It looks like the gays may have the best seat in the house at President Obama's State Of The Union address.

Tracey Hepner, co-founder of the Military Partners and Families Coalition, which works as a support group for LGBT military famlies has scored a plum seat with First Lady Michelle Obama!

More after the jump.

As we reported last week, outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has officially announced the extension of a handful of benefits to loving same-sex military couples. 

Great news from the Pentagon today where Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will announce an extension of some benefits to same-sex military couples later this week. 

...but also supports military chaplains' religious right to not marry gay couples. Check out a synopsis and videos from possible Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel at today's Senate confirmation hearings after the jump. 

Some Ft. Bragg spouses are gonna be pissed. And we love it!

Ashley Broadway, the lesbian spouse of Lt. Col. Heather Mack who has garnered national attention after a Ft. Bragg spouses group denied her membership based on her sexual orientation, may get the last laugh after all. 

Broadway has been voted Ft. Bragg's "Military Spouse of the Year"!!!!

Details after the jump.

Tattoos on the butt or near sexual organs are as close to gaydar as the homophobic Russian Defense Ministry can get, apparently. According to the Ministry, tattoos in these regions indicate a person's sexuality, so it will naturally force soldiers to drop trou so that doctors can interpret their tattoos like some sort of inkblot Rorschach test.

Ashley Broadway, the lesbian spouse of U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Heather Mack who was denied membership in the Ft. Bragg military spouses club based on her sexual orientation, has been offered a "guest membership" in the group. 

Cute. 

Check out the Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses' letter to Ashley after the jump.

Despite a shaky start in the nomination process, President Obama's Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel is no longer ambiguous in regard to his position on the post-DADT era and the fight for equal benefits for LGBT military families. 

The Marine Corps is putting its best foot forward in the wake of last month's controversy in which an Army same-sex spouse was denied admittance into a Fort Bragg officers' spouses club.

The Marine Corps has issued a legal advisory stating that spouses clubs operating on Marine bases must admit same-sex spouses if they intend to remain on base. 

More after the jump. 

Servicemembers discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" had quite the victory today.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won their class action suit filed on behalf of 181 discharged veterans. Those former servicemembers will now receive full separation pay.

More after the jump!

President Obama signed the latest funding bill for the Department of Defense on Wednesday night, but included a statement alongside his signature announcing his objection to part of the legislation. Details follow.