Runner-ups for rhymes include: graham flours, kilometers per hours, artificial flowers, ivory towers and nuclear powers.

Argentina, Chile and Cuba all made strides in LGBT rights last week! What a wonderful world we live in!

This week on Glee, everybody sang especially loud and Carrie Bradshaw did Lea Michele’s hair!

This is where I’d tell you exciting things about the teaser and cast for Season 3 of The Real L Word, if there were any. I had frozen pizza for lunch!

Obama has just announced he personally supports gay marriage.

Musical theater songs with lyrics and/or music by women for all of your moods, especially if your mood is “obscure.”

This week on Glee: Brittany and Santana communicated through silent, lesbian brainwaves and Kurt and Blaine yelled at each other in Whitney Houston lyrics.

Let’s take a video-guided tour of the movement called ‘female rap’ with appearances by Salt-n-Pepa, Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim and more! Also, there’s a playlist.

Roses are red, violets are gay, if you want a queer symbol, we’ve got an array.

Can we pause and enjoy our reunion right now?

Megan Rapinoe plays soccer and has excellent hair. It is likely that you will appreciate her for these and other reasons.

Topics include Carl Sagan explaining why he smokes weed, The Great Zucchini, an innocent man on death row, The Huffington Post, the cost of being a lady writer in NYC and The War Against Youth.

“You should come by so we can show you how good and gay this gemütlichkeit thing can truly be.”

In which Spencer makes some confusing sock choices, creepy dolls are revealed to be creepy and I give my final predictions for the season finale.

The California state Senate has a bill advancing that would require ex-gay therapists to get signed consent forms that acknowledge that ex-gay therapy is harmful and useless.

Remember that time the electricity went out and Laura couldn’t do the comment awards? Happy Friday!

Albuquerque: hard to pronounce, impossible to spell, easy to love.

Emily wears a tie and Paige gets wipeout wasted. It’s all just spectacular.

Boston University released a study suggesting that supportive parents improve long-term health for LGBT individuals. Also, what’s a Krisbian?

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