Sad news to pass along today about the death of Maurice Sendak, author of seminal children's book Where The Wild Things Are, who has died from complications associated with a stroke. 

We're sorry but the two smoldering gay finalists in PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door" make us crave meat! They might turn down our lovelorn messages (courtesy of two hours of Facebook stalking) after that joke, but it was totally worth it.

Meet Zachary and Mark, the only gays remaining of the final 10 men competing for the mouth-watering title, after the jump!

Despite the title of Rufus Wainwright's hotly anticipated seventh album Out of the Game, with a little help from producer Mark Ronson, the openly gay crooner is still very much in the game.

Having whet our whistles with the title track's music video (starring the always-ferosh Helena Bonham Carter), we've been on pins waiting for full release. Today's just our lucky—Out of the Game is finally here! Is it your lucky day, too? Get your game face on and play this week's Swag Suite for your chances of winning Out of the Game! Details after the jump!

Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney’s recently appointed Foreign Policy and National Security spokeman, has resigned after being on the receiving end of a wave of uproar from anti-gay conservatives.

More after the jump.

Congratulations goes out to Brian Sims, who last night became Pennsylvania's first openly gay legislator as he won his bid for a state Senate seat to represent his Philadelphia district!

Mitt Romney, an opponent of marriage equality, has hired Richard Grenell, an openly gay man, as his national security and foreign policy spokesman.

And for Grenell the backlash has already begun.

More after the jump.

Philadelphia Flyers scout and founder of the NHL's "You Can Play" project Patrick Burke thinks so. Details follow. 

When brave LGBT students from Brigham Young University came out in an articulate and insta-viral "It Gets Better" video late last week, many wondered about the fate of their lives as students at the openly Mormon school. Well, today, BYU officials have released a statement letting us know how they plan to handle the "It Gets Better" students. 

Liberia's homophobia problem has been a roller coaster ride of clarifications and retractions throughout 2012. But after a militant group published a "hit list" targeting known members of the LGBT acronym living in the African nation that worried the world last week, the Liberian government made its strongest case of support for its gay community yet. 

We hear on the gayvine that Saturday Night Live is set to make 30 Rock history by welcoming out comedienne Kate McKinnon to its featured players roster. Deadline reports that McKinnon (formerly of The Big Gay Sketch Show) is set to join the cast for a live audition next Saturday. Details follow. 

Alice Hoagland, mother of the celebrated gay hero of United Flight 93 Mark Bingham, wants to help Carson Daly put his tired perspective that gay men aren't tough to rest. Check out Alice's heroic take-down of the TV and radio personality, after the jump.

Openly gay pop artist Bright Light Bright Light reminds us why he's one of our favorite British imports with the '90s house throwback tune, "Waiting for the Feeling." Oh, and sports studs handling their own balls (in a PG kind of way, of course) certainly adds to our adoration. Watch the latest from Bright Light Bright Light, after the jump!