The Hawaii Senate gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. Um, are we all having our destination weddings in Hawaii now? Because we're gonna all be all luaus, flower leis, sunning by the pool side, bikinis, sand in crotch, Blue Hawaiians in our hands now, we… Read… 11/13/13 12:30am 11/13/13 12:30am

Carolina Drake, November 4, NYC- Apparently gay people are fairing better than their non-gay counterparts in the Latino Community, but how does citizenship play into this equation? And where do the undocumented LGBT Latinos fit in? Read on Carolina Drake 11/05/13 5:46pm 11/05/13 5:46pm

Tom Creighton, the Commissioner for Pennsylvania's Lehigh County, said that giving benefits to same-sex couples is basically the start of a slippery slope that ends in the government sending hookers and blow to your pet dog. WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. Read… 10/03/13 8:30pm 10/03/13 8:30pm

US Treasury, IRS say all legal same-sex marriages will be recognized for federal tax purposes-@Reuters #breaking

— Al Jazeera America (@ajam) August 29, 2013

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First, apologies for the double negative in the headline about this positive development: the Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that a photography business can't refuse to photograph a same-sex wedding on the grounds that the photographers find same sex marriage so, so, so gross. To paraphrase the ruling: the… Read… 8/23/13 2:40pm 8/23/13 2:40pm

Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that effective immediately, visa applicants who are married to a person of the same sex will be treated exactly the same as those in heterosexual marriages. And yesterday, the Senate approved several openly gay nominees to various posts with no debate or opposition. It's… Read… 8/02/13 5:30pm 8/02/13 5:30pm

At least one religious group in the UK is throwing a mini-tantrum over the country’s Same-Sex Marriage Act, which (hooray!) received Royal Assent this week. Fearing that future legal challenges will force them to perform same-sex marriages, Sikh temples in England have been advised by a special advisory board called — … Read… 7/21/13 3:00pm 7/21/13 3:00pm

Queen Elizabeth, proving herself queeniest of all the queens, has given royal approval to same sex marriage, which means it's now officially legal in the UK. First they steal our rock n' roll, now our gay marriage? Real original, Motherland. Discuss… 7/17/13 9:35am 7/17/13 9:35am

Oh, Huckles! He's at it again, the scamp. On his show Sunday morning, Mike "Huckles" Chucklebee was just beside himself (THE EXPRESSION, NOT LIKE TWO MIKE HUCKABEES SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN A GAY WAY) over the fact that the mean old "extremist" Supreme Court is going to let gay people snuggle 'neath the watchful eye… Read… 7/02/13 1:20pm 7/02/13 1:20pm

Kicking off a flurry of marriages in California after US Circuit Court 9 lifted the four-year stay, Attorney General Kamala Harris married Kristin Perry and Sandra Spier, two of the plaintiffs in the case against Prop 8. All county houses in California are predicting super-busy marriage schedules for at least the next … Read… 6/29/13 6:30pm 6/29/13 6:30pm

Fire up your tear ducts, campers. After the SCOTUS effectively struck down California's Prop 8 this morning, Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo — the case's original plaintiffs — delivered a statement outside the Supreme Court that ended about as well as a live court case reaction statement could end: with a marriage… Read… 6/26/13 11:50am 6/26/13 11:50am

On the eve of the hopeful repeal of the hateful Defense of Marriage Act by the Supreme Court of the United States, let's read all about the gorgeous wedding of Antonio Douthit and Kirven Boyd. The men met while dancing at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and their friendship grew into love. Read… 6/25/13 8:30pm 6/25/13 8:30pm

In a wonderfully shocking statement issued Wednesday, the President of Exodus International announced that the group will be shutting down after 37 years of causing "suffering and judgment" for promoting and administrating ex-gay therapies. Here's to healing a ton of hearts, today. Read… 6/20/13 1:40pm 6/20/13 1:40pm

The kids are alright. Or at least so concludes the Melbourne University study — the largest study ever conducted on the subject — on the well-being of the children of same sex couples. As much as homophobes want to convince you otherwise, kids with same sex parents are actually more likely to be well adjusted than… Read… 6/06/13 4:20pm 6/06/13 4:20pm

Has the New York Times' "Modern Love" column taken a turn for the tolerable? First there was the thought-provoking Jessica Bennett essay about the meaning of marriage, then there that story of the old couple who were each widowed and found each other late in life that made me cry, and now it's novelist Augusten… Read… 5/24/13 3:00pm 5/24/13 3:00pm

Apparently, for same-sex couples raising children, Mississippi — a state whose name was emblazoned in ignominious wanted-poster font about halfway through Django Unchained — really is like coming home, even more so than the traditionally more progressive geographical elbow-crook we call California. Read… 5/23/13 8:35pm 5/23/13 8:35pm

Can we get a Dela-what-WHAT, because earlier today the First State became the eleventh state to legalize same-sex marriage! Read… 5/07/13 8:30pm 5/07/13 8:30pm

From ginger king Jesse Tyler Ferguson's non-profit Tie the Knot, an organization supporting same-sex marriage and the proper tying of bow ties on owls, comes this PSA starring the ever delightful George Takei. Read… 5/07/13 9:30am 5/07/13 9:30am