Gay Airman Randy Phillips Reflects on the 20-Something Generation and HIV While on AIDS/LifeCycle Ride: VIDEO

You'll remember Randy Phillips as the gay Airman whose series of pre-DADT repeal videos caused a sensation on YouTube before he revealed himself and came out to his dad in one of them.

Phillips is currently participating in the AIDS/LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to L.A. and spoke with I'm from Driftwood about perceptions about people living with HIV, particularly is own mom:

She couldn't think of any, couldn't relate to another gay person who had had a normal life, who grew up healthy and had a successful life and a career and lived a long life and maybe got married and found somebody and possibly had some kids. She didn't think that's what my life would be like. She thought it would be absolutely a horror story and that I'd die 10 years later alone, a drug addict, from HIV.

And the 20-something generation:

I kind of wanted to parlay what little bit of attention I got from YouTube into something I think is a taboo for our generation. Not very many people in their early 20s like to think about AIDS...We kind of think we have it under control, but we don't. It's still very big and it shouldn't be a taboo. It should be something we talk about and discuss and fundraise for and fight and be active in our communities.

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Another Federal Judge Finds DOMA Unconstitutional

U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones today ruled the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional in the Edith Windsor case, brought by the ACLU.

Here's what our legal expert Ari Ezra Waldman wrote about the case, which was filed by the ACLU, back in 2010, before marriage equality had passed in New York:

The ACLU and Paul Weiss are bringing the case of Edie Windsor, the 81-year-old widow of Thea Spyer, subject of the documentary, Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement, and who was forced to pay $350,000 in estate taxes on Thea's estate upon her death because the federal government did not recognize that the two were married. Had DOMA Section 3 not been on the books and Edie enjoyed federal recognition of her marriage, Thea could have passed her entire estate to Edie tax free.

This case is out of New York, which does not have marriage equality, but recognizes same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere. That only slightly changes the legal landscape, but not in any significant way. Suffice it to say, Edie's and Thea's marriage was legal in New York, and while they received state benefits, they received no federal benefits and were subject to the federal estate tax. Because they weren't married in the eyes of the federal government, which permits estates to pass from spouse to spouse upon death tax free, Edie was treated differently than similarly situated heterosexual couples simply because Edie is a lesbian and married a woman.

The ACLU is asking for a declaration that DOMA Section 3, as applied to Edie via the IRS code, is unconstitutional. Edie is seeking her $350,000 back from the government.

Wrote Jones in the opinion:

Regardless whether a more "searching" form of rational basis scrutiny is required where a classification burdens homosexuals as a class and the states' prerogatives are concerned, at a minimum this court "must insist on knowing the relation between the classification adopted and the object to be attained. The search for the link between classification and objective gives substance to the equal protection analysis. Additionally, as has always been required under the rational basis test, irrespective of the context, the court must consider whether the government's asserted interests are legitimate. Pursuant to those established principles, and mindful of the Supreme Court's jurisprudential cues, the court finds that DOMA's section 3 does not pass constitutional muster.

Read the full opinion HERE.

Boy Scouts to Review Policy on Gays

The Boy Scouts have agreed to consider a resolution submitted by a Scout leader from the Northeast in April and presented at the BSA's annual meeting last week in Orlando that would allow individual troops to accept gay people as scout leaders, the AP reports:

BSA spokesman Deron Smith said Wednesday it would be referred to a subcommittee, which will then make a recommendation to the national executive board. The process would likely be completed by May 2013, according to Smith, who said there were no plans at this time to change the policy.

The announcement comes following last week's delivery of 275,000 petitions calling on the organization to lift its ban on gay people which were delivered by Eagle scout Zach Wahls on behalf of Jennifer Tyrrell a lesbian Ohio den mother who was ousted from her job last month.

Wahls, in a telephone interview, said he and his allies planned a campaign to mobilize opposition to the gay-exclusion policy from within Scout ranks, with the goal of building pressure for the resolution to be approved.

"Up to the day they end this policy, they'll be saying they have no plans to do so," Wahls said. "But there's no question it's costing the Boy Scouts in terms of membership and public support."

Wahls made a statement in a release from GLAAD:

“Last Wednesday I delivered 275,000 petition signatures -- including the signatures of thousands of scouts and scout leaders -- to the Boy Scouts of America because I love the organization and I refuse to stand by idly as it forfeits its cultural relevancy at the very moment this country needs it most,” said Wahls. “In proposing to allow local charter organizations to decide whether or not they’ll include gay youth and leaders within their ranks, the Boy Scouts of America has taken an historic step forward, and I applaud their bravery in doing so.”

Wahls met with the Boy Scouts of America’s Public Relations Director, Deron Smith, and other top-ranking Boy Scout officials who asked not to be named after delivering the 275,000 petition signatures to the organization’s annual national meeting last Wednesday.

“As both an Eagle Scout with a personal investment in the success of the Boy Scouts of America and as the son of a lesbian couple, it means a lot to see this change finally set in motion,” added Wahls.

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1140

AL JAZEERA: America's evangelical anti-gay hate speech.

WADE DAVIS: The former NFL player continues to talk about being gay in the league following yesterday's interviews. "If I could do it all over again, I would come out while I was playing. I now understand the impact that would have had."

MOSQUITOS: How they survive collisions with raindrops.

KELLY CLARKSON: Covers Coldplay's 'Princess of China'.

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News: Antonio Villaraigosa, Dubai, Miley Cyrus, Stop and Frisk

L.A. Times tracks Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's staunch support for LGBT rights. "While many politicians have taken a cautious approach on gay issues, Villaraigosa has earned a reputation as a fierce and early advocate for gay equality, pushing for the passage of groundbreaking anti-discrimination measures in the Legislature and helping win protections for transgender inmates in city jails as mayor of Los Angeles."

Seth Meyers mocks Marc Jacobs.

LGBT rights groups to join NAACP, Al Sharpton in 'Stop and Frisk' protest: "Representatives from groups including Empire State Pride Agenda and Human Rights Campaign joined the Rev. Al Sharpton and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president Benjamin Todd Jealous at an event Tuesday announcing they’d take part in the June 17 march...The police department last year stopped more than 600,000 people, mostly black and Hispanic men. Half were frisked, and about 80 percent were never arrested."

Mixner: LGBT history and the dangers of 'stop and frisk' law enforcement.

Marriage equality advocate Miley Cyrus is getting married.

US troops take part in LGBT Pride reception at US embassy in Tokyo: “I can’t believe I’ve been in the Air Force 23 years living in secret, hiding who I am,” Master Sgt. Marc Maschhoff said before heading to the reception, which was closed to the media, “and now I’m invited to a reception by the emissary of the president of the United States.”

The Globe invents Hillary Clinton's 'divorce meltdown'.

Sheryl Crow reveals she has a brain tumor.

TV's new Bachelor?

Former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky wrote creepy love letters to his victims.

Livestreamed at 6 pm ET: Maggie Gallagher vs. John Corvino.

California GOP Congressional candidate Jorge Robles posts violent ad against opponent: "A Republican candidate and law enforcement officer in California is promising to 'take Linda Sanchez out' in a campaign ad against the incumbent Democratic representative that features an animated machine gun."

Kellan Lutz offers more shirtlessness for Dylan George's fashion campaign, talks about his diet.

Sydney Convicts win Bingham Cup Rugby Championship: "The Convicts completed a sweep of the tournament this weekend in Manchester, England, winning the A division, 22-5, over the San Francisco Fog and the B division, 13-3, over the Dallas Diablos."

Dubai: Man sent to jail for homosexuality based on lover's dying final claims to stranger.

L.A. City Hall to go lavender for Pride: "City Hall will be bathed in lavender in celebration of LGBT Heritage Month, marking the City’s first-ever 'Lavender Lights,' presented by CIROC Ultra Premium Vodka. The lights will shine on City Hall throughout the month of June. The pylons at LAX will also glow purple from June 1-8."

Michigan attitudes shift on same-sex marriage: "Nearly three out of four Michigan residents now believe that gay couples should be allowed to get married or engage in civil unions, up from 62-percent last August.  Republicans and independents are about evenly split on the issue."

South African father says his son was set on fire and killed for being gay: "Reverend Casper Edward Daniels, 59, says he is sure his son’s murder was a hate crime. The attacker set his son’s body alight with the focus of the injuries on his private parts and legs. The mutilated, smouldering body of Neil Daniels, 36, was discovered on Monday night by a neighbourhood watch member in a reed-filled area in Milnerton called The Vlei. The Brooklyn man’s burning corpse was found two days after three witnesses saw how he was stabbed."

Kellan Lutz Disrobes for Dylan George: VIDEO

Kellan Lutz co-stars with Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton in this new ad for Dylan George, but he's the one getting undressed.

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