Tags: floyd mayweather, manny pacquiao, boxing, athletes, straights, marriage equality, supports, twitter, gay, same sex, president obama, fight, 2012 
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao hit the LGBT community below the belt this week, but Floyd Mayweather—largely regarded as Pacquiao's only pound-for-pound rival—has rushed to defend marriage equality.
What does Pretty Boy Floyd have to say about same-sex marriage ahead of a possible 2012 fight with Pacquiao?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Tags: donald trump, cher, rosie o'donnell, greta von susteren, fox news, twitter, loser
Well those are fighting words!
Donald Trump—clearly seeking attention, so here you go, Donald—took his usual desperate rhetoric from Twitter to Fox News, where he called the mighty Cher a “loser” during an interview with Greta Van Susteren.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Tags: cher, divas, icons, twitter, mitt romney, feud, social networks, 2012 elections, republicans, women's rights
Mama Cher's acrylic nails take no prisoners when they're left to wreak havoc on Twitter. Mitt Romney and a few of Cher's followers who rushed to defend him found themselves in the line of the diva's fire yesterday (and we found ourselves microwaving some Orville Redenbacher and sitting back to enjoy the show!)
So, what does Cher think about Mittens?
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Tags: joe biden, david axelrod, marriage equality, support, president obama, evolving, back in the closet, downplay, twitter, statement, administration, 2012 elections
To keep Vice President Joe Biden from evolving beyond President Obama, Chief Campaign Adviser David Axelrod continues his attempt to downgrade the VP's landmark marriage equality support with a dizzying spin on his remarks.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Saturday, 21 April 2012
Tags: obama, president obama, lgbt progress, lgbt community, twitter, tweets, lgbt progress chart
We think President Obama wants to give us a little reminder of what he's accomplished on behalf of the LGBT community over the last 3 years.
The administration tweeted:
"@barackobama What three years of progress for the LGBT community looks like:" and linked to a snazzy chart.
Check out President Obama's progress after the jump. FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 20 April 2012
Tags: richard grenell, national security and foreign policy spokesman, mitt romney, openly gay, lgbt, log cabin republicans, sexist tweets, twitter
Mitt Romney, an opponent of marriage equality, has hired Richard Grenell, an openly gay man, as his national security and foreign policy spokesman.
And for Grenell the backlash has already begun.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 20 April 2012
Tags: brandon mccarthy, oakland a's, sports, athletes, baseball, pitcher, kiss cam, homophobia, twitter, allies, heroes, pro gay, twitter
Brandon McCarthy, pitcher for the Oakland A's, has had it with the cheap laughs the "Kiss Cams" at baseball stadiums regularly go for, and has taken to Twitter to demand an end to the homophobia.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 19 April 2012
Tags: jessie j., divas, lesbian, bisexual, denies, twitter, internet, who's laughing now, chloe govan
A new unauthorized biography claims that Jessie J. is incensed after being directed by her record label to tone down being a lesbian and come out as bisexual instead. Actually, according to her Twitter feed, the only thing the pop star seems incensed about is the publication's claims.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 13 April 2012
Tags: international kissing day, national kiss day, trending, twitter, the huffington post, same-sex kisses, slideshow
So International Kissing Day isn't until July 6, but as The Huffington Post so aptly pointed out, "National Kiss Day" is a trending topic on Twitter.
We're not the type to rain on someone's tonsil-hockey so by all means, get to kissing!
HuffPo has put together a slideshow (with VIDEO people!!) highlighting 25 of the most talked about same-sex kisses.
Since today's a fake national holiday and all, we implore you to observe it by taking a look after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 13 April 2012
Tags: twitter, to my unborn child, things i gotta teach my son, trending topics, violence, homophobia, disgusting, internet, social networks, lgbt, youth, parenting, dbags
Like #ToMyUnbornChild before it, another Twitter trending topic has solicited disgusting and violent anti-gay sentiment from homophobic users. If Child Protective Services didn't start following these child-related Twitter hashtags before, perhaps it will start after a flood of shocking entries to the #ThingsIGottaTeachMySon thread saturated the social network. Some of the most vile responses to the trending topic, after the jump.
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Tags: national organization for marriage, nom, hacked, internet, twitter, facebook, website, unblock, changes of heart, banned users, change of heart, supports, marriage equality, endorse, mitt romney, hate groups, anti gay
If you follow the National Organization for Marriage on social networks or its website, then this morning you, like many others, might've actually thought the anti-gay group had a change of heart and came around to espouse the values of Christianity for once.
Not too fast, young friend!
Instead, NOM was hacked—and it was hilarious. Details follow.
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