We aren't quite sure what the Human Rights Campaign is doing, but if their bus tour manages to take attention away from either NOM's bus tour or Sarah Palin's, than it's enough for us. After the jump, let's decipher together, what exactly is the HRC Equality Tour.

The "It Gets Better" contribution from Seattle spans the boundaries of professional sports leagues to include pro football and baseball players. Follow the jump to watch wide receiver Mike Williams of the Seahawks, and relief pitcher Brandon League and infielder Brendan Ryan of the Mariners (as well as members from the Storm and the Sounders) provide LGBT youth their rallying cry. 

It's hard to imagine that any bullies have ever tried to f*ck with True Blood's Joe Manganiello, but according to our werewoooof husband, he was so big in high school that he stuck out. Swoon. Follow the jump to hear Joe talk about his various big body parts (seriously!) in what might amount to the hottest "It Gets Better" video yet!

In honor of Prague's very first Pride the President's secretary has concocted a "queer beer." WTF? Details after the jump.

The Tampa Bay Rays are set to become the ninth MLB team to film an "It Gets Better" commercial. Details follow.

After six teens died from suicide linked to a vehemently anti-gay and pro-bullying culture in Michele Bachmann's Minnesota district, residents decided to get together and hold a LGBT Pride event so that gay youth in the area knows it's "OK to be gay." Even by merely talking about it they've already done more than Bachmann has to curb the troubling and deadly epidemic tied to her bigoted platform. Follow the jump for more on the inspiring community-lead Minnesota Pride rally for youth. 

Earlier this year New Balance Chairman James Davis, by way of anti-gay Super-PAC "Restore Our Future," provided homophobic 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney with a $500,000 boost. Today, the athletic company cherished by gays and straights alike issued a statement attempting to distance itself from the questionable contribution. So, what does New Balance have to say directly to the LGBT community in the wake of the sizeable donation?

A tit for a tat? Chile's President Sebastian Pinera pushed for civil union legislation this week while continuing to sound-off against full marriage equality for LGBT Chileans. Details follow. 

Truth Wins Out brought to our attention a documentary that dispels the myths about "ex-gays" and the organizations that support reparative therapy. Aside from debunking claims made by groups like Exodus International, find out why This Is What Love In Action Looks Like is much more than just a fact-checking doc.