The GLAAD Awards are known for bringing out and honoring gay and gay-friendly celebrities, but the heart of Saturday’s show in Los Angeles came when two women who have reluctantly become activists took the stage.

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Australian Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski, who won four Olympic medals before retiring, came out of the closet in Sunday’s Sydney Morning Herald.

Black-and-white video footage of gay icon Madonna, believed to have been filmed for a never-released Nike commercial and shot around the time of her 1990 “Vogue” video, has been released and finds the pop superstar making fun of her late ‘80s Pepsi scandal.

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The finale of Ugly Betty, one of the most LGBT-inclusive series on network television, may have aired this past Wednesday, but we may not have seen the end of Betty Suarez and the behind-the-scenes intrigue at the shiny Mode offices.

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Royalties from disco classics like “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” and “Dance (Disco Heat)” recorded by the late Sylvester James will now assist people living with HIV and AIDS.

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A Michigan judge has opened the door in a case that could grant gay people the right to custody of biological children of their former same-sex partners.

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Bryan Safi’s “That’s Gay” video breaks down the whole prom debacle in fewer than three minutes.

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