Nicki Minaj graces the cover of OUT magazine and wants to fix hip-hop’s homophobia, though she eschews labeling herself despite much talk of bisexuality. Lady Gaga’s DADT activism resulted in a bunch of people googling things like “SLDN” for the first time ever. What do we make of all this?

Ricky Martin gets the Oprah treatment for his new memoir, SamRon tweets about the XTina rumors, the 16th Annual Out 100 issue is upon us, and the women of SNL remind you how they make the show watchable.

They should replace that show “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader” with “Are You Smarter Than A Proposition 8 Attorney, Yes You Are.”

A progressive Chicago-area synagogue, which serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews, learned that a mail bomb involved in a foiled Al-Qaeda plot was addressed to its building. Although the bomb was never intended to reach the synagogue, we still have questions. Was this meant to be a general message of hatred for a religion, one specifically targeted to the LGBTQ folks and their allies, or just a general “fuck you” to all of humanity?

We’re doing things one day at a time now and this was a pretty good day as far as they go. A megachurch pastor has come out so that his story can save lives, educators in Britain are educating on queer heroes to end anti-queer bullying, and librarians are honoring the authors of queer books for kids.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sees liking girls and being gay as mutually exclusive. Also, Suze Orman says it gets better.

Sometimes people say things like, “”Now we have a clearer view of the real figures, we need to start asking some serious questions about the vast sums of taxpayers’ money being spent on such a small minority” and we want to smack them down.

Obama stops by a DADT Meeting but he didn’t bring me a pony or a repeal but maybe we will get the repeal for Christmas? Also; Rachel Maddow chases down Joe Miller to talk about DOMA, gay partners get deported, Omaha votes against civil rights

Lindsay Lohan will be home for Thanksgiving … and then she’ll be doing a Terry Richardson PURPLE Mag photoshoot with alleged sex scenes. Also; Candy Slice’s Lady Gaga/Beyonce parody, Fame Monster on VH1, Glee on hiatus, Adam Lambert on Letterman, CBS apologizes for Early Show kissing double standard, and we wonder why Chris Brown is booked for GMA and Adam was kicked off.

The AFTAH is concerned about gay people and airport security, namely, that Ellen DeGeneres will be assigned to pat down female travelers. Also: the first transgender judge in the US was just elected, and the age for coming out in Britain is getting younger.

Remember when Del City High School students Kelsey Hicks and Melissa McKenzie said they were being discouraged from graduating because they’re gay? Yeah, that story isn’t really adding up.

As of today, the military still can’t enforce Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and are forced to allow gays and lesbians to enlist – but with the Obama administration still fighting the ruling, there’s no telling how long that will last.

Corey Jackson, a sophomore at Oakland University in Michigan, was gay and killed himself.

Hi. Have you done something to take care of someone else today? Maybe you should, right now. It’s easy. You can do it on the internet. You love the internet. I love you.

Some things change and some things stay the same, like kids getting bullied in school for their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Also, a new survey reveals that most Americans think gay families are kinda normal-ish.

It’s been two days since a federal judge put an injunction on enforcement of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It sounds great, but there haven’t been many changes yet and the Department of Justice has already indicated clear plans to appeal the decision.

This week there are many parts of the Sunday Funday that we cannot fully process/understand, like how ABC Family Originals factor into the march towards equality and world peace, or how relevant Jared Leto still is, because I am not sure what he’s done since Fight Club, or actually who he even played in that. Also, did you know Lady Gaga was in an episode of the Sopranos? What is happening I don’t even

An Arkansas school board member responded to a call to fight homophobic bullying with, surprise, homophobic bullying. Good thing he resigned last night? Sort of. And while we’re on topic; apologies for comparing gay marriage to marrying tables/dogs and predicting homo-apocalypse.

An essay by British sort-of-former lesbian is so ridiculous we didn’t write about it, we just quoted it for you. Plus, gay parents are great parents, European nations don’t have to grant same-sex marriage, an awesome 15-year-old boy is pissed that his library has no gay books, and Soledad O’Brien talks about DADT.

How far is our group from that fever pitch of anger and refusal to wait any longer that brings things –and people like Dan Choi — to a boil? It’s the most painful point of all. But also, potentially, the most sad and the most powerful. A look at Dan Choi’s Village Voice cover story, “Bad Lieutenant.”