The Academy Awards are itself are a gay man's dream of pomp & circumstance, dresses with trains and costume jewelry. But as far as the awards and nominations in the history of the Oscars go, the nods to LGBT roles or gay-specific films might seem few and far between. Thankfully, a helpful infograph from Farsite Forecast using Nate Silver's renowned equations puts it all into pansy perspective. 

McKenna Pope for Secretary of State? 

The 13-year old who launched into the national spotlight after petitioning Hasbro for an Easy Bake Oven has diplomatically changed the world. After a diplomatic meeting between the teen and execs from the toy company, Hasbro has announced that it will make a gender neutral Easy Bake Oven.

Updated Wednesday, December 12 3 p.m. EST

Celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay have joined on to 13-year old McKenna Pope's petition asking Hasbro to stop gender stereotyping in marketing for the Easy Bake Oven. Is it enough to get Hasbro's attention?

Sweden is known for shunning the enforcement of traditional gender stereotypes upon its children, but a new Christmas ad from Toys-R-Us in the country might take the challenge to a new level. 

and we enjoying watching him play gay!

James Franco tells the Independent:

"There used to be a taboo about actors playing gay characters on screen, but it's not something that concerns Franco. He says, about the number of gay characters he's portrayed or put on screen, that, "the worst downside, and I don't consider this a downside, the worst thing that anybody could say is that I was gay and if somebody said that I guess they would be wrong, but I also wouldn't care and as far as being typecast, that's not the case, nonetheless I would be happy to play 100 gay roles as long as they were always good parts." He has been dating actress Anha O'Reilly for several years."