We’re not sure what marriage smells like, but apparently the Manhattan based perfumery, Bond No. 9, has bottled it up and will have you smelling like same-sex matrimonial bliss.

The new scent, I LOVE NEW YORK for Marriage Equality, will start flying off the shelves in July.

Details after the jump on this eau d’Equality!

Taking last week's major news and raising the stakes, President Obama spoke specifically on Monday night about fully repealing the "Defense of Marriage Act."

Our Speedo-ready bods may still be a few weeks away from the their big reveal, but the summer movie season has officially kicked, stretched and kicked into full gear. What better way to take a break from all the explosions, girl pecs and more designed explicitly for our straight male friends in the typical summer fare for a tart-tongued Texas true-crime comedy Bernie, starring Shirley MacLaine, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey?

Want to get the summer movie season started off with Bernie's help? Enter to win passes to see the flick during its run of engagement in this week's Swag Suite! (Follow the jump for more details.)

New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg released the city’s new budget and it cuts a whopping $7 million from New York City’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Services. The budget calls for the elimination of 160 youth shelter beds.

We’re sorry, what?

Instinct Leading Man, Carl Siciliano¸ the executive director of the Ali Forney Center, the leading provider of shelter to homeless LGBT youth immediately released a statement contesting this move on the part of Bloomberg’s administration. More after the jump.

Newsies received 8 Tony nominations yesterday and at least a few of its (cute) cast members broke the actor stereotype to wake up by 8:30 a.m. and watch the announcement. Some smarty-pants at Disney thought it would be a good idea to film their money makers watching the Tony nominations to promote the show and we can't say they were wrong!

Absolut brought its own pit crew to the red carpet of the RuPaul's Drag Race reunion/coronation special in NYC on Monday. They kind of make you want to blow a gasket so you can go in for service, right? As if the airbrushed arm candy flanking the Queen wasn't enough to get us bowing over, the season's finalists, each looking better than they did during the reunion taping (the shade of it all!) struck a few fun poses before heading in for the viewing. More images, after the jump!

...and moves indoors for 2012. 

Revelers planning to descend upon Gotham to celebrate the last NYC Pride Pier dance on Pier 54 had their dreams dashed today when Heritage of Pride, organizers of the historic annual event, announced a change of venue. 

!*Spoiler Alert*!

Obviously, if you've lived under a cock all night and morning and still managed to find yourself on the Internet all the way over here without learning anything about last night's major TV event, then don't follow the jump. If, however, you attended the RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 coronation, then let's dive right in to dish, check out the winner receiving the check and crown in NYC last night, and more!

Another day, another study comes out finding that the most vocal anti-gay activists are probably self-hating gays themselves. Published Sunday in the New York Times, Richard M. Ryan and William S. Ryan discuss the study they conducted that revealed the sexual orientation of social homophobes. 

If you've wanted to see Jake Gyllenhaal more up close and personal than a Gillette razor has seen him in years, you will soon have your chance off-Broadway. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that our husband will make his American stage debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet. 

Wowza. Maybe we should go back to school!

Point Foundation, the nation’s largest merit-based scholarship organization for LGBT students, raised $2 million on Monday at their Point Honors New York gala.

More after the jump!

Oh the stories Barney Frank could tell...

New York Magazine interviewed out-gay Congressman Barney Frank for a piece released on Sunday.

Check out what Barney has to say regarding the importance of getting married while in office and the progress of the gay rights movement after the jump.