There's been lots of love in New York City since marriage equality became legal in the Empire State over summer—14 percent more love, to be exact. (Details follow.)

Support for LGBT rights is a quality passed down from mother to daughter (or is it daughter to mother) in the McCain family. (The tolerance gene seems to skip the McCain males). For her second NOH8 image in as many years, Cindy McCain sports shorter hair and her activist daughter, Meghan. Follow the jump to check out the McCain women's new NOH8 portrait. 

The European financial crisis has forced gorgeous 37-year old pop-star Robbie Williams to face the persistent, career-long gay rumors by auctioning up his booty. So, what's the price tag that Robbie has placed on going gay-for-pay?

It's not just a majority of progressives that would like to see Prop 8 dismantled in California; a new poll finds that a majority of independents also support providing same sex couples with the right to marry in the state. Details follow. 

Matt Baume of the American Foundation for Equal Rights helps put one of the most turbulent and eventful years in the marriage equality movement in perspective in his year-end review. Follow the jump to watch.

The hood sheathing Mike Heath, Ron Paul's campaign director in Iowa, has been lifted to reveal his position on the board of an anti-gay hate group. Details follow. 

Updated Wednesday, 10:40 a.m. EST

The Ron Paul campaign is dismissing claims made by former aide Eric Dondero, who on Monday claimed that the GOP presidential candidate was so uncomfortable with homosexuals that he refused to share a bathroom with a gay man. 

When are crosshairs in political ads ever a good idea? 

A new CNNMoney study conducted with H&R Block puts another price tag on hefty price of marriage inequality, finding that same-sex couples pay up to $6,000 a year more in taxes thanks to anti-gay discrimination. Details follow. 

The literary trend of painting a biographer's subject with shades of gay continues to Richard Nixon, who is said to have had a long running fling with a mafia insider. Details follow. 

The North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) has come out against a proposed constitutional state amendment that would bar all legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples, including marriage, civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships. Hear the group’s argument after the jump.

Happy holidays, gay public employees in Michigan! Just in time for Christmas, Governor Rick Snyder has signed a bill that successfully prevents state agencies from providing same-sex couples with the same benefits they are able to provide opposite-sex couples. Details follow.