A gay man’s letter to the leader of the homophobic Manif Pour Tous movement has gone viral in France.

Alexandre Dousson, who claims to have known anti-gay leader Frigide Barjot for 15 years, has written a letter to her condemning her violent comments.

Shortly after the Senate passed the marriage equality bill, Barjot shouted: ‘Hollande wants blood, he will have it! All of the world is furious. We live in a dictatorship.’

Actor Jeremy Irons went to his website to expand his ideas on gay marriage and incest.

Last week the Oscar winner was interviewed on HuffPost Live. Initially he admitted to being indifferent about same sex marriage, but  threw out a provocative question.

'Could a father not marry his son?' Irons asked.

Yesterday (29 March) ABC News named entertainer Marie Osmond as its  Person-of the-Week. According to reporter Diane Sawyer, Osmond was given title because of recent legal arguments about gay marriage and Easter.

Use Your Mandate, an anonymous LGBT organization, has produced an ad against Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense.

The 30 second ad charges Hagel  'does not share our values' and is anti-woman, gay, and Israel. The spot ends asking viewers to urge senators to block the nominee.

Yesterday (1 Dec.) Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton were the first gay couple to be married in Cadet Chapel, the iconic building on the campus of the US Military Academy.

As reported by the Huffington Post, Fulton is a graduate of the academy (located in West Point, NY). The New Jersey couple have been together for 17 years. Having a ceremony in their home state was their first choice but gay nuptials are not legal in New Jersey.

Today (6 Oct.) is the last day of Banned Books Week in the US. Since 1982, thousands of librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers have used the seven days to argue for open access to information. Even to those ideas and books that might be considered unpopular.

Buck Angel has launched buckangeldating.com, 'a safe environment for those seeking out relationships or just fun with trans men and the people who love them'.

The female-to-male (FTM) adult film performer wrote in an article for the Huffington Post: 'Much of the correspondence I've received from FTMs expressed sadness and despair as these men felt it was unlikely that they could ever meet a partner'.

Herndon Graddick, the president of the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has hit out at anti-LGBT organizations following the shooting at the Family Research Council's (FRC) headquarters last week.

Writing in the Huffington Post, GLAAD’s President Herndon Graddick said: ‘The shooting that took place at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Family Research Council last week was a tragedy. The security guard who apprehended the shooter is a hero.

‘The actions of anti-gay groups in the aftermath have been nothing short of reprehensible.’

A gay artist has been arrested in California for vandalizing a Chick-fil-A restaurant with graffiti that read 'Tastes like hate'.

Police arrested Manuel Castro on suspicion of painting the slogan on the side of the fast food chain branch in Torrance on Wednesday (9 August).

The 30-year-old admitted to defacing the building last Friday (3 August) in an interview with the Huffington Post saying it was in protest at Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s public opposition to gay marriage.

LGBT activists have joined a debate on a proposed Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines that is raging almost as hard as the typhoon that hit the country last week.

If passed the bill will provide citizens with government-funded contraceptives, contributing to the fight against HIV and maternal and child ill-health in the country.

Following Obama’s announcement of support in equal marriage, African-American voters in the USA state have changed their minds on the issue.

The poll, released by Public Policy Polling to the Huffington Post, returned 42 percent for and 35 percent against same-sex couples marrying.

This is an increase from the October 2011 poll which returned 63 percent against and 16 percent supporting marriage equality. 

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the newspaper comic strip Funky Winkerbean will feature a gay plot line.