In March 2009, an open letter signed by more than 1,100 retired admirals and generals claimed that repealing America's "don't ask, don't tell" policy would "undermine recruiting and retention, impact leadershipat all levels, have adverse effects on the willingness of parents who lendtheir sons and daughters to military service, and eventually break the All-Volunteer Force." It's now been one year since the military withdrew its ban on openly gay soldiers and—surprise—a new study says the repeal has had "no overall negative impact on military readiness or its component dimensions."

On the inaugural episode of the newly re-christened Anderson Live, host Anderson Cooper spoke publicly for the first time about his homosexuality after coming out in a letter to Andrew Sullivan earlier this year.

A Nevada-based Fox News Radio affiliate has reportedly canceled a talk show hosted by ordained minster Sean Savoy over an interview he conducted earlier this month with an LGBT advocate.

The Oakland bishop picked by Pope Benedict XVI to lead the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Francisco was arrested over the weekend and booked into jail in San Diego on suspicion of drunken driving.

Michael Leisner, a 65-year-old real estate agent who become the butt of many Internet jokes after he nearly set himself on fire during a poorly thought-out protest against General Mills' "pro-gay agenda," passed away Saturday near his home in Andover, Minnesota. He was 65.

An openly lesbian Nebraska woman appears to have been the target of a horrific hate crime which took place inside her own Lincoln home.

YouTuber playerjames6280 says: "It took me 10 years to build up the courage to tell her." Not to spoil the surprise, but suffice it to say this kid's mother takes her son's big news extremely well, all things considered.

Following in Apple's iconic footsteps, Facebook over the weekend unveiled two new "cake topper" figures for same-sex couples declaring their marriage status on the social network.

Minnesota for Marriage, an umbrella organization campaigning to add a "marriage definition" amendment to the North Star State's constitution, seemed to take things too far when it posted a bible quote to its official Facebook page that appeared to condone the execution of homosexuals.

The last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, Gad Beck, passed away yesterday in his retirement home in Berlin, just six days short of his 89th birthday.

Unlike many militaries around the world — including, until recently, the Armed Forces of the United States — the Israeli Defense Forces have long been proud of their gay and lesbian service members.

According to a new CNN/ORC International poll, 60 percent of Americans say they have a family member or close friend who is gay or lesbian.

An appeals court in Albany yesterday ruled unanimously that being falsely labeled a homosexual does not, in itself, constitute defamation.

At a Lincoln (Nebraska) City Council hearing this week to review a proposed LGBT protection ordinance, resident Jane Skrovota delivered a rambling, incoherent anti-gay rant that, for all its obvious bigotry, was mostly just plain weird.

By the unanimous consent of all voting lawmakers, Argentina yesterday approved a gender rights package that will allow all adult citizens to change their sex at will — even without undergoing surgery or hormone replacement therapy.

As predicted, voters in North Carolina approved a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage that, due to its vague language, will also make other domestic arrangements such as civil unions and domestic partnerships illegal — for both gay and straight couples.

Transgender metamorphosis, according to a study conducted by a protégé of renowned neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, is when a person undergoes a change in sexual identity, often multiple times a day. Meaning, you go to sleep identifying with one gender and wake up feeling, thinking, and identifying with the other.

Katie LoCricchio and her partner are engaged. The two live in Queens and, now that same-sex marriage has finally been legalized in New York, they can begin the process of planning their wedding. LoCricchio, like so many frenzied brides-to-be, went straight for the magazines.

The Obama administration announced today, via a presidential memorandum and a speech from Secretary of State Clinton, that the United States will "use foreign aid as a tool to improve Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender rights abroad." This is a first! What does it even mean, though?

Yesterday, Harvard said the mysterious case of 36 pee-soaked LGBT books had been demoted from "hate crime" to "accident" after a library employee copped to accidentally spilling an open bottle of urine. But the explanation doesn't sit easy with some.