Sheriff Paul Babeu, a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, admitted he's gay but not that he ever threatened to deport his ex-boyfriend back to Mexico as part of an effort to keep his sexual orientation quiet.

When David Gregory, moderator of Meet the Press, asked his guests whether same-sex marriage should be a campaign issue, both answered by doing their best to talk about the economy.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is accused of threatening to deport his ex-boyfriend if he wouldn't keep silent about their relationship. Now Babeu has quit his post with the Mitt Romney campaign.

Comedian Bill Maher says that when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed same-sex marriage on Friday, it took the already bad reputation that his home state has and made it worse.

Salon reports that billionaire Frank VanderSloot apparently doesn't like like being called antigay even when he's paid for ads outing a writer, and a series of antigay billboards.

LGBT author Justin Chin interviews fellow Californian and author Daphne Gottlieb, known for stitching together the ivory tower and the gutter just using her tongue, about writing for small audiences.

Beautiful, talented, and a star of the Harlem Renaissance, sculptor Richmond Barthé was always just on the outside.

The U.S. Department of Justice will no longer defend laws that prevent
legal same-sex spouses of military personnel from receiving the
benefits available to opposite-sex spouses, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said
today.

Nearly a year ago, the House voted to shelve a marriage bill while the Senate passed it. This year is looking different.

The top 10 entertainment highlights on our gaydar this week: Clay Aiken battles George Takei, Mardi Gras drag balls are remembered, and Dan Savage fights homophobia on TV.

New Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie made good Friday on his
promise to veto a marriage equality bill, possibly sending the legislation to its death.

Former vice president Dick Cheney is reportedly a part of the lobbying blitz happening just before the vote on marriage equality in Maryland today.

White House press secretary Jay Carney dodged comment on this week’s marriage equality victory in Washington as President Obama was scheduled to visit the state for a Friday tour at Boeing Co., where he spoke about measures to boost American exports.

For Downton Abbey fans who’ve been longing to spend more alone time with their favorite characters, Vulture has devised the ultimate plaything in the form of Downton Abbey paper dolls!

Barbara Warren has been appointed director for LGBT health services at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

For the first time in 15 years, pop divas Madonna and Whitney Houston have Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.

A few weeks ago it was announced that partners in life and business, Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres, have teamed up for a project that DeGeneres is executive producing and stars de Rossi. Now, Malin Akerman (The Comeback, Couples Retreat and Children’ Hospital) will play de Rossi’s sister in the ABC sitcom pilot The Smart One.

Human trials on a potential AIDS vaccine are set to start soon.

The highest court in the Presbyterian Church (USA) is meeting today to
decide whether the Reverend Jane Spahr violated church law by
officiating at same-sex weddings.

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is none too impressed with the "glitter-bombing" of GOP candidates, saying it's "more clever than a pie in the face, but
less clever than something actually clever."