This week Obama’s administration informed the state Medicaid agencies that they had better start treating gay families equally as far as Medicaid benefits, DOMA or no DOMA. Also, Lady Gaga at Pride, Tina Fey, Chloe Sevigny, and very cute videos featuring marriage equality and/or dancing children.

For same-sex families who can’t be legally married, second-parent adoption is often their best option. Well, not anymore.

“All Mycoskie had to do was type “Focus on the Family” in to that long skinny box at the top of his browser. Oh, he’s using Firefox? So the top right box.”

Another installment of stories you should read and things you should know about. Includes time travel.

We won a thing in California again! However if we hadn’t won THIS thing, I’d probably be screaming from my eyeballs right now. Real loud.

You can run, but you can’t hide! (But you *can* walk off the stage like nothing happened because you have no soul.)

There are so many girls on the television this season! Autostraddle has your guide to the best new fall shows and where to find the queers.

What is the role of artists in the fight for queer equality — if they have one?

“Acceptance of same-sex sexual attractions and sexual orientation may not mean the formation of an L.G.B. sexual-orientation identity. Alternate identities may develop instead.”

Why a group of six queer Asian American women are producing, acting in, and writing a groundbreaking queer web series, and why you should care.

Queer girls from 40 different schools give you the uncensored scoop on what it feels like for a gay lady on their campus — from hookup culture to dyke parties to activism and academics.

In 2011 we redesigned the comment awards too. They’re shinier, just like your hair.

Planned Parenthood has a response ad to Focus on the Family’s Anti-Choice SuperBowl ad and we think you’re gonna love it! The Advocate talks to a pro-gay-marriage Saints football player, top 10 banned super bowl ads, John McCain is cranky and hates gay people, girls who won’t date taller, Beyonce and Rihanna have blonde hair, GIRL SCOUT COOKIE MANIA and moms try to out-hot their daughters.

Your recap of the Prop 8 hearing is here! It took a while to get to you but that’s because Charles Cooper’s ears are just too weird, that and his terrible legal arguments kept throwing us off. Anyhow let’s talk about the future of gay marriage in California!

Worf deserves marriage rights too you guys.

A bunch of people who hate gay people are really upset that the GOP has gay people just like everything else in the world.

Our money’s on Kelly LeBrock, but I have a feeling you wish it was Scully.

Your branches look mighty fine today.

Is it really possible that basically half of all college-educated gays are still in the closet at work?

I wish we called Halloween “The 31st of October.”