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The first same-sex pair to compete in any global version of Dancing With the Stars has been eliminated from competition. Television broadcaster Gili Shem Tov, who is a married lesbian, lasted three weeks with straight professional dancer Dorit Milman.

Another study has confirmed what we already know—homosexuality is a part of nature. The BBC reports that a new study on zebra finches has discovered that same-sex pairings of the colorful birds not only exist but they also participate in mating behavior just like their heterosexual counterparts. Apparently the highly vocal birds sing to their mates in order to strengthen the bond between them and this behavior is found in both heterosexual and homosexual pairings.

Last week we reported the heartrending story that Buddy and Pedro, a “gay penguin” couple at the Toronto Zoo, were being forced to separate to help propagate their species with fewer than 250,000 African Penguins in existence. But now it looks as though Buddy, 20, and Pedro, 10, who “pair bonded” at the zoo, will be reunited in the spring once they’ve done their duty on behalf of the African Penguin population.

Zookeepers at the Toronto Zoo have noticed that two African penguins, Buddy and Pedro, are not just inseparable, but also show signs of mating behaviors. These two penguins apparently have very good genes, and the zoo plans to separate them and pair them with female penguins for breeding. African penguins are endangered, so the plan to separate the duo for breeding is part of a plan among zoos to help species survive.

The state's Supreme Court, at the request of Attorney General Alan Wilson, has blocked issuance of such licenses.

Japanese lesbian blogger Koyuki Higashi and her partner Hiroko made history on Friday when they became the first same-sex couple to wed in Japan — at Tokyo Disney, reports UK LGBT site PinkNews.

A lesbian minister in North Carolina has joined the ranks of those willing to officiate marriage ceremonies but not sign licenses until gay couples’ marriages have the same legal recognition as heterosexual ones. Nancy Petty (pictured), pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, recently told her congregation she would prefer that straight couples have a magistrate at the local courthouse sign their license. She is waiting to hear if church deacons will endorse her position and if a vote of the congregation will be necessary.

The Disney Channel introduced its first-ever same-sex couple on Good Luck Charlie.

As the state's Republican leadership begs the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, same-sex couples are being married in Charleston, S.C.

Longtime social conservative Newt Gingrich has made a surprising admission, saying he accepts marriage equality as inevitable and he’s OK with it.

Couples are receiving licenses in Fulton County, home of Atlanta.

A lesbian royal albatross couple have become the proud parents to chick on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, the only mainland breeding colony in the world for the endangered birds. The single egg has now hatched!