Earlier this week we saw an updated marriage equality map for the U.S., but today ILGA is giving us a glimpse of LGBT rights across Europe—ranging from full equality to gross violations of human rights. Check out the color-coded findings below.

Randy Rainbow gave us his own hilarious take on the Jeremy Irons/same-sex marriage controversy. 

Irons, if you'll remember, has concerns that the legalization of same-sex marriage could suddenly allow fathers to marry their sons. A natural leap, of course.

Well Randy thinks it's a swell idea--and let's us know it while displaying some impressive pipes! 

Watch and laugh after the jump!

We'll keep this in mind while we're bitching while doing the elliptical...

Openly gay 20-year-old Cason Crane is about to climb Mount Everest!

And he's doing it as part of the Rainbow Summits Project, the organization he founded to combine his passion for climbing with his work for the Trevor Project!

Details after the jump.

Openly gay featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz won his second fight since coming out--and he did it while wearing a rainbow kilt!

Details after the jump!

Would you like to buy some Boy Scout cookies??

Randy Rainbow gives us his hilarious take on the Boy Scouts controversy in this latest episode of GwistTV's The Randy Rainbow Show. 

What's Boy Scout Randy have to say when he knocks on Texas Governor Rick Perry's door? And what lengths will he go to to raise funds for equality?

Find out after the jump!

If there's anything we know about Jodie Foster after the Golden Globes, it's that she's fifty!, single and came out 1,000 years ago in the Stone Age. Sounds like the ideal first candidate for Randy Rainbow's new Lesbian Matchmaking Service, doesn't it? Watch a well-heeled Randy run down the initial application with a determined Jodie Foster after the break. 

Diane Sawyer was so tanked on Election Night that she's still battling a hangover two mornings later and searching for clues of what she did after her ABC News reporting duties had ended. Luckily, Randy Rainbow can help her piece together some of her night in the viral video star's latest creation. Watch after the jump! 

Now this is what we call Congressional support! 

Minnesota Senator Al Franken's Washington D.C. and Minnesota staff members both showed solidarity with the LGBT community by dressing as a rainbow for Halloween!

Each staff also held up signs encouraging Minnesota voters to vote "no" on the proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. 

Take a look after the jump.

Alright y'all, it's time to start bedazzling! Thursday, Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day and you all know what means...

A snazzy-rainbow profile pic emblazoned with the word "OUT" on all of your social media sites. 

You may scoff at the power of those images, but they provide one integral thing that our community can't thrive without: visibility. 

More on this year's #CountMeOut campaign (including how you can make your profile pic OUTstanding) after the jump!

The stirring documentary about the 2009 raid on a Fort Worth, Texas gay bar is continuing to build in audience and critical acclaim as producers have just announced the film’s 25th screening. Follow the jump for more info on how you can check out a showing of the doc, and see the official trailer.

Of course the mouthwatering rainbow Oreo made the cut. 

Which other great gay ads from 2012 are included on the just-announced list of GLAAD Amplifier Award nominees?

The West Hollywood City Council voted on Monday night in favor of keeping the instantly iconic rainbow crosswalks—originally scheduled to be removed after Pride in June—a permanent part of the city's landscape.