Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old high school senior in Florida, is facing felony charges as a result of alleged sexual contact with her 14-year-old high school girlfriend.

The case is gaining national attention based on the question of whether or not Kaitlyn is being charged because she's gay.  Relationships between older and younger high school students are obviously quite common and usually don't result in the older member of the pairing getting arrested...

More after the jump.

The Centers for Disease Control has illuminated the LGBT community today by releasing the first set of national prevalence data on reported violence within same-sex relationships. With our first real grasp at the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) LGBT members face in their relationships compare to the heterosexual community?

Pope Benedict has decided that the best way to honor International World Day of Peace 2013 (which arrives on January 1) is by once again demonizing gays and same-sex relationships as the evil that will end humanity.

So peaceful, right? 

Meryl Schenker's photo of Larry Duncan and Randy Shepard, taken as they received their marriage license in Washington yesterday, has had more 12,000 shares on Facebook. It's easy to see why: the unconventional gay couple shatters stereotypes perpetuated by homophobes and anti-gay groups such as the Family Research Council not only in appearance, but in their 11 committed years together. 

When told that his "wedding photo" went viral online, Randy laughed and said, “That’s just who we are."

Congratulations, Larry and Randy!

Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus meeting today on Capitol Hill to discuss immigration reform emphasized the need for recognition of same-sex relationships in a comprehensive bill dealing with the matter. Details follow. 

If you're like us, you're still hungover from the Liz & Dick drinking game that instructed you to take a shot every time the Lifetime Dame Elizabeth biopic made you unintentionally laugh. Thankfully, we have a little dose of unusual sobriety from Lindsay Lohan today to digest along with a handful of Tylenol. 

It took them an unrealistically long time even by modern heterosexual standards, but Will & Sonny, Days of Our Lives' controversial gay characters, have finally covered all their bases. The action happened off camera, but according to a post coital assessment by the pair, it was "great." 

Check out a SFW video of the consummation after the jump. 

Unable to take it as a compliment or roll with them in stride, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has started lashing out against rumors of a romantic relationship with his band mate Harry Styles. Fans have affectionately appointed the hypothetical couple with the nickname "Larry Stylinson," but the Louis doesn't find it cute. 

If the video of Anderson Cooper and Ben Maisani vacationing in Croatia while those pictures of Ben tongue wrestling another dude hit the tabloids didn't leave you convinced, new pictures of the unfairly gorgeous couple together at their NYC home might seal the deal. 

Updated Monday, 1:30 p.m. EST

Unfortunately for Anderson Cooper, gays finally have their own real life celebrity love triangle/relationship drama unfolding in front of paparazzi cameras to obsess over.

Equality!

Fortunately for those of us either rooting for love or rooting for the mainstream attention paid to the LGBT tradition of "open relationshipos," a new video taken in Croatia shows Anderson and Ben together on vacation.  

The always outspoken Roseanne Barr appeared on Piers Morgan last night to promote her upcoming (can't wait!) Comedy Central Roast when the interview turned up into a ringing endorsement for the legitimacy of gay relationships.

Check out what Roseanne has to say about gay relationships after the jump!

Sometimes it seems like men on cruising sites and apps have more abs than meaningful words in their vocabulary. Mister, a Grindr competitor that launched in December, shows you the exact kind of monosyllabic "Brolish" cruisy lingo you won't find on its dating-focused GPS app. Find out what's "sup" after the jump!