42% of Americans believe that gay people are born rather than made.

I’m literally overwhelmed with feelings of joy and clarity, and to share them with you I’ve rounded up this batch of awesome queer news with happy endings. Sound good? Good.

Here is a run down of the 2015 Tony Award nominations, including 12 nods for the musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir.

A trans woman wins her lawsuit against her former discriminatory employer, a Wiccan priestess leads the Iowa legislature in prayer, law enforcement has killed at least 5,600 people since 2000 and more news stories!

Michael Sam got drafted, a bunch of celebrities really love you, gay marriage is sweeping the south and the British artistocracy. All in all, it’s a pretty gay day.

Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today!

Indiana’s decision to “protect” religions from having to deal with gay people has not gone over well with the NCAA, GenCon, a bunch of tech CEOs or the Indianapolis mayor — but the Governor insists this law is totally fine and awesome and not legalized discrimination at all!

Also, a Cruella De Vil reference for the ages! And animals cuddling other animals! AND DID I MENTION LARRY ISN’T COMING BACK TO OITNB.

I woke up this morning with a burning desire to talk about Tori from “Saved by The Bell.” Did you wake up wanting to talk about Mama Keaton or Darlene Conner? I bet you did.

Protests continue in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death, the Pope speaks out against gendered pay inequality, Harvard’s poll of young voters, a Republican politician on Grindr, and more!

Today Idaho became the latest state with a ban on same-sex marriage to have it declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.

JODIE FOSTER AND ALEXANDRA HEDISON ARE MARRIED.

Stories on the status of incarcerated trans women, Palestinian statehood, Jeb Bush, blood donation guidelines, crisis pregnancy centers being glitter-bombed, and more!

Familia es Familia, unless you’re in the Salvation Army. Or Louisiana.

Mercury is in retrograde right now, so I’m betting you could use a whole lot of affirming news that doesn’t disorient you, make you lose your wallet, or tempt you to completely change your life. Here it is!

Books about gay penguins make the Singapore government uncomfortable; also, discrimination against sex workers, trans people, and prisoners persists.

There aren’t a ton of queer women in classic cinema, but the ones we do have are pretty amazing.

If we don’t abundantly love each other, we can’t have an abundant relationship with God. I must embrace an interpretation of my faith that requires unconditional love for queer people because any less would be to deny my own humanity and that of my community.

It’s the last recamp, in which people get married and dance and you say farewell to Mt. Feelings and have a lot of feelings about it.

Two trans women were shot in the Palmer Park Neighborhood of Detroit this week. The local Detroit media repeatedly misgendered them and erroneously implied that they may have been sex workers.