Today the Senate failed to pass DADT, thanks to senators like Scott Brown and John McCain, and more specifically failed tens of thousands of gay and lesbian servicemembers.

There are a lot of numbers in here but they’re all important, so get out your calculator and let’s do this. Statistics indicate that Iowans want to have a referendum on gay marriage, but also maybe that they don’t care that much, and Tea Partiers still hate us. The directors of GetEQUAL are making more than anyone you know, we don’t know anything about Elena Kagan still, Gawker might want to check out an AP stylebook, we might be one step closer to finding Lisa Miller and her daughter, and happy tales of reunited gays in love!

we recommend five queer sex blogs, nerve.com has a true story of how one girl totally verified she was a lesbian and The Atlantic tackles porn.

Kanye apologizes, ‘freaks’ at gay pride parades compared to eccentric right wing teabaggers, harassed lesbians sue, TATU member starts a website, Kelly Clarkson’s sapphic lyrics, nerve praises lady gaga but queerty wasn’t impressed, and Deborah Soloman keeps talking about herself.

The Real L Word could’ve been a much better show. Here’s why it failed, and why there might be hope for The Little Chicken That Couldn’t.

Just when you thought it was safe to register at Pottery Barn in Iowa, voters there remind us that they HATE EQUALITY, and especially the judges who uphold it with unpopular rulings. And once again we have NOM to thank.

The Washington Post profiles Brian Brown, the Exec Director of NOM, saying that he is sane and all this other crazy stuff. Also, Ellen & Portia rock the Emmys, Glee sneak preview and … apparently men loving transsexual women is a new “trend.”

It’s Sunday Funday, and Jane Lynch is doing no wrong like it’s going out of style. What else is new? Well actually Angelina has a new tattoo, Staceyann Chin has a new one-woman show, and Angel from RENT might have some really good news in the form of a possible HIV vaccine in the forseeable future.

Hawaii’s governor vetoes civil unions bill, Today Show excludes gays from its Modern Weddings contest and a lesbian is denied the malpractice settlement from her deceased ex-wife — seems gays can’t get a break in the US these days. It’s okay though, because new studies show that straight people are married & have kids & they HATE IT. But also there’s the super-cute new issue of gay wedding mag EquallyWed… gawd, it’s so hard to choose a number one feeling today!

why don’t we do it in the bathtub?

The final word on 2010 as seen through the eyes and hearts of nine lesbians and one cisgender-privileged heterosexual dog.

Wanna know the true origin of “The Power of the Clam” or the names and breeds of Whitney’s five dogs? Of course you do. Jess lifts the veil on Whitney’s main bitches: Romi, Sara and the Real L Word’s voice of reason: her roommate Alyssa.

You knew that conservative right-wing homophobes hated gay people, but did you know how much? No. You didn’t. Trust us.

Today Obama did another thing for gay people, and we can hear the icicles of our soul slowly melting. Which got me thinking about relationships — are we in an emotionally manipulative short-term on-and-off relationship with Obama, or is he in fact being a better man?

Today Lindsay Lohan was sentenced 90 days in jail starting July 20 for violating her probation terms. Before that we found out that she wasn’t dating that girl Eliat because Eliat already has a girlfriend. That seems less important now.

GetEqual interrupts Obama’s speech, again. Closing arguments for the Prop 8 trial will be heard on June 16, but will there be cameras? Also, a behind-the-scenes look at trans rights advocacy in Washington, Clayton McKleskey of The Dallas Morning News wants to know if we can stop talking about gay stuff yet, and more on college courses on gay marriage (or, as we like to call it, ‘marriage’).

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Does anyone even know why we are remembering the Alamo? I don’t. You know what we should remember, though? That time Autostraddle went down. We should also remember all your comments.

“The Dinah is gonna be a lot of fun! Truthfully, every time I see a large group of gay women I can’t believe how many of us there are. I marvel.”

Grammy nominations are in! Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga and other people we like got nominated. Also Taylor Swift is Entertainer of the Year according to someone. Also some lists about gay things and characters and a Harry Potter thing.