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One couple wonders how many other families spend so much time making sense of who they are to others.

The Hawaii Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee approved a bill to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Most fans of True Blood haven’t been too happy with the storylines this season, but last night’s finale of Season 5, entitled “Save Yourself,” definitely gave everyone something to look forward to when Season 6 begins next summer.

If you work with the media in any capacity, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has a message to share with you. Please tell the stories of our LGBT heroes.  Especially right now.

In a commentary on Russian punk band Pussy Riot's recent arrest, former New York City mayor Ed Koch defended President Vladimir Putin's action imprisoning three members of the group. What's more, he compared the group's actions to a similar demonstration by the AIDS activist organization ACT UP in December 1989, when protesters disrupted a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral to loudly oppose John Cardinal O'Connor's statements on abortion, homosexuality, and AIDS.

Just one day after reports that former Obama aide David Axelrod indicated that Obama's supposed 'evolution' to support marriage equality was 'bullshit,' the president fired back.

According to census figures released Tuesday, the number of women who have finished college, as well as the number holding advanced degrees, is greater than men for the first time. Out of American adults 25 and older, 10.6 million women hold a master’s degree or higher, versus 10.5 million men. In subcategories like business, engineering and science men still outnumber women. As far as completing college, 20.1 million women have bachelor’s degrees, compared to 18.7 million men. Also interesting is that for adults 25 and older, women are more likely than men to have completed high school 87.6% to 86.6%.

While the premiere episode of Fashion Star was rough for lesbian designer Kara Laricks, she proved she is anything but a “one trick pony,” to the mentors and buyers on the second episode titled “Who’s Your Customer,” with her stellar Draped Tie Dress designs.

If there’s anything we’ve learned over the past few years, it’s that public opinion on marriage equality and gay rights is shifting dramatically, a subject Martina Navratilova addressed in an op-ed for Sports Illustrated since Washington Wizard Jason Collins became the first openly gay male athlete in major league sports earlier this week.