Today was the first day of legal civil unions in Illinois!

These very serious important economists studied “The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Laws on Public Health and Welfare” and the results are very much in our favor.

A Catholic school in Ontario has banned rainbows. Can we take a moment to appreciate how ridiculous this is.

The first-ever GLBT History Museum in the US is opening in San Francisco, and it is every kind of perfect. Also, gay divorce allowed in Texas, two lesbian priests married in Massachusetts, Lady Gaga has invented something insane and awesome, Jezebel helps you get drunk-dressed, and MARIO BATALI HORROR MOVIE.

NOM and the Family Research Council are upset the Southern Poverty Law Center called them hate groups, because it’s not hatred if you’re right.

Gay judges can’t judge and abortion rights activists are actually lesbian activists but also! A church in Ohio really loves gay people a lot and made us a sign!

“…every child and youth who is unable to live with his or her parents is entitled to a safe, loving and affirming foster care placement, irrespective of the young person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression,”

Americans seem to believe the gay agenda has actually taken over or else they’re just not very good at math.

Gay donors are expected to give Obama a lot of cash for his 2012 re-election campaign, which is probably our best shot yet at getting equal rights, eventually.

A UN General Assembly Committee just voted to stop including sexual orientation on a list that protects people against discrimination-based arbitrary executions. In other international news: two Brazilian troops arrested in connection with gay shooting, couples get married in the air, Australia tracks its own gay-friendliness and in France gay marriage goes to the courts.

This is right up there with “the most offensive things you a-holes have done to us.”

“Kirk Cameron does not star in this movie. No halo of God’s approval is going to appear behind your head when you tell your parents you’re gay. This is not Touched By An Angel.”

New Jersey is debating on gay marriage RIGHT NOW, kids. Follow along! Probs we’ll be disappointed, but we can drink together later. Don’t worry. UPDATE: We were disappointed. Break out the bottles.

We don’t exclude homosexuals, we make a distinction between homosexual orientation and homosexual behavior… we make it clear though what the lifestyle expectations are.”

Love, happiness, white dresses, cleavage, and rage against the machine.

In which Texas governor Rick Perry is the absolute worst.

Wanna look at cute and happy in love gay people who just got engaged?

We’ll be recapping the Prop 8 Trial for you every day, and sorry for being a little late today! We’ve got all your Day One info, testimony, links, videos and analysis for our kickoff Judgement Daze.

Illinois’s State Senate has approved civil unions for same-sex couples – is it a sign of change or more of the same?

This week on The Real L Word, everybody cried because everybody hurts, sometimes.