Group of 78 gay Italian clergy send open letter to the Vatican:
“We don’t have more problems living chastely than heterosexuals do, because homosexuality is not a synonym of incontinence, nor of uncontrollable urges. We are not sick with sex and our homosexual tendency has not damaged our psychic health…We consider our homosexuality to be wealth, because it helps us to share the marginalization and suffering of many people.”

Ricky Martin to play Taj Mahal. Not Trump’s casino, the real one in Agra.

Wingnut calls for “Quit Gay Sex” campaign against “the dangerous and addictive homosexual lifestyle.” If he’s speaking from experience, I hear there’s a patch for it that fits right over one’s mouth.

Latvia amends its constitution to explicitly state that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriage was already illegal but the haters just wanted to make sure everyone understood. The president, prime minister, and foreign minister criticized the move, but so many MPs are in favor of it, the changes will be almost impossible to reject.

Iowa hearts pink. When you picture a room with pink walls and a ceiling covered with moons and stars, do you picture a little girl’s bedroom or a jail cell? Was a Jackson County, Iowa sheriff taking a cue from Iowa football coach Hayden Fry in painting the county jail cell pink in order to humiliate prisoners? If you’ll remember, that’s what the football coach did to the Hawkeye visiting team locker room in order to make them feel less manly. Perhaps we can ask the internet’s resident expert in pink…

Radar magazine folds for the second time.