The ultimate fetish weekend may still be a few months away, but the folks behind Folsom Street Fair are already suiting up for San Francisco’s biggest freak (in the best possible way!) festival. Follow the jump to see this year’s eye-popping promo poster and video. (Warning: slightly NSFW)

With members of the international LGBT community facing persecution and impending death, it’s no surprise that the numbers of LGBT refugees fleeing to the US continues to increase.

What’s notable is that these LGBT refugees often cannot connect with their respective immigrant and religious communities in the US because they’re ostracized based on their LGBT status. They enter the US with no safety net.

The Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) is working to change that.

ORAM has released the first ever guide for American LGBT and accepting communities to welcome people fleeing persecution in their home countries.

More after the jump.

Well this is appointment television! Or at the very least it deserves a series recording on our DVR (and repeat viewings).

California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, will launch The Gavin Newsom Show, a weekly program for Current TV, beginning in May.

Details after the jump!

All the blocking, judging of ab shots and one word greetings Grindr users put up with on a daily basis certainly makes them opinionated authorities on getting around (the world, that is!). So now that Grindr has announced the roster of distinguished wining cities for its first ever Gay Travel Awards, people are taking notice and rearranging summer travel plans.

Which international cities did Grindr users crown the gayest? Which international cities have the hottest Grindr users? The answers to your long-held and most pressing questions, after the jump!

Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware, in San Francisco, has ruled that the denial of insurance benefits to same-sex spouses is discriminatory.

More after the jump.

When we notice a few wet spots that can't be attributed to precious spilled alcohol blemishing our Alexander Wang tunic, it means one of two things (or, most likely, both): 

"Testimony," a new original song written by Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz and consisting entirely of "It Gets Better" transcripts, is that video. Grab a tissue and follow the jump to watch. 

Boy goes out to a bar. Boy meets boy. Boy takes boy home. Boy gets drugged and robbed.

What?!

There’s been an alarming increase in this specific scenario in San Francisco’s Castro district.

Details after the jump!

Just a reminder, Instincters: The deadline to submit your entries for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’s multi-disciplinary artistic initiative, “Dear Harvey, We’ve Got Hope” is just over a month away.

Details on the initiative and where to apply after the jump!

Without skipping a beat, Speaker John Boehner and a coalition of anti-gay Republican Congress members have appealed a San Francisco federal judge's ruling from this week deeming the "Defense of Marriage Act" unconstitutional. 

Homo history has once again be made by San Francisco. A contingent of the city's courageous LGBT police officers have banded together to help the department become the first law enforcement agency to tell gay youth that "It Gets Better." Check out the SFPD's message, after the jump.  

The San Francisco gay couple who captured national media attention last year under the threat of deportation has just received some fantastic news from a very high-ranking official. Details on the news after the jump.

Leather daddies and pups, and those who adore them, will want to make note of an official announcement from the Folsom Street Fair committee about next year's event before planning their trips to San Francisco next September. Details after the jump.