Writer Augusten Burroughs Marries

A literary union.

From the NYT:

Christopher Robert Schelling, a literary agent, and the writer Augusten Burroughs, who is also his client, were married Monday at Staten Island Borough Hall. Edison Stewart, the deputy city clerk for Staten Island, officiated. Mr. Schelling (left), 50, is the founder of Selectric Artists, an agency in Manhattan that represents fiction and nonfiction writers, as well as musicians. He graduated from DePauw University in Indiana.

Burroughs is the author of eight books including Running with Scissors, Dry, and Magical Thinking.

Congrats!

Adam Lambert and Boyfriend Sauli Koskinen Split

Adam Lambert has split with his boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, South Florida Gay News reports:

“It’s been kind of on its way out in the last couple of months,” Lambert told SFGN.

Koskinen is a Finnish entertainment reporter, television host and radio personality. He rose to fame after winning his country’s version of Big Brother in 2007.

Lambert emphasized though the two are close and will continue to remain friends.

“Sauli and I remain really good friends, and I know it’s a cliché thing to say. But it’s totally true,” he said. “I just gave him a coffee and bagel earlier today. He’s a great person and we’ve had an amazing couple of years together. Things have just run their course.”

Lambert is headlining this year's Miami Beach Gay Pride on April 14.

He's Mine, I'm His: PHOTO

Moment of cute, via reddit.

Need a Splash of Gay Romance to Brighten Up Your Dreary Winter? - VIDEO

Ah yes, "first love". How sweet it is.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

Gay Portland Couple Celebrates 60 Years Together, Gets Awesome Interview in 'The Oregonian'

For a series called Northwest Love Stories, Jennifer Willis at The Oregonian interviews Eric Marcoux, 82, and Eugene Woodworth, 84, who will celebrate being together for 60 years in June.

Here's part of it:

Q: What advice would you give to new couples today?

Marcoux: God, that's just a terror of a question. To know it's not easy, and leave if it's toxic. Wait long enough to know whether or not it's toxic or just a pain. And be in love with love.

Woodworth: The main thing that I come back to is commitment. You have to decide from the very beginning whether it's going to be a committed relationship for a long period or if it's just going to be as long as it lasts. Which is what most people do. They fall in love with lust instead of love. And they think that when the sex starts getting bad, that's the end of the relationship. That's the beginning of the relationship! That's when you start working on it.

Q: What's the biggest lesson about love and partnership you've learned along the way?

Woodworth: It never lets up.

Marcoux: To be more gentle toward my own vulnerabilities and to his inadequacies, because they disappoint him as well as me. Oh, that didn't make any sense at all.

Woodworth: You never were worried about disappointing me.

Marcoux: Oh, God, I'm going to leave him right now. May I get a ride?

Woodworth: Yeah, teasing is part of it.

Read the full interview HERE.

Gay Couple of 48 Years Sues for Freedom to Marry in Illinois: VIDEO

This morning I posted news that the ACLU and Lambda Legal are filing lawsuits seeking the freedom to marry in Illinois on behalf of 25 same-sex couples. Here's one of them, via the ACLU.

Ed Hamilton and Gary Magruder are tired of living a double life. They've been together for 48 years, and Gary would like to see equality before he dies, preferably by their 50th anniversary in two years.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...