the women of the show has hit the Internet. Watch after the jump. 

Taking last week's major news and raising the stakes, President Obama spoke specifically on Monday night about fully repealing the "Defense of Marriage Act."

My boyfriend's hometown, the great city of Lincoln, Nebraska, has given the initial thumbs up to a comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination ordinance. Details follow. 

Jan van Lohuizen, the pollster for George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, sent out a memo to Republican operatives encouraging a change in the GOP stance towards same-sex marriage.

That memo has leaked.

The general gist? That public support of same-sex marriage and equal rights for LGBT Americans is growing at a continually accelerating rate, and the GOP needs to get on board before they're effectively left in the dust.

Mr. van Lohuizen gives some nifty tips on how to do it too. You know, so it's convincing!

Check out the memo after the jump!

Big news today in Rhode Island!

Under the order of Governor Lincoln Chafee, same-sex couples married out of state but residing in Rhode Island will now receive the same rights, benefits, and obligations of heterosexual married couples.

More after the jump!

Fox is hoping to breath new life into Glee next season after a loss of ratings and interest encumbered TV's gayest show this year. New for the series? It'll move to Thursdays and add more A-list stars to its already crowded IMDB page!