Alec Baldwin went off the rails late Thursday after a Daily Mail reporter accused his pregnant 32-year-old wife, Hilaria Baldwin, of Tweeting upbeat messages about shopping and fruit smoothies during James Gandolfini's funeral.

Baldwin — who has been known to express his emotions on Twitter (remember when a stewardess asked him to shut off his phone in the middle of his game of Words with Friends?) — took to the social media platform to shred the reporter apart.

Baldwin has since deleted his entire Twitter account, but Daily Mail captured screen grabs before the Tweets were taken down. 

But then the attack got personal and Baldwin repeatedly threatened reporter George Stark with violence.

The Daily Mail has since changed the story's byline to MailOnline Reporter and written a flattering item on Baldwin and his wife.

But Hilaria, who has been vocal on her own Twitter account, says she wants a real apology.

After Thursday's report against her came out, Hilaria explained: 

A rep for Baldwin and Thomas says there’s a simple explanation for all of the confusion.

“She didn’t have her phone with her during the service and she didn’t tweet anything til they had left,” a rep for teh couple tells Gossip Cop, explaining, “They were there for a couple of hours, she is 7 1/2 months pregnant and left because she needed some water.”

The spokesperson goes on to note, “She retweeted people who had tweeted at those times,” accounting for the timestamps on the messages.

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The annual Gay Pride Parade in New York City is always a huge party. But this year the gay and lesbian community had even more to celebrate after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act,  a federal law that deprived same sex couples of federal marriage benefits. 

Officials expected this year's march, the 44th annual parade, to have the biggest turnout ever.

One of the grand marshals of this year's parade was 84-year-old Edith Windsor, who brought the case to the Supreme Court after she was forced to pay $363,000 in estate taxes when her wife died – an amount she wouldn't have had to pay if she and her spouse had been heterosexual.

Needless to say, the historic news of this week's Supreme Court decision made this year's parade one for the books.

Naturally, Edith Windsor was the star of the show.

The crowd went nuts as she passed.

Some had an extra bounce in their step.

Women may be more "hetero-flexible," or be primarily attracted to men with some same sex attraction, because same-sex behavior allowed women to raise their children with other women, a new study has proposed.

The hypothesis, published this April in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, suggests that more fluid female sexuality may have evolved because it benefited women's offspring.

Some women who were raped or had children with absentee or deceased dads formed sexual relationships with other women, which may have made it easier to raise children together, according to the theory.

"Being born with the ability to [be attracted to men and women] may have been beneficial to ancestral women," said study co-author Barry X. Kuhle, a psychologist at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. [5 Myths About Polyamory Debunked]

Not everyone agrees with Kuhle's hypothesis, pointing to the lack of evidence to support it and suggesting perhaps women's more fluid sexual boundaries may just be a byproduct of some other evolutionary change. There may be no evolutionary reason for the hetero-flexibility, they say.

More fluid

Several studies have shown that women are much more likely than men to report attraction to and physical contact with same-sex partners. Women also show similar genital arousal when viewing images of both sexes in erotic situations.

But exactly why has been a puzzle. Researchers have proposed that women's sexual fluidity enabled women to bond with sister wives in polygamous marriages. Still others have argued that it's a byproduct of the fact that women have weaker sex drives that are therefore easier to channel to different objects of attraction, Kuhle wrote in the paper.

To better understand women's sexuality, Kuhle looked to other animals for clues. The Laysan albatross's ability to form same-sex bonds may help them alloparent, or raise young that are not their own. Other studies suggest bonobos, which share more than 98 percent of their DNA with humans, often help rear other apes' offspring and cement social bonds by having sex with other troop members — both male and female. (In general, bonobos have a lot of sex.)

That made Kuhle wonder whether sexual fluidity in women has its origins in raising children.

He hypothesizes that being sexually attracted to women and men could come in handy in many circumstances: instances in which women have been raped, or when a father abandons his partner or dies. Women in those situations would need an extra pair of hands to help raise their children, and having sex with other women may have made it easier to find a same-sex child-rearing partner who wasn't related to them. (Kuhle's theory doesn't try to explain women who identify as lesbians.)

Kuhle lays out several ways that researchers could test his hypothesis if they wanted to. Women who have been physically or sexually abused, abandoned by their husbands or widowed should be more likely to go on to same-sex relationships, he said. He also proposes that women who have lower "mate value"— that is, are less attractive mates for males — would be likelier to be bisexual.

"It's an intriguing idea, but there is actually very little evolutionary evidence for it," said Lisa Diamond, a psychologist at the University of Utah and the author of "Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire" (Harvard University Press, 2009).

If Kuhle's theory were accurate, women who have heterosexual and same-sex attraction in nonindustrial societies would have more children, which hasn't been shown, Diamond told LiveScience.

Instead, sexual fluidity in women may simply be a trait that hasn't been weeded out.

"Gay people were having babies throughout human history," Diamond told LiveScience. "So as long as there's no reason for evolution to get rid of a capacity for fluidity, then it probably survived as a fun little byproduct. It's like the appendix — it may not serve a function, it may just be there."

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Watch out, Emma Stone.

The star of "Spider-Man 2," Andrew Garfield, told Entertainment Weekly he wouldn't mind the web slinger having a boyfriend. 

While kind of joking with producer Matt Tolmach, Garfield asked why Mary Jane — Spidey's love interest — isn't a guy.

‘What if MJ is a dude?’ Why can’t we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It’s hardly even groundbreaking!…So why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?”

Garfield went on saying he knows the perfect guy to play the role of the male MJ — up-and-coming rising star Michael B. Jordan.

“I’ve been obsessed with Michael B. Jordan since The Wire. He’s so charismatic and talented. It’d be even better—we’d have interracial bisexuality!”

Here's a photo of Michael B. Jordan:

The only problem?

Jordan has been rumored as a frontrunner for a different comicbook character in a potential reboot of the "Fantastic 4."

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DOMA (the Defense Of Marriage Act) is dead, and that means that gay couples around the U.S. will be getting married in spades. And more weddings means more honeymoons.

We asked travel experts to weigh in on what they think will be the hottest honeymoon destinations for newly married gay couples.

And while honeymooners may want to avoid places like Russia, which recently passed severe anti-gay laws that will even impact gay foreign tourists, there are plenty of awesome destinations that are just waiting to welcome gay newlywed couples with open arms.

Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Located at at the very tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown is a charming resort town that has been drawing in gay travelers for years.

"This is a gay Mecca, which makes it an obvious choice for gay honeymooners," Pauline Frommer, the publisher of Frommers.com, said. "It's famous for drag shows, restaurants, and a vibrant gay community that's been there for decades."

The town is chock-full of quaint guest houses, elegant restaurants, and has access to the incredible beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

"Massachusetts was one of the first states to allow same-sex marriage in the U.S., and right away wedding bells were ringing in Provincetown," Ed Salvato, the editor in chief of gay travel magazine ManAboutWorld, said. "It has all the tourism infrastructure and the tolerance—no, the celebration of diversity."

There are dozens of charming gay-friendly guesthouses and inns, but the Crown Point Historic Inn & Spa and Surfside Hotel & Suites offer exclusive romance and honeymoon packages.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel Aviv has been billing itself as a gay-friendly destination for a while now, doing its best to lure in gay tourists from around the world.

But it really cemented its reputation as a gay travel destination last month, when France's first married gay couple chose to honeymoon in the Israeli beach city—an event which was documented by multiple news publications. France's first married gay couple stayed at the Diaghilev Live Art Hotel, a sleek design boutique hotel.

"Israel has a very open and large gay community," Pauline Frommer said. "If you've ever wanted to travel to the Middle East, it's a cosmopolitan, fascinating city. It has fascinating museums, extraordinary restaurants, gay clubs and gay bars. It's very warm and welcoming to gay couples."

Frommer added that gay couples may want to take a side trip to Jerusalem, but may have to keep their relationships under wraps there since the ancient city is so religious.

Napa and Sonoma, California

Between the miles of pristine vineyards and the great food and wine that often accompanies it, there's something incredibly romantic about wine country.

And California's wine country has plenty to celebrate this year, with the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Proposition 8 and made same-sex marriage legal within the state.

"With its abundance of wine, winery tours, and unique bed and breakfast getaways,  this area is quickly becoming a popular destination,"Mark Novak,  president of HotelCoupons.com, said. "It is also very close to San Francisco which has long been a very friendly city to the LGBT community. The area recently celebrated the DOMA decision at its annual Gay Days celebration with an expected 40% increase in attendance."

Honeymooners will want to sip the region's delicious wines, explore quaint towns like St. Helena and Yountville, stay at a charming bed and breakfast like The Inn on First in downtown Napa Valley, take the wine train, and just relax with their new husbands or wives. 

A few months ago, famed conservative lawyer Paul Clement asked the Supreme Court to uphold America's biggest anti-gay law, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Now Clement is trying to stop a Jamaican-born lesbian from being deported to her homophobic home country. He's one of four lawyers who filed a brief asking the Ninth Circuit appeals court to halt deportation proceedings for Claudette Colleen Hubbard, who fled to the U.S. as a teen after being beaten for being a lesbian.

Jamaica would be a dangerous place for Hubbard, her lawyers argue. Mob attacks, shootings, and "corrective rape" for lesbians are all common in her home country, according to the brief first reported on by The Wall Street Journal. Hubbard returned to Jamaica once to visit her dying mother and was chased by a mob wielding rocks and shouting anti-gay epithets.

Hubbard became a legal U.S. resident in 1973, but immigration officials tried to have her deported in 2011 after a drug trafficking conviction. She sought protection under the Convention Against Torture, which the Board of Immigration Appeals rejected.

Clement is representing her pro bono, in a move that might seem surprising giving his defense of DOMA, which deprived married gay couples of federal benefits.

When asked about her reaction to the Hubbard case, Roberta Kaplan, Clement's opposing counsel in the DOMA case told WSJ, "Wow!"

While Clement, 47, is historically a champion of conservative causes, nobody really knows what his views on gay rights are. He's friends with liberals and has gay employees at his small firm, the Wall Street Journal has previously reported.

Clement wouldn't tell the Journal what his personal views on gay rights were or whether he would have argued against DOMA, only saying that big Supreme Court cases were his specialty.

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Today a lone LGBT activist, later identified as Kirill Kalugin, walked into St. Petersburg's Palace Square in an attempt to protest Russia's controversial "gay propaganda" laws.

Unfortunately for him, it was also Russian Airborne Troops Day, a day where Russia's paratroopers take to the street to celebrate their history. It frequently involves a lot of alcohol. The paratroopers weren't too happy at Kalugin's protest, and things got ugly quickly — Fontanka.ru reports that police officers had to step in to protect Kalugin, and two paratroopers had to be arrested.

The video below, uploaded by Russian blog PaperPaper, shows the scene.

Marina Galperina of Animal New York has a detailed translation of the audible Russian. At one point one paratrooper rants “This is evil. Putin is fag and the rest of it is all shit. The entire country is on its knees. We are Russians!”

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British actor Ben Whishaw has officially come out as gay.

Whishaw played Daniel Craig's beloved gadget maker "Q" in last year's uber successful James Bond film "Skyfall" and is set to reprise the role in "Bond 24." 

The 32-year-old actor confirmed the news over the weekend, while also announcing his relationship with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw.

The two entered into a civil partnership in Sydney last year.

Whishaw's rep told the Daily Mail:

"Ben has never hidden his sexuality, but like many actors he prefers not to discuss his family or life outside of his work. Due to speculation, I can confirm that Ben and Mark entered into a civil partnership in August 2012. They were proud to do so and are very happy."

The couple first met on set of the 2009 film "Bright Star," for which Bradshaw scored the music.

Whishaw sort of opened up about his sexuality in a 2011 interview with Out while promoting the off-Broadway play "The Pride," in which he played a gay man.

When the interviewer asked the actor if he felt it important to be a role model for young gay people, Whishaw responded:

"I really agree with that, and I feel in my heart that it's important, but I don't quite know yet the way to go about that. Maybe that's the transitional thing I feel I'm in the middle of at the moment. It's something I think about, but it's important for me to do it at the time that's right for me. And I'm not there yet."

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The spate of vicious, high-profile attacks against gay men in New York this May began with an assault on a young couple in broad daylight, outside one of the most populated places in the city — Madison Square Garden.

That couple, Nick Porto and Kevin Atkins, recounts the horror of having a mob close in on them on May 5 in a heartbreaking "op-doc" in The New York Times.

The two men were holding hands when Porto, 27, began hearing people shouting "faggots" from behind them. "Look at your pants, look at your jeans, look at what you're wearing," Porto heard one of them say.

The men, who appeared to be in their 20s, then slowly started walking toward them. "They were all closing in, and they were all wearing Knicks jerseys," Porto said. Somebody punched him in the nose, and his glasses went flying. The group of men punched and kicked them and ran away before the police came. Atkins, 22, says he was "shell shocked."

By the end of May, there were 29 reported incidents of anti-gay hate crimes in New York for the year — a 70% increase since the same time last year. One of the victims, 32-year-old Mark Carson, was shot in the face in the West Village, where the gay rights movement began.

The Supreme Court struck down America's biggest anti-gay law just a few weeks later. "We have marriage now! Yay, yay! Fight's over," Porto said sarcastically in The Times video.

It's difficult to comprehend a moment in time where many gays have the right to marry but still can't walk down the street in one of America's most gay-friendly cities without being afraid. Some experts say the rights gays have gained in recent years — the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, marriage equality, and a general cultural acceptance — have sparked a backlash.

"What I think is going on with respect to anti-gay hatred in this country is, it is ratcheting up in direct proportion to the losses that the religious right" have suffered, The Southern Poverty Law Center's Mark Potok previously told Business Insider. "I think what we are seeing is kind of a desperate anger coming out of a lot of the Christian right groups."

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Australian actor, Troye Sivan, 18, played young James in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and has amassed over half-million subscribers YouTube by posting weekly videos.

But Sivan's most recent video was an important one in which he came out as gay to the world.

“This is probably the most nervous I’ve ever been in my entire life, but I’m going to deal with it,” he began.

Sivan continued, “On August 7, 2010, I told my family that I am gay. And on August 7, 2013, I want you guys to know that I’m gay.”

"It feels kind of weird to have to announce something like this on the internet but I feel like a lot of you guys are real, genuine friends of mine," the teen explained. "And I share every aspect of my life with the internet and this is not something I'm ashamed of, it's not something anyone should be ashamed of."

Watch Troye explain how he came out to his family and friends below:

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"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller officially came out as gay Wednesday after publicly declining an invitation to be honored at the St. Petersburg International Film Festival in protest of Russia's recently passed anti-gay laws.

"As a gay man, I must decline," Miller wrote in an open explanation on the GLAAD website.

He continued further in his letter to festival director Maria Averbakh.:

Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes.

However, as a gay man, I must decline.

I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I’ll be free to make a different choice.

Miller made his screenwriting debut with this year’s "Stoker," and has appeared in films such as "Underworld,""The Human Stain," and "Resident Evil: Retribution."

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San Francisco has long been known for its vibrant gay and lesbian community, and it has the nightlife to prove it.

The city is home to a wide variety of bars and clubs featuring drag shows, costume nights, themed drinks, and wild dancing. 

With the help of our friends at Yelp, we compiled a list of the 10 best gay bars in San Francisco. They're spread out across the city and each offers something different, from a nautical theme to Monday Drag Nights. 

All 10 of the spots on the list get a single dollar sign rating from Yelp and offer great drink deals, proving that you don't need to spend a lot to have a great time in the Golden Gate City.

#10 Powerhouse

1347 Folsom St

Known for theme nights like a weekly Underwear Party and a liberal attitude towards pornography, Powerhouse makes for a rowdy night out in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.

"The drinks are reasonably priced and fairly strong, although I'm mostly a beer drinker as well. It may smell like beer or piss from time to time but that's part of its charm. This bar is NOT for the faint of heart; but, that's why it's located in SOMA and not the Castro. Long live, Powerhouse!"Demetri M. wrote. 

#9 440 Castro (Formerly Daddy's)

440 Castro St

As its former name, Daddy's, might suggest, 440 Castro caters to a slightly older crowd, but that doesn't stop it from serving up hearty drinks from the hands of friendly, efficient bartenders. Yelpers call it a "bar for bears," and Tuesday is $2 beer night. 

"This Place is awesome! In the Heart of the Castro with no qualms of being a gay bar it rocks your socks off and much more if you let it!"Curtis C. wrote. 

#8 Gangway

841 Larkin Street

Gangway stands out as a nautically-themed dive bar with passion fruit martinis, $8 pitchers, and drag queens in full sparkling regalia. It's in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's more questionable neighborhoods, but Yelpers say that adds to the fun.  

"You often say that you'll start at Gangway, but you'll be there the whole night. Nice and friendly bartenders who remembers you after being there once. Cheap beers. And talk to the sometimes a bit strange costumers,"Jesper H. wrote.

The 7th-grade teacher of a gay student who was murdered in 2008 made some shocking statements to an HBO documentary crew about his death.

Gawker highlighted a video clip from the documentary "Valentine Road" in which middle-school teacher Shirley Brown says she relates to the killer of 15-year-old gay student Lawrence "Larry" King.

A fellow classmate, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, shot King in Oxnard, Calif. in 2008. King had come out as gay in the weeks before his death, and students bullied him once he started dressing as a girl.

McInerney shot King twice in the head in a school computer lab. He is now serving a 21-year prison sentence.

Brown makes clear that teachers had warned him about being flamboyant:

"When he asked me what to do about the situation, my response to him was 'nothing. What to do about the situation is nothing, and to keep it private, and to dwell upon it.' Larry shouldn't have expressed himself so blatantly, openly transsexual. He regressed day-by-day in his outward appearance as a girl. Any teacher with a grain of salt really said, 'it's out of control.'"

She also says she relates to the killer:

"I do believe Larry honestly did not even have a clue, uh, the consequences of his actions. I relate to Brandon because I could see my own self being in that very same position. I don't know if I would have taken a gun, but a good, swift kick in the butt might work really well."

Before King was murdered, Brown says she warned the school principal that they had to put a stop to his "progression" before the boys at school beat him to death.

The implication from these statements is that the blame isn't on the student who murdered King, but rather on King's own behavior.

Similarly, King's special needs teacher, Sue Crowley, speaks in the movie about how he had a "special need," a behavior he needed to "extinguish" in the classroom. She says: "Larry had a behavior goal to not do exactly what he was doing in the weeks before he died. It's a legally binding document. It should have been enforced, just like any other legal document."

Gawker has clips of the interviews with Brown and pro-McInerney jurors.

This perspective seems disturbing, but then again the movie is "bracingly willing to explore other sides of this disturbing case and complex subject,"according to the New York Times.

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Hallmark has apologized for an ornament that replaces the word "gay" with "fun." 

"Don we now our fun apparel," reads the ornament featured on Hallmark's website, reports Dan Amira at nymag.com. 

The company has faced criticism on Facebook and Twitter, most notably from CNN anchor Carol Costello. 

"Homophobic?" Costello writes on Facebook. "I say, yes you are." 

Hallmark initially issued a non-apology, but eventually sounded contrite in a statement yesterday: 

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Hallmark has run into trouble with a new Christmas ornament shaped like a festive sweater with the message: "Don we now our fun apparel."

The word "fun"replaces "gay" from the 'Deck the Halls' Christmas carol lyric about wearing cheerful festive clothes and changed it to avoid implicitly referencing homosexuality.

That's right: In attempting to avoid a controversy, Hallmark has apparently offended almost everyone, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today.

"There is nothing wrong with the word 'gay,' " Dave Thompson wrote on the company's Facebook page. "It can mean fun, happy, excited, exuberant - and it refers to gay people. ... There's nothing wrong with either! Bad Hallmark! Bad!"

Jerrilyn York Thompson complained: "Hallmark claims to be the keeper of traditional values; then, you change the words to a centuries old Christmas Carol to appease maybe 2 percent of the population. I am so sick of this PC society that will defer to whatever fringe of society that is yelling the loudest."

"Our GAY family will (return) any Hallmark cards received," a writer named Richie recently tweeted to Hallmark. "Straight America is offended!" wrote Joyce McNealy on Facebook.

Hallmark, issued the following explanation: "Today (the word 'gay') has multiple meanings, which we thought could leave our intent open to misinterpretation. The trend of wearing festively decorated Christmas sweaters to parties is all about fun, and this ornament is intended to play into that, so the planning team decided to say what we meant: 'fun.' "

According to a Hallmark spokesperson, the ornament is still for sale in Hallmark Gold Crown stores.

To be fair, Hallmark's probably right that an outlandish sweater with the words "Don we now our gay apparel!" would also cause some confusion. Would it be implying that all holiday sweaters somehow looked gay? That all gay people wear ridiculous Christmas sweaters? What about gay people who don't celebrate Christmas?

If Hallmark was worried that "gay apparel" would offend people -maybe the right move would have been to avoid the lyric at all, says the Chronicle. The company could have released a sweater-shaped ornament with no writing on it, just like it apparently did in 2003.

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Alec Baldwin shouted a gay slur at a cameraman yesterday following a courtroom victory in his stalker case.

In a TMZ video, Baldwin is heard yelling: "that one is a "c---sucking fag," but later took to Twitter to vehemently deny that he used the homophobic phrase, instead claiming he said he had actually use the term "fathead." 

Today, Baldwin finally admitted his faux pas:

1-Rich Ferraro from @glaad informs me that c'sucker is an anti-gay epithet. In which case I apologize and will retire it from my vocabulary.

— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 15, 2013

But the MSNBC show host's 10pm competition, Anderson Cooper, is still not amused.

Wow, Alec Baldwin shows his true colors yet again. How is he going to lie and excuse his anti-gay slurs this time?

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 15, 2013

.@trac5133 I never suggested he had to apologize. He can say whatever he wants, but then why repeatedly lie about it afterwards?

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 15, 2013

Just read Alec Baldwin's latest excuses. They are actually so ridiculous they are funny

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 15, 2013

As Cooper notes, this isn't Baldwin's first homophobic outburst.

In June, he erupted at Daily Mail reporter George Stark and called him a "toxic little queen" after his wife was accused of tweeting upbeat messages at James Gandolfini's funeral. 

In a statement Thursday, GLAAD called on Baldwin to "end this pattern of anti-gay slurs."

"Mr. Baldwin can’t lend his support for equality on paper, while degrading gay people in practice," the organization said. 

Baldwin began hosting "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" on MSNBC in October. 

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In a perfect world, it really shouldn't matter what sexual orientation successful people are.

But given that young LGBT people throughout the world still experience bullying at school, we think it's important to highlight some of the brightest LGBT talents in the tech industry. 

“The general idea of corporate America taking on gay issues — with tech companies being out in front — has had an important influence on public opinion,” law professor Gary Gates of the University of California at Los Angeles, one of the country’s top scholars on gay rights and demography, told Politico earlier this year. “They have been first movers on anti-discrimination, on relationship recognition and now on most of the transgender issues.”

Companies like Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and IBM all have adopted LGBT benefits. Google, for example, has provided LGBT partner benefits since 2010. Twitter also has similar anti-discrimination policies in place and domestic-partner benefits in place since the very beginning.

31. Chuck Osborn

Chuck Osborn is a long-time gaming expert who recently became the new managing editor at IGN, a leading online media publication focused on gaming. 

Prior to joining IGN, Osborn wrote for publications like PCXL, PC Gamer, and NVISION. 

30. Kane Sarhan

Last year, Kane Sarhan teamed up with Shaila Ittycheria to launch Enstitute, an on-the-job alternative to attending college.

Enstitute helps place aspiring entrepreneurs in apprenticeship-like programs. It recently expanded to Washington and opened up an online application platform to help people pursue opportunities in business, technology, design, and entrepreneurship.

Enstitute places it students at startups like Thrillist, Tracks, and Bitly. Halfway through its pilot program last year, 70% of students received preliminary full-time offers for permanent jobs.

Prior to co-founding Enstitute, Sarhan worked as the creative director at hot New York-based startup LocalResponse. 

29. Christy Gaughan

Genentech is one of the most innovative biotech companies out there, and a lot of that is thanks to Christy Gaughan, its associate director of BioOncology marketing science. 

Gaughan also serves as Genentech's LGBT employee group co-chair.

“Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts has officially come out of the closet as gay in an end-of-the-year post on her Facebook page

Roberts’ sexuality has apparently been known to her family, friends and co-workers for some time, but her mention of longtime girlfriend Amber Laign was her first public acknowledgment.

"I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together."

The post also discussed Roberts' bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) forcing her to take a leave from “GMA” in October 2012. She returned to the show in February 2013.

Read the revealing post in it's entirety below:

"Flashback 12/29/12....Hard to believe this was 1 year ago today..when I reached a critical milestone of 100 days post transplant...and KJ was finally allowed to come back home.

"Reading this comforts me and I hope the same for you: 'If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.'

"At this moment I am at peace and filled with joy and gratitude.

"I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurses for my restored good health.

"I am grateful for my sister, Sally-Ann, for being my donor and giving me the gift of life.

"I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together.

"I am grateful for the many prayers and well wishes for my recovery. I return every one of them to you 100 fold.

"On this last Sunday of 2013 I encourage you to reflect on what you are grateful for too.

"Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year.

"Peace, love, and blessings to all..XO"

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DALLAS (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America will allow openly gay scouts for the first time as of January 1, with the century-old group facing conservative dissent from within for making the change and criticism from rights groups for not going far enough.

Some of those upset by the change have joined socially conservative groups such as start-up Trail Life USA, which says "any sexual activity outside the context of the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman is sinful before God" and runs counter to its core values.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has also taken a financial hit, with some prominent corporate sponsors withdrawing support over the group's decision to keep in place a ban on homosexuals from serving as adult leaders.

This month, Lockheed Martin Corp, the top U.S. defense contractor, said it had halted donations to the Boy Scouts because of policies to exclude some gays from its ranks.

BSA spokesman Deron Smith said the group is still strong, with only a few breaking away from its ranks.

"We're pleased that the overwhelming majority of our members, families and chartered organizations remain committed to the Boy Scouts of America," Smith told Reuters.

Ahead of the change, BSA set up new guidelines on matters such as maintaining privacy when it comes to showering, dressing and sleeping arrangements.

The policy change was adopted in May 2013 by a majority vote of the BSA's National Council, lifting the ban on openly gay scouts in the face of intense social pressure.

It left in place a prohibition on gays serving as adult Scout leaders.

The Boy Scouts have a national membership of about 2.6 million youth and one million adult volunteers.

"The Boy Scouts of America does not have an agenda on the matter of sexual orientation," the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts said in its membership standard resolution.

"Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether homosexual or heterosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting," it said.

Boys can join the Cub scouts from the time they enter first grade, or about 7 years old and can advance through the Boy Scouts up until they reach their 18th birthday, the BSA says on its website.

The policy change was welcomed by some gay rights advocates as an important first step toward ending discrimination. They still want to see a lifting of the ban on gay leaders and other volunteers.

"We know that change won't happen overnight, and we're ready to do the work," Zach Wahls, co-founder of Scouts for Equality, told Reuters.

"We see the installment of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as the BSA's next president as another reason to be optimistic about the future of Scouting."

As defense secretary, Gates supported President Barack Obama's withdrawal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

The removal of the ban on gays could not happen soon enough for Pascal Tessier ofBethesda, Maryland, a 17-year-old high school senior who said he was denied his Eagle Scout Award because he is gay.

Tessier is slated to pick up the honor on January 15 and would likely become the first openly gay scout to earn the highest rank in scouting.

"I love scouting and always have, so I really want to become an Eagle Scout," he said.

(Writing by Jon Herskovitz; editing by Gunna Dickson)

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Meet Kordale and Kaleb.  

The couple, who live in Chicago, have been popping up all over the Internet this past week after a photo they posted to their Instgram account — KordaleNKaleb— went viral.

The photo (below), shows the gay dads getting their two daughters ready for school. It's a charming moment, undoubtedly painting a familiar picture to families all over the world.

Brushing tangles out of knotty hair, making sure teeth are brushed for longer than 20 seconds — what parent (or child) can't relate? 

The caption on the photo reads:

Being fathers is getting our daughters up at 5:30 am making breakfast getting them dressed for school and putting them on the bus by 6:30 .This is a typical day in our household . It’s not easy but we enjoy every moment and every minute of #fatherhood .#proudfathers #blackfathers #prouddads #gaydads

But not everyone is happy about the family photo, as it stirred up a slew of anti-gay comments on the photo-sharing app and on Twitter. Mused Magazine first noticed what was going on, noting that much of the ignorance and hatred directed at the couple stems from the fact that it's rare to see gay black couples portrayed in the media. 

"Kaleb and Kordell are not unicorns. They are one of many. Their love is beautiful just like the rest of us," Mused says.

This is the family photo uploaded to Instagram around the holidays. The couple also has a son (pictured in the middle):

But as the photo and the couples' Instagram presence continued to spread around the Internet, something wonderful happened. 

Messages of love began to flood the couples' account, showing support for the family.

Here are some of the great comments the couple has received:

After having the spotlight of the Internet shine on them for a few days, Kordale and Kaleb reached out to Huffington Post Gay Voices with a statement regarding the extreme reactions they've received from posting such an innocent photo:

As far as the positive; yes we are two gay men with three kids who have no problem with preparing them for their education every morning; that comes with anything and everything they may need for school! Our kids are blessed to have three parents (Kordale, Kaleb and their Mother) who love, care and support them in every decision they have made and will continue to make as they get older. We are blessed to have the ability to provide for them in ways that a lot of people cannot for their family, which ultimately makes us happy knowing that they don't want for much! Our main objective as parents is to provide, love, educate, support, encourage, and love some more!

In regard to the negative, people fail to realize that we are people too with kids who love us. We do what is necessary for them to succeed in this ever-changing world but it's sad that we're discriminated against because of our sexuality and/or what we do behind closed doors — which is no one's business. In the same breath, we take all of what's been said in stride. The picture was put out on social media for an opinion so we can't be mad when people give just that: an opinion. People tend to think that gay people cannot raise their children to be heterosexuals. Instead, they have derogatory thoughts of us "tainting" our children or "confusing them" with what society sees deems as wrong an unmanly because we're gay. But this is all comical because people forget where a lot of gays come from: a heterosexual household.

Awesome.

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