Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin has gone all ladyfingers Carrie Prejean ever since Miss USA winner Olivia Culpo took the title tiara after coming out in support of transgender contestants.

While throwing a transphobic tantrum, Sheena announced she's had enough of the Miss USA organization (but later sidestepped that excuse to say she's resigning due to the event "being rigged"). 

Even though rumor had it Sheree got checked by Bravo, boo, the elegant and sophisticated housewife from Atlanta is doing the publicity stroll today saying she has left the show on her own volition. 

Anti-gay New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez might have to start outsourcing her hairstyling across the border. Gov. Martinez, who last week lost the services of her gay hairstylist Antonio Darden due to her opposition to equal rights, has some sassy comments for her former bob cut expert. 

Brett Ratner's f-bomb claimed yet another victim today in the form of Eddie Murphy, who has just dropped out of hosting the Academy Awards. Details follow.

The antithesis of our previous post, a second New York town clerk has decided to quit her job so that she does not have to sign same-sex marriage certificates. So, what does Rosemary Centi, the now-former town clerk of Guilderland, New York, have to say for herself?

Updated Wednesday, 2:45 p.m. EST

In response to news that a town clerk quit her post to avoid signing same-sex marriage licences, New York's heroic Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again whipped out the cajones to say that religious bigots have no place in government jobs. Read Cuomo's sassy-but-carefully-worded comments on homophobic town clerks, after the jump. 

Ben Cohen, a regular crush of the Instinct blog, has announced that he is officially retiring from rugby to focus on his efforts in LGBT activism.

Peter Vidmar, the homophobic Prop 8 activist who was appointed as the U.S. Olympic teams liason to London 2012, has resigned over the controversy that followed his  appointment. Details after the jump.