Both President Obama and former President Clinton are applying pressure in Illinois to get marriage equality passed before the spring legislative session ends on May 31.

See what they have to say after the jump. 

In April we reported on Kristopher Sharp, the University of Houston-Downtown junior who was running to become vice president of the university's student body.

In a move that would have made Tracy Flick cringe in Election, someone that opposed Sharp's candidacy posted flyers announcing Kristopher's HIV-positive status with the question "Want AIDS?" blaring across the top. Kristopher was also accused of attempting to spread the "homosexual agenda."

Well apparently the students at UH-Downtown aren't easily influenced by fear-mongering and bigotry, because Kristopher won the election!

He speaks with POZ Magazine about the experience after the jump!

Never one to miss an opportunity to spit out hateful nonsense that defies all logic, Westboro Church whack job Fred Phelps, Jr. decided to attribute yesterday's tragic tornado in Oklahoma to God's punishment for the gays.

Check out his ridiculous comments after the jump.

Not quite the Beyoncé get we all know Simon Cowell wanted, but the oh-so-fierce Kelly Rowland and Latin pop star Paulina Rubio have been announced as the two new judges on The X Factor. More details on the new season below.

With the U.S. Senate's immigration reform bill looming, Democratic New York Senator called a meeting with New York's leading elected gay officials and activists to discuss the inclusion of a pro-gay provision in the bill. 

The provision, which would protect binational same-sex couples from being separated by allowing foreign members to apply for green cards, has been presented as a make-or-break issue for the entire bill. 

Republicans have threatened to squash the bill if the provision is included. 

So what came out of Schumer's meeting with the prominent gays? Find out after  the jump.

Virginia Republicans continue to show their love for the gays...by nominating the most aggressively anti-gay candidates possible. 

This weekend Virginia GOP delegates nominated virulently anti-gay, Tea Party extremist E.W. Jackson as their Lieutenant Governor nominee. He joins a gubernatorial ticket led by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. You remember Cuccinelli. He's the one that tried and failed to keep Virginia's anti-sodomy laws on the books, despite them being declared unconstitutional.

As for Jackson....well, he makes Cuccinelli look like Obama. 

Check out his track record of opposition to the gays after the jump.

A vote on marriage equality in Parliament is now threatened after reports that the Labour party could derail the entire legislation if it joins forces with Torys to vote in favor of granting civil partnerships to heterosexual couples. More on the potential hurdles below.

In honor of David Beckham’s retirement, a collection of his best sexy photos [GlobalGrind]

Marriage equality in France gets the constitutional all-clear! [Reuters]

More links after the jump!

Guess those chairs are too much fun to get out of for too long. After it was reported that Christina Aguilera was rejoining season 5 of The Voice (and therefore kicking Shakira out), NBC is now saying everyone’s coming back!

Details of how it’ll all go down, after the jump.

Republican former Congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona is marrying his partner of eight years this weekend in Washington D.C.

Details after the jump!

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who signed marriage equality into state law yesterday, appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word and shared his views on the historic day. Check out what he and host Lawrence O’Donnell had to say, after the jump.

Marriage equality is officially the law of the land in Minnesota now that Governor Mark Dayton has signed the legislation, passed yesterday, into law!

More after the jump!