More than 13,000 signatures were turned in to the Anchorage city clerk’s office Thursday in support of adding gay and transgender protections to pre-existing anti-discrimination laws. More on the measure’s specifics after the jump.

Peddlers of "I Love NY" merchandise take note: you've lost a loyal customer in Troy, Michigan Mayor Janice Daniels, who is the subject of homo headlines today for recently-uncovered uncouth Facebook status updates from earlier this summer. Details follow.

Topeka, Kansas Mayor Bill Bunten has decided that there is an age limit on tolerance. As Topeka's City Council considers providing domestic partner benefits to the partners of LGBT workers, the curmudgeon put in his two anti-gay cents while reminiscing about the good ol' days when he walked seven miles to school in three feet of snow. (More after the jump).

As expected, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the first out LGBT mayor of a large American city, has one re-election. The win is a major victory for the people of Houston as well as the national LGBT community. Details follow.

The first out LGBT mayor of a major American city is expected to win handily on Nov. 8! After the jump, read about her success and how she could be paving the way for a wave of LGBT council members.

Thank Gaga! Finally we'll have a fierce place in the Big Apple to spend our Golden Years when the time comes. Read about the Sage LGBT Senior Center after the jump.

It looks like this trend (gay Republicans) isn't going away anytime soon. Details after the jump.

Openly gay Bevan Dufty released an adorable campaign ad featuring his 5-year-old daughter. Watch the quick video after the jump! Warning: may possibly incite the desire to finally have that baby with your fruit fly.

I have always wanted water-front property, but not by living in one of the highlighted evacuation zones in the just-released NYC Hurricane Evacuation map. There are lots of New Yorkers who regularly check this here blog thingy, so why not share word that the city has released the map and asked those of you in the city to be prepared to spend the weekend with friends or family who live on higher ground? 

Woot! We love seeing our gay gals rise to the top, and Christine Quinn certainly deserves it. But just how much of a lead does she have? Get the numbers after the jump!

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to officiate the wedding of John Feinblatt, his chief policy advisor, and Jonathan Mintz, the city's consumer affairs commissioner, on Sunday, July 24. Watch the couple interviewed by CNN on Monday night about the momentous occasion, after the jump.

Coming through with his promise, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today donated the maximum ceiling of $10,300 to the GOP state senators who voted for marriage equality last month.