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Via press release from VH1: Yesterday on VH1’s “Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan,” The Home Depot proposal couple, Dustin & Spencer stopped by to tell the story behind their viral video that’s already received over 10 million views on YouTube! Betty Who, whose song “Somebody Loves You” was the music used in the flash mob proposal, was also …

Stand by for that garage door to be ripped down and sold for a jillion dollars in one of the nearby fancy galleries. (Via Gothamist)

“I know a lot about the Southern Poverty Law Center, and I’m sure it’s not comforting for them to know that I can share that information with the law enforcement community. This is a very dangerous group. We are not advocating that homosexuality be illegal. What we have advocated is that marriage should be preserved in our laws as the …

Today Queer Nation launched Tell Coke, a website that directs visitors to email Coca-Cola executives to express objections to their “multi-billion dollar investment in Russia” and their sponsorship of the Sochi Olympics. Hit the link to send the prepared messages.

Homocon billionaire Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and who hosted Ann Coulter in his Manhattan apartment for a GOProud fundraiser, is one of the largest financial backers of Sen. Ted Cruz.  Tech site Valleywag goes off: It’s an odd marriage of interests, the sort Cruz otherwise opposes as a matter of principle: Peter Thiel is a pot-smoking gay man, which …

Performed at yesterday’s “First Annual Ex-Gay Awareness Dinner” in Washington DC, this (presumably) is the winning entry in their theme song contest. Sample lyric: “Live your life for all to see, walk in great integrity, laying down your life and serving those you lead, this is your destiny.” UPDATE: A reader points out that Jernigan is a former vice president …

Surprisingly, I don’t hate this. I denounce myself!

The Iowa Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of Nick Rhoades, a gay man who did not disclose his HIV+ status to a sex partner he met online in 2008. His partner, who did not become infected, called police after learning of the man’s HIV status even though condoms were used during their encounter. At his trial, Rhoades pleaded …