A new infograph compiling numbers from the Williams Institute, the IRS, the Census and more shows that it's not only same-sex couples who are hurt by bans on marriage equality; as long as federal marriage rights are denied to gay couples, the U.S. economy misses out on $17 billion annually. 

Details follow. 

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. 

Updated Thursday, 2:40 p.m. EST

I spoke with a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Revenue this afternoon to get to the bottom line on reports that her department would not allow same-sex couples to file joint state tax returns under the new civil unions law. So, what does she have to say about the issue?

Lots of big gay news in the financial realm today, where a federal bankruptcy court has sided with the White House to rule that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and the IRS has (finally) apologized for over-stressing the LGBT community.

While many of the 19 states that allow one to marry his or her opposite gender cousin feed into stereotypes, find out which certainly do not after the jump.

Refuse To Lie, a new marriage equality campaign, is banking on a big risk for, possibly, a big payoff.

You should start taking Cirque du Soleil classes now if you plan on becoming a parent anytime soon. A piece in Thursday's New York Times highlights the insane financial hoops gay parents must clear that (guess what?) opposite-sex parents don't. Follow the jump for the NYT's clever runaround to enshrined discrimination.

Rock for Equality gives us a creative, emotional and entertaining look into social security and tax disparities between heterosexual and same-sex couples. It’s as if Avatar had a pressing social message underlying the film… oh wait…

So the New York Times put on its visor and did our community's taxes only to arrive at really, really bad news for us gays -- being queer is damn expensive!

Compared to heterosexual American couples, the average gay couple spends (in a worst-case scenario) $467,562 more over the course its lifetime. The unprecedented study took into account legal fees (for all those power of attorney and guardian filings we have to endure that our straight friends don’t), health insurance (to account for those many companies that don’t recognize same-sex partners), child rearing costs (which are disproportionately higher for same-sex couples), federal taxing bullshit (which we get screwed on thanks to DOMA), and more.

The high price of being gay and...