There was a mad rush to interview the week's most-talked about man, and ABC News' Good Morning America somehow wound up at the front of the line to interview pro sports first openly gay active player, Jason Collins. After the jump, check out what the man of the moment (and, likely, history) has to say about life after saying those three big words: I am gay. 

The Anti-Defamation League knows the exact chords to tug on the few heart strings we have to make us reach for the tissue box, apparently. In the group's new ad, it imagines what LGBT heroes who were taken from us before their time (such as Harvey Milk and Matthew Shepard) would be up to today. Grab the Kleenex and follow the jump.

Judy Shepard, LGBT activist and mom to slain gay hero, Matthew Shepard will be joining Katie Couric on Tuesday's episode of Katie.

According to the show, she'll be discussing Matthew's murder and how she helped change the views of a homophobic lead investigator assigned to the case. She'll also explain how she is carrying on Matthew's legacy today.

More after the jump!

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC) is hitting the road for a mini-tour in partnership with the Matthew Shepard Foundation and Wyoming and Colorado are their lucky destinations!!

More on their upcoming trek and how to get tickets after the jump!

The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act will get its first big day in court after two men from Harlan County, Kentucky were indicted for kidnapping and assaulting a gay man today. Details follow. 

Yahoo! has disabled all commenting on a recent interview with Adam Lambert after dozens of users left remarks calling for the murder, suicide, and in one case, concentration camp-treatment of gays. Details follow. 

"October is very hard for me," Judy begins in her letter. It's been 13 arduous years for the gay community, and, in this time, Judy and her son who would become an icon for our generation's struggle. More from Judy after the jump.

We know that conservatives just want to think of gay sex when they think of gay people, but our community is actually much more than that. After the jump, read how ACLU intends on getting the far right's minds out of the gay gutter.

A Bay Area high school is preparing to protest the protesters. After the nut jobs at the Westboro Baptist Church learned that Hillsdale High School was preparing a production of The Laramie Project, Fred Phelps and his gang of haters decided they would head west and protest on March 27.

Instead of backing down, the school and community are organizing a counter rally at the same time, where participants are being asked to wear white, as a sign of peace, or rainbow colors, as a sign of diversity.

What makes this Westboro protest a little more interesting than the group’s normal hate fests is that Phelps himself is depicted in the play, which chronicles the story and aftermath of Matthew Shepard’s murder. The church has protested...

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All Instincters, today, Jan. 22, is your last chance to vote via Facebook for one of these important community organizations. Just think of it as the So You Think You Can Dance Finale! How could you not make your voice heard?!

Hopefully, camaraderie among GLBT (rather than infighting for resources and goals) is the spirit of the new decade. A few weeks into the new year, and three GLBT orgs are already practicing unity, even in the name of competition.

Facebook and Chase Bank have teamed up to give $5 million to top charities as voted on by Facebook users starting today and ending January 22, and The Trevor Project, GLSEN and the Matthew Shepard Foundation are among the 100 charity org finalists (the only GLBT orgs to...

UPDATED 10/27, 4:25PM:

Here are our President's words transcribed for all those of you who may have missed it today while at work:

5:45 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much, everybody.  Thank you so much, and welcome to the White House.

There are several people here that I want to just make mention of because they helped to make today possible.  We've got Attorney General Eric Holder.  (Applause.)  A champion of this legislation, and a great Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.  (Applause.)  My dear friend, senior Senator from the great state of Illinois, Dick Durbin.  (Applause.)  The outstanding Chairman of Armed Services, Carl Levin.  (Applause.)  Senator Arlen Specter.  (Applause.)  Chairman of the Judiciary Committee...

At the White House website here. The live commemoration will also be streamed on the website at 6:05 p.m. ET Wednesday evening.