Not to be left out of the marriage equality hoopla taking over America, Australia celebrated same-sex marriage in their own way this week when Big Brother winner Benjamin Norris proposed to his boyfriend on live TV during the show's finale. 

The bar for her wedding was set high after Keesha Patterson proposed to her girlfriend Rowan Ha in one of the most unforgettable settings imaginable: President Obama's Election Night Celebration in Chicago. 

After a few weeks of leaving Castro residents on the edge of their freshly Lysol-ed seats, Supervisor Scott Wiener has made good on his musings and officially proposed legislation to ban nudity in San Francisco.

A new poll from the Washington Post finally puts the hard numbers behind what the LGBT community has suspected for quite some time: America's tea baggers really, really want to limit the scope of federal government...except when it comes to letting the federal government into our bedrooms. In that case, tea baggers are completely supportive of big government keeping big homos away from civil marriage equality.

Try to wrap your minds around those logistical hoops with more deets on WaPo's new poll after the jump!

We can skip the red eye at the coffee shop this morning because Robbie Williams has given us our preferred kind of eye-opener: a shirtless most-muscular pose from his dressing room. Swallow the entire shot after the jump!

Via a White House statement, President Obama has come out in opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing and discriminatory ban on LGBT troops and leaders. Details follow. 

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose to celebrate "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by joining the handful of other big-city lawmakers before him in condemning the hate group fast food chain. 

So, what does L.A.'s mayor have to say about Chick-fil-A?

Perhaps the National Organization for Marriage should've asked big corporations based in Minnesota to stay out of the fight against civil rights sooner? One day after NOM sent a letter to MN businesses, General Mills has decided to disobey the anti-gay group and has come out in opposition to the constitutional amendment that seeks to ban marriage equality in Minnesota. 

Bestowing upon us a brilliant new meaning for "pommel horse," stunning (and stacked) British Olympic gymnast Louis Smith takes it all off to show Cosmo his best moves (and assets). Literally. Follow the jump for Louis Smith's NSFW spread (pardon the pun) as Cosmo's Olympic centerfold. 

As we wait with bated breath for any word out of the ABC News interview with President Obama, the alphabet network is spreading the news that Mitt Romney has reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions today in Colorado. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics has injected its invaluable authority into the debate over Missouri's hideous "Don't Say Gay" bill. So, what does the Academy have to say to Show Me State homophobes?

A California Senate subcommittee approved a bill that will ban harmful and discredited "ex gay" therapy for kids under 18 on Monday. Details follow.