In a vote of 21 to 14, the Colorado Senate has approved civil unions legislation on its final reading. 

SB 11 now heads to the state House, where—as ThinkProgress notes—openly gay Rep. Mark Ferrandino (D), is now the chamber’s Speaker.

Stay tuned to Instinct for the latest updates out of Colorado. 

Thanks to professional lip readers, we now know what lowdown lame punchline rolled out of John Boehner's mouth that turned Michelle Obama into Liz Lemon. Meet us after the break for the big reveal.

The goddesses of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 have more to worry about than Michelle Visage, Santino and Ru herself—they'll also have the legendary Hedda Lettuce checking their every move! 

Follow the jump to see Miss Lettuce's huh-larious first impression of the new class of drag racers.

Last Sunday's "Threads of Change" clothing drive, sponsored by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and benefiting homeless LGBT youth, was a huge success!

Details after the jump!

She took us to WERQ over the weekendwith her new star-studded music video, now Shangela is taking us to school by reading the Dr. Seuss classic, Are You My Mother? 

Watch as Shangela turns frowns upside down as she dispenses off-script commentary alongside a tale fit for a Maury Povich episode!

Dr. Sigmund Freud's intelligent and ahead-of-its-time response to a mother hoping to cure her son of a bad case of the gay is getting viral love on the Internet this week. 

So, what sage advice did Freud dispense to the concerned mom? 

If the Log Cabin Republicans, GOProud and other Homocons need yet another reason to second guess their endorsement of Mitt Romney it has arrived in President Obama's touching response letter to 10-year old Sophia Bailey Klugh. 

Robyn, our favorite Swedish import (sorry, IKEA), is once again ready to pack the dance floors of Chelsea and West Hollywood as NME reports the pop superstar is about to finally record her Body Talk follow up!

Though she's had a few decades worth of hits on the radio, it was really 2010's Body Talk trilogy and its subsequent tours that cemented Robyn as a gay icon. Can Robyn make gay lightning strike twice? 

From one queen regularly dressed in designer label chiffon dresses to another queen regularly dressed in designer label chiffon dresses, Lady Gaga has called out Pope Benedict for calling same-sex marriage "injurious." 

So, what words does Mother Monster have for Benedict?

Paris Hilton has released a lengthy apology letter after her controversial comments about Grindr gays garnered headlines across the world.

Because high tech gaydar technology isn't yet available in Malaysia, authorities are resorting to the next most offensive best thing: endorsing a list of the "warning signs of homosexuality" so that communities can vigilantly prevent the "Western trend" from "spreading" to its schoolchildren. 

So, which teen styles have the Malaysian government determined to be homosexual and worthy of punishment?

The United States military has not erupted into a non-stop gay Bacchanalian orgy since repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," despite some early concerns from anti-gay officials. A new report from the Palm Center, the first scholarly effort to study the post-DAD military, paints quite the different picture, in fact.