Major cable news networks have once again ensured that most Americans don't realize gay men are still being murdered for being gay men. This week, Mark Carson was shot in the face in New York City by a man who allegedly lofted gay slurs his way before pulling the trigger. But viewers of Fox News and CNN probably wouldn't know that. 

Fantasia Barrino thinks the whole world's gone mad, but it might just be Fantasia. Earlier this week the American Idol alum posted a mysterious message to Instagram calling on the world to judge pot smokers and same-sex couples, not Fantasia. Today, she's explaining herself. 

Noah Syndergaard, a new acquisition for the New York Mets, is getting his MLB career in the lower 48 started on the wrong foot after tweeting an anti-gay slur. Details follow. 

Updated Wednesday, 2:15 p.m. PST

On Tuesday, the MSG Network said it would take down all posters associated with its recent advertising campaign that some are arguing is homophobic, based on the implication that Broadway actors aren't "real men."

The particular ad that sparked the uproar reads, "It's Friday night. You can either see a Broadway harness malfunctioning or you can watch real men fly."  

More after the jump.

Even in a message conveying disappointment and frustration, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson still manages to remain polite as he kindly shows homophobic "fans" the door. 

Logo and Harris Interactive released a one-of-its-kind poll a few months back that showed the LGBT community and general population prioritized the same issues. In a follow up survey released Friday, Logo's new poll goes further to find that the LGBT community might decide the outcome of next week's election. Details follow. 

Former commissioned officer Allyson Robinson, a transgender female, has been named as the new chief of the newly merged OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (OutServe-LSDN), which works to aid LGBT servicemembers and veterans.

According to Buzzfeed, Robinson is "the first out transgender leader of a national organization representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community," as opposed to an organization focused primarily on the transgender community. 

More after the jump.

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President Obama has released a statement commemorating the first anniversary of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Check out what the president has to say after the jump!

GLAAD's annual ranking of networks based on LGBT representations in television is finally here, just in time to give us a sense of where we need to direct our DVRs ahead of the fall TV season.

There seems to have been a bit of flip flopping in positions this year, but it's no real surprise who lands on the bottom and who was quick to assume the top. Before we get too distracted by the previous sentence's innuendo, let's take a look at how the networks rank in 2012!

The inimitable Barbara Walters has just been announced as the emcee of a very special one year anniversary party taking place in New York in September. Details follow. 

If plenty of rest could prevent STDs, we'd take a slut siesta twice an afternoon! Unfortunately, this dangerous misinformation is actually being spread by California's Clovis School District, which is teaching its students that "plenty of rest," going out in groups and a host of other silly ideas prevent STD infections. Not taught by the district as a method of prevention? Condoms!

There will be a lot of surprised teens in Clovis in the coming years, which is why a coalition of group has filed a lawsuit against the school district based on its sex (mis)education program. Details follow.