complicated situation

New evidence has surfaced that Marcus Bachmann’s Christian counseling clinics are actually in the business of reparative therapy for gay people – a claim that he had denied. His wife Michele Bachmann, a top Republican candidate for president, had clearly endorsed reparative therapy over the years by giving the welcome blessing at a Love Won Out conference in 2004 and by endorsing a book written by a woman who claims to be a reformed lesbian. But Marcus Bachmann had been coy about whether his team of approximately 20 therapists offer their help in turning gay people straight.

A federal judge says he'll decide shortly whether Kansas counties can license same-sex marriages, although state officials have asked him to avoid ruling.

Updated December 15: Get up to speed on the complex state of marriage equality in Missouri.

I really hope you've all watched The Fosters since my last recap because it's somehow managed to be even more amazing, and don’t you deserve to treat yourself? It certainly looks like lots of people are, with the announcement Tuesday that more episodes have been ordered. Success! Now there will be Fosters forever! But before I throw a small renewal party, here’s a recap of this week’s episode, “Vigil.”

DJ Tracy Young comes clean about her alleged lesbian relationship with The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak. Young, an out lesbian who met Zolciak when remixing her dance single "Tardy for the Party," finally sets the rumors straight in a new interview with the Advocate, calling her relationship with Zolciak "complicated." The Advocate:Let's get right to it - are you dating or have you ever dated Kim Zolciak? Tracy Young: "Kim and I have a very complicated relationship..."

Last Thursday a no-name South African runner named Caster Semenya won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the IAAF World championship in Berlin. The end of this story should be her celebrating with her family and friends and being congratulated by the world. Instead she is now under a microscope literally and figuratively and being tested for her gender? Can her experience teach the IOC, IAAF and the public at large?