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.

The Texas House has just approved a measure that, if finalized, will legally allow official student organizations at colleges and universities across the state to discriminate against gay students (among others). 

RuPaul's Drag Race legend Sharon Needles isn't holding back on what she thinks of the three remaining divas of this season: Roxxxy Andrews, Jinkx Monsoon, and Alaska Thunderfuck. 

Her critique may surprise you (and it may hurt a few feelings)! See what she has to say after the jump.

If you Google "romance," this video might pop up right at the top!

Google employee Shaun Aukland, who's based in San Francisco, proposed to his British boyfriend, Michael, with an assist from his friends at Google London. 

Watch the romantic moment (complete with Bruno Mars acapella), after the jump!

One Life To Live and Desperate Housewives hottie Tuc Watkins—who played gay on DH—came out of the closet in an interview with Marie Osmond set to air soon. Check out the segment after the jump!

UFC fighter Liz Carmouche is campaigning to be the first openly gay athlete endorsed by Nike. 

We previously reported that Nike is actively seeking an openly gay athlete in a major pro sport to throw their support ($$$) behind. 

Carmouche took her campaign to Twitter today. More after the jump! 

NOM scratching at the ground for relevance in the face of inevitable equality is nothing new, but the anti-gay group's latest tactic involves attempting to scare parents. 

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's fight to keep anti-sodomy laws on the books in Virginia has been thwarted. 

More after the jump.

But the people have a right to know!!

Virginia Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Ken Cuccinelli petitioned a federal court in an attempt to get a reversal on the ruling that Virginia's "Crimes Against Nature" law is unconstitutional.

The "Crimes Against Nature" law bans oral and anal sex between consenting adults. 

Cuccinelli has been outspoken in his belief that gay sex is "unnatural" and that laws should be in place to prohibit it, though he's been pretty silent on whether or not he objects to a little oral action between men and women.

More after the jump.

As hoped, Texas A&M Student Body President John Claybrook has vetoed the bill that would have allowed students to defund the campus LGBT Resource Center if they were "morally opposed."

LGBT students at Texas A&M might feel unwelcome on campus in the coming years thanks to a vote this week by the university's student senate. By a vote of 35 - 28, the organization has decided to allow students to opt out of funding the school's LGBT center if they have "religious objections."