At last night’s HRC New York Dinner, Attorney General Eric Holder announced landmark changes to the way the federal government treats married lesbian and gay couples.

Today a Houston federal court delivered a major blow to the controversial HHS mandate ruling in favor of East Texas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University.  In a 46-page opinion, the court ruled that the federal mandate requiring employers to provide employees with abortion-causing drugs and devices violates federal civil rights laws, and issued an injunction against the mandate.

Yesterday the Utah Attorney General’s office announced they would be continuing their appeal of a federal judge’s decision allowing marriage for lesbian and gay couples. With no other details, the AG's office announced that they will bring in outside counsel at the expense of taxpayers.

My sister and her husband recently moved back to Texas with their not so long ago adopted ten year old daughter.  In the past three months I have relished the role of  “Fun Uncle”, spending many weekends taking her on adventures all over the Metroplex.  Not having kids of my own I don’t understand or desire to comprehend boundaries or limits thus most of what we do together rarely includes the word no.

In this Italian comedy, a gay man can’t manage to come out to his family. His boyfriend plans to visit them and share his plans for marriage.

This DVD features five award-winning short films about gay males and their families. The tone and subject matter vary within that concept.

A gay man falls for his potential assassin in Sean Paul Lockhart’s directorial debut. A script by Linda Andersson offers constant suprises.

An overbearing mother brings her teenaged son to a Welsh campsite, where he falls for a free-spirited Londoner. An initially light-hearted story takes dark turns in Lloyd Eyre-Morgan’s film adaption of his play.

This Australian import from writer/director/producer Lee Galea reveals the fear and confusion of gay first love in an unsupportive environment. Tristan Barr and Lucas Linehan give a tender and realistic performance as the young couple.

The Senate reached the 60-vote threshold on cloture needed to move forward with debate on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)—the first time this has happened in the Senate in nearly 20 years.

John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, a national, non-partisan small business organization representing America’s 28 million small businesses, issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage today of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013:

The Lion King arrived in Dallas this week as the annual Family Friendly offering of the Dallas Summer Musicals for the State Fair. The show has quite a pedigree and a who's who of creative talent behind its' creation.

LGBT communities around the world face stigmatization, harassment, violence and blatant human rights violations. To combat these horrific acts and to advance the cause of LGBT justice internationally, The Paul E. Singer Foundation and the Daniel S. Loeb Family Foundation are awarding the Human Rights Campaign Foundation major grants over three years.

For the first time in its long history, the Social Security Administration is providing benefits to same sex married couples, thanks to the Supreme Court’s June 2013 Windsor ruling in the Defense of Marriage Act.  This is a significant development with important financial implications for millions of elder lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, same sex spouses, widows, and children of LGBT parents.