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While some of us in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still holding our breath and, perhaps, even stomping our feet about the lack of an out cabinet member in Barack Obama's administration, the number of openly LGBT appointees, while scarcely two dozen, is actually scores more than we've ever seen before.

Pope Benedict XVI has called abortion and same-sex marriage two of the most "insidious and dangerous" threats facing the world today. Benedict made the comments to Catholic educators and social workers after celebrating an outdoor Mass before an estimated 400,000 people in Fatima, Portugal. Meanwhile, the Catholic church's sex abuse scandal was not foremost in the good Pope's thoughts.

Wickedly funny comedian Wanda Sykes surprised the crowd by making an unannounced appearance and by officially coming out as a lesbian and a married woman at a Join the Impact rally in Las Vegas Saturday. 'I got married on Oct. 25,' Sykes told the crowd holding signs and chanting for her. 'My wife is here.'

Add four years when a woman in Hollywood tells you her age, a producer once told me, writes K. Pearson Brown. After I had a baby last year I became very aware of my years. My doctor classified me as, 'advanced maternal age.' Does being an older mom carry a bigger stigma than being a lesbian mom these days?