As if our jaws needed anymore incentive to drop for Randy Phillips! The hot YouTube Airman, who came out to his dad in a video that quickly went viral, late last year, has just signed on to participate in the 2012 AIDS/LifeCycle! Follow the jump for Randy's special announcement. 

Certainly not evaporating the rumors that President Obama might mention marriage equality in tonight's State of the Union address is the invitation extended to two openly-gay women to sit in the gallery during the speech. Details follow. 

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is today receiving a salvo of applause after announcing the nomination of Bruce Harris, the openly-gay mayor of Chatham, to the State Supreme Court. Details follow. 

An upcoming runoff election in Finland that stems from a first-round vote on Sunday pits a staunch conservative against an openly-gay environmentalist. How close is Finland to electing Pekka Haavisto (pictured with his husband, on the right) as its first openly-gay president?

With Newt Gingrich campaigning to defend conservative values and traditional marriage, it seems what he should be defending these days is himself. Today CNN.com released snippets of an ABC News interview airing tonight with Gingrich’s second wife Marianne Gingrich announcing that Newt requested an open marriage. How did this discussion go down?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, once adamantly opposed to marriage equality, continues to hint at a change of heart as the movement and legislation gains support across the state. Details follow. 

We're not usually fans of the statement a scrunchy makes, but the statement British tennis star Laura Robson's hairband made at the Australian Open is certainly applause-worthy. Details follow. 

Historian Trent Kelly has been digging through the past—140 years of the past to be specific. But what he’s discovered has been well worth the effort. Follow the jump to check out some images from "Hidden In The Open."

The realm of speculating a celebrity's sexual orientation is a province best left unentered. But it appears Tim Tebow has invited the churns of the rumor mill with pious public professions and other "evidence" now garnering headlines in the mainstream blogosphere.

Rep. Mike Reynolds (R-Oklahoma City) has authored and introduced a bill into the state's legislature that will reinstate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for the Oklahoma National Guard "at response of request from servicemembers" (or so says the lawmaker). Details follow.

All Rick Santorum's openly-gay former aide needs to watch to get up-to-speed on his ex-boss's rampant homophobia is the following video from a meeting with Keene, New Hampshire voters this morning. 

Robert Traynham should send his resume over to Cirque du Soleil because the amount of hoops he has to jump through to defend Rick Santorum's "pro-gay attitude" is worthy of its own show. Watch Santorum's openly-gay former Chief of Staff insist that Santorum supports gay couples, after the jump.