The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is seeking nominations for the positions of 2011 and 2012 State Poet Laureate, State Musician, State Two-dimensional Artist and State Three-dimensional Artist. All Texas citizens are encouraged to make a nomination, and self-nominations are encouraged.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBT equality – today applauded the change in the Omaha World Herald’s wedding announcement policy. OWH will now include same-sex wedding announcements in its “Celebrations” section if the weddings are legal unions.

Campus Pride is pleased to announce the historic first stop in its 2010-11 LGBT-Friendly College Fair, a program now in its fourth year connecting LGBT students and their parents to LGBT-friendly colleges and universities across the country.

Pop-dance songstress Lauren Hildebrandt is speaking out about one of the biggest current fears NYC travelers are dealing with – bed bugs. While on a recent radio and press tour in Manhattan to promote her current dance radio hit “Underneath,” Hildebrandt stayed several nights at a luxurious upscale “retreat” hotel in Union Square.

GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, congratulates ABC’s “Modern Family,” a groundbreaking hit comedy that includes the positive portrayal of a family headed by LGBT parents and has addressed bullying in schools, for its six Emmy wins Sunday, including Outstanding Comedy Series. GLSEN will honor the show at the Respect Awards – Los Angeles, Presented by Centropolis Entertainment, on Oct. 8 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), issued a national action alert today to members and advocates. The action alert, signed by former Petty Officer Second Class Jed Batchelder, U.S. Navy, asks supporters to schedule in-state meetings with their U.S. senators ahead of the Senate floor vote expected just weeks from now.

The most beloved summer series is going live as the “So You Think You Can Dance Tour” takes the show directly to fans nationwide. The most crowd-pleasing moves start making their way through the country on September 19 in New Orleans, LA.

Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton have seen success after the release of a sex tape, but will the same recipe work for Montana Fishburne? CanDoBetter.com, a social networking and dating website which lets the world decide if your relationship is a perfect match, reveals the results of its nationwide youth survey.