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Star Trek alum George Takei and his husband, Brad Altman, will make television history as the first gay couple to compete on The Newlywed Game, GSN announced. “What we want is to display the normality and the joy of having a happy union,” Takei said, who married Altman last September. “To be included in something […]

Neil Patrick Harris is soaking wet in the new Rolling Stone, due September 17, 2009, as shot by Robert Trachtenberg and courtesy of Boy Culture. In the article, which promotes his upcoming hosting gig at the Emmys, NPH asserts that he’s “way cool” with fans coming up and starting conversations about Doogie, and also speaks […]

Brothers Samuel and Daniel McMillen from Liberty, MO will appear on the new season of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” this fall. What’s unique is that the brothers are both gay. As their story goes, Sam and Dan will tell you that their relationship did not truly start until last summer when they both came out […]

The Miami Herald. Uruguay, long-regarded as one of the most progressive countries in Latin America, set a standard for the region by allowing same-sex couples to adopt children with a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday. The bill was approved 17-6, with most of its support coming from legislators of the ruling leftist Frente […]

The 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard shocked the nation. The 21 year-old college student was viciously murdered in Laramie, WY, bludgeoned to death while tied to a fence. Matthew was targeted because he was gay. Matthew’s death and the subsequent trial and convictions of his attackers incited demonstrations and debates over gay rights. For many, […]

It’s been five years since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, and as Rachel Maddow points out, despite all the fear, the sky didn’t fall. In fact, divorce rates are down to pre-1940’s level, and Massachusetts now boasts the lowest divorce rates in the country. From Thursday night’s broadcast of the Rachel […]

Thousands of tourists, gay and straight, are descending on New Orleans this weekend for the annual Southern Decadence Festival, which organizers says is “one of the gay world’s major annual events.” In the almost four decades since it started, Southern Decadence has become a traditional Labor Day weekend, end-of-summer, event. But for two of the […]

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is the latest celebrity to pose for the NOH8 Campaign. The “Tardy for the Party” singer, whose single was released Tuesday, tweeted, “the noh8 campaign shoot was hot. and I am topless!!! Just to cause a stir to make people pay attention!” The NOH8 Campaign, launched by […]

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean is suing pageant organizers claiming she was wrongfully fired for saying marriage should be only between a man and a woman, her attorney said on Monday. Two months after her controversial statement at the Miss USA pageant in April, Prejean was fired by pageant officials who said she missed […]

Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio spoke out this week for gay marriage, saying that gays and lesbians are not seeking “special treatment, just equitable treatment.” In his blog this week on bravotv.com, Colicchio shares his views on gay marriage, prompted by one contestant’s discomfort with this week’s wedding challenge. “I’m going to go out on […]