Matt Damon is becoming king of the gay sound bites this week. When he was asked about why he never addressed those rumors that
he was gay and secretly paired with Ben Affleck, “I never denied those rumors because I was offended and didn’t want to offend my friends who were gay, as if being gay were some kind of f--king disease. It put me in a weird position in that sense.”
After a big fight, Equality Michigan has announced they have managed to defeat two bills that would have carved out exceptions for adoption agencies and healthcare providers to refuse GLBT people on "sincerely held" religious grounds, which would amount to a license to bully.
HBO has ordered a pilot fromBrothers & Sisters'David Marshall Grant and Bored To Death'sSarah Condon about a trio of gay friends in San Francisco trying to navigate life and the modern gay experience.
The Dallas Morning News, which fairly recently caused an uproar when it refused to print wedding announcements for same-sex couples ( they fixed that issue) has come out in support of marriage equality.
Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimeshas a fairly simple answer when people ask her why her shows have so many gay characters. "Because I believe everyone should get to see themselves reflected on TV. EVERYONE. And because I love all my gay and lesbian friends. AND because I think same-sex marriage is the civil rights fight of our era and back when being a person of color was the civil rights fight, people like Norman Lear put black people on TV and helped change some minds. So you know, it's gotta be paid forward. As long as we are willing to sit by while one person is not free, none of us are free. And FINALLY: because as long as someone feels like it is okay to ask the question "why all the gay people on your shows", then there is still a HUGE problem that needs to be solved."
The tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Sabahas legalized marriage equality, prompting a huge bump in tourism. I always did say that in the unlikely event I got married, it would be barefoot, on a beach, in rolled up linen pants standing in the edge of the surf, and now I have a destination.
The Hobbitis set to open at $90 million for the weekend, breaking records for a December opening. Since everything else got out the way for Bilbo, The Hobbit is really
the only major wide release this weekend.
The schedule has been set for briefs to be filed with the Supreme Court on the DOMA case, with the first round of documents due from the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group on January 22.
ABC is developing a sitcom based around the life of Justin Bieber, set in the time before he became famous. Who do you cast as a young Bieber?
Please grab a tissue. Now go read this.
Chancellor Michael Farris of Patrick Henry College says that gays don't exist on his campus because students sign an honor code saying they're not gay. And he's threatening to sue a blog allegedly about a group of gay graduates.
Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Preiferis a bit tired ofChris Kluwe and his activism. "To me, it's getting old. He's got to focus on punting and holding." Kluwe, for his part was remarkably restrained in his response, while 
still managing to convey his own independent message. "All I can do is go out and punt to the best of my ability each game, and that's how I've always approached things. If the team ever wants to replace me, they will; I'm under no delusions as to how this business operates. We all get cut eventually."
Keep it classy, Rush Limbaugh. "I found myself in an elevator with Mrs. Clinton once. It was at a wedding, Brooklyn, doors locked, she hits the stop button. She said, Oh Rush, I've wanted to see you for so long, and nobody would believe it. Would you, would you make a real woman out of me? I said, Sure, let's take off our clothes. So I took mine off, and I pointed and I said, Now fold them." I guess that was all he could manage without a bottle of Viagra.
I saw these on Tumblr and just couldn't resist
If Santa brings me Tom Daley for Christmas, I promise to be a very bad boy next year, saving him a trip
The latest from the Men of McKinley Calendar, Darren Criss for December with candy canes. What do I lick first?
It is very strange seeing Tommy Joe Ratliff with Pauley Perette instead of Adam Lambert. Like seeing a zebra on Main Street
NeNe with Adam doesn't feel as strange
Depends on what Satan is leaving under my tree
Chris Colfer begins his publicity tour for Struck By Lightning
In what has to be the most spot-on thing I've seen, I now bring you A Charlie Brown Reunion, which many are saying is done in the style of Louis, but to me, this is pretty much how I would expect the Peanuts to end up. Well, I admit Schroeder surprised me just a bit. A tiny bit.
I don't think I've made paper snowflakes in years, maybe since childhood. And I certainly never gave any thought to symmetry like this, but I suppose if you're going to do something, you should probably do it right.
Ireland has their haters too, and they've put together their own anti-equality ad in the spirit of all those who have come before them, and the all-too-rarely heard Irish accents don't make it any easier to swallow.
Newsies will be appearing in the Walt Disney Parks Christmas Parade, which has already filmed. Discovering the parade is pretaped was like finding out about Santa all over again for me. But seriously, watch this and try not to fall in love with Ryan Steele. I dare you. He's like a fully grown kid with how excited he seems to be about Disneyworld. And those arms!
Rhett and Link joined with YouTubers Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart to make this adorable video about Christmas sweatsuits. Who knew being festive could be so easy?
But if you're feeling more like a Grinch, you should watch Christmas Is Ruined, written by and starring Tom Lenk, who manages to make being an elf look kind of sexy.
