New research that has been published this month in the Archives of Sexual Behavior finds that mom and dad might be smarter than they pretend to be when we bring the boyfriend home to meet them. According to the study, people are able to guess the top and bottom in gay relationships with outrageous accuracy.

Nothing that falls from Tony Perkins lips is based in reality, so take his latest claim with a huge grain of salt rimming your lunchtime margarita. But, according to the hate group leader, he's successfully convinced Walmart to stop supporting various LGBT groups. 

The trustworthy and invaluable LGBT organization CampusPride is making us do a double-take this Monday after announcing why it has called off its boycott of Chick-Fil-A. 

Mario Lopez shows off his noel nalgas while putting the finishing touches on his Christmas tree in a photo tweeted by his wife, Courtney. Who knew Mario could top so well??

(Via Courtney Lopez's Twitter)

According to a just-released press statement, the Boy Scouts of America has lost funding from the Merck Foundation over its anti-gay policies. Merck joins the UPS and Intel in pulling funding from the BSA for discriminating against LGBT troops and leaders. Check out what Merck has to say about the move after the jump. 

Malawi has broken from the African mold to announce that it will stop arresting its LGBT citizens for breaking its anti-homosexuality laws. Details follow. 

Get your dollar bills ready! Magic Mike, likely the greatest cinematic achievement of our gay lives, will FINALLY hit the big screen on June 29. But because we love you oh so much and know that you're just as ready as we are for a lap dance from Channing Tatum, Matthew Bomer, Alex Pettyfer and Joe Manganiello, we're proud to give you a chance to win a Magic Mike Prize Pack and tickets to see an early screening of the film in L.A. on Wednesday, June 27!

Follow the jump for more details on how to enter! (Contest ends Friday, June 22!) 

Borrowing our cheeky Grindr profile headline, "Hi Tops" is set to break ground in San Francisco later this fall to become the city's first gay sports bar. Details follow. 

Though she didn't come right out and explicitly say that she's evolved beyond her husband, First Lady Michelle Obama did tell crowds of New Yorkers that she wants a Supreme Court who supports the right to "love whomever we choose."

Guess blaming the end of America on openly-gay soldiers didn't bode too well for Rick Perry's presidential campaign! CNN is reporting that the Brokeback doppelganger will announce the end of his bid for the Republican nomination on Thursday night. Details follow.

What can't our husband Ryan Gosling (yes, we have another one and we can hear you rolling your eyes) do?

It seems that over the weekend Ryan, who was at the time dressed like a Hell's Kitchen hipster twink, flexed his guns and jumped in to stop a fight between two strangers, taking place in a busy NYC intersection. Follow the jump to watch the video and understand along with us what it must mean to have a "case of the vapors"...

We get lots of stuff in the Instinct office. And this "stuff" runs the gamut of, well, use your imagination. This is a gay men's magazine, after all. But this book and its title really got our attention for its sheer shamlessness. Check it our after the jump.