Savage and Olbermann ran into each other at a performance of The Book Of Mormon and this web-only interview resulted.

Last night Rhode Island’s controversial civil unions bill passed in the state Senate by a vote of 21-16. The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, who is expected to sign it over the protests of some major LGBT groups. The legislation, which passed overwhelmingly in the state’s lower house on May 19, affords same-sex couples a …

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Saying that Rhode Island’s proposed civil unions bill will “allow religious organizations and their individual employees to completely disregard the validity of a civil union in any context,” major LGBT activist groups are asking Gov. Lincoln Chafee to veto the act should it come to his desk. Via press release: “This flawed civil union bill undermines a crucial principle that …

An elderly gold prospector interviews a fake Brian Brown about marriage equality. It can only be the work of The Onion.

From Anarchist News: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) gift shop in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC is a god awful monstrosity. We were in there yesterday and between wiping our genitals on the clothing and discovering that the snow globes wouldn’t properly fit up our bums, we got to thinking: “This place would look great with a bit of shattered …

“There is no demographic group in the nation, among all the racial and ethnic affiliations, which ever features nudity, half-nudity and simulated sex acts in their parades. Indeed, they don’t even march in dog collars. But to those whose idea of freedom is genital liberation, sexuality is their central identity. The real problem here is the reluctance of the media …

More from today’s press conference: “I’m gonna keep giving you the same answer until I get a different one. And that won’t be today.”

At today’s press conference, the president was asked if he believes marriage is a civil right. Obama side-stepped the question and said this: We’ve said that we cannot defend the federal government poking its nose into what states are doing and putting our thumb on the scale against same-sex couples. What I’ve seen happen over the last several years and …

The American Medical Association says that image manipulation programs like Photoshop are helping push young women into eating disorders. The use of photo retouching doesn’t just make for unrealistic images – it can also be bad for your health. The American Medical Association has taken a stand against the Photoshopping of images since “such alterations can contribute to unrealistic expectations …

Thirteen U.S. Senators for the It Gets Better Project!

Activist Jon Winkleman tried to get former RNC chair Ken Mehlman to own up to his role in numerous anti-gay campaigns, but Mehlman wasn’t having it. Clip description: I ran into Bush’s former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman who oversaw the anti-LGBT campaigns and ballot questions Bush used as wedge issues and to throw red meat to his base. Mehlman claims …

Nine Springfield, Massachusetts youths have been charged with hate crimes in the beating of an openly gay man. Sgt. John Delaney said the beating occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday as the 30-year-old victim walked down a Springfield street. Delaney said the victim told police he was then attacked by the suspects who knocked him to the ground, kicked him …

The Family Research Council wants every Christian to simultaneously fall to their knees in public prayer on July 3rd. And then something’s gonna happen!

The New York Times has published yet another story critical of the president’s position on marriage equality. Legal scholars say Mr. Obama is correct; regulating marriage is indeed the province of the states — to a point. Federal courts have at times intervened to declare state marriage laws unconstitutional, as was the case in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 …

And a Twitter account. Almost 1300 tweets in the first couple of days.

Remember when former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani fled to the home of his gay best friends during his divorce? And how he promised to personally marry them once it became legal? Not so much. “I asked if he would marry us,” recalled Howard Koeppel, the unlikely provider of an emergency Midtown crash pad to Giuliani for six months when his …