As one of the few openly gay television anchors, Maddow has kept the spotlight trained on the contentious issue of whether service members known to be homosexual should face discharge proceedings. Matt Damon will portray Liberace's lover in an upcoming Warner Brother's feature film. Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey play lovers in the movie "I Love You Phillip Morris." Actor Jim Parsons tells Entertainment Weekly that "other" may be the right category for the sexual orientation of his character on "The Big Bang Theory."

Shows with gay characters could lose Florida tax credits
Canada.com, March 9, 2010
Florida lawmakers are considering a ‘family friendly’ bill that would deny tax credits to films and television shows with gay characters in favor of those promoting traditional values.

Sean Hayes: "I was never in"
Digital Spy, March 9, 2010
Will and Grace actor Sean Hayes has confirmed that he is gay, Hayes, who played the flamboyant character Jack McFarland on the NBC show, opened up about his sexuality in a recent interview with The Advocate.

Oscar winner Sandra Bullock gets emotional, gay inclusive
Advocate, March 8, 2010
Sandra Bullock was named Best Actress in a Motion Picture for her work in "The Blind Side" at Sunday night's Academy Awards, and her acceptance speech walked the same line of humor and drama that won her the Oscar.

Kathy Griffin lesbian kiss cut from ‘SVU’
Advocate.com, March 5, 2010
Kathy Griffin made her highly anticipated first appearance Wednesday night on NBC’s "Law & Order Special Victims Unit," but the scene in which she kisses Mariska Hargitay was axed.

Lesbian love scenes for 'Desperate Housewives'
PinkNews.co.uk, March 3, 2010
US comedy Desperate Housewives is to get its first lesbian relationship. Highly-strung Katherine Mayfair will be seduced by her new flatmate after dreaming about sleeping with her.

New York Theater -- Stealing kisses before ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
New York Times, February 25, 2010
A delightful first act gives way to a muddled Act II in "Yank!," a musical about a gay romance during World War II. But if the overall package doesn’t quite work, this stuffed-to-the-brim show certainly goes out of its way to include something for everybody: two tap numbers, a ballet, rousing songs of camaraderie, sentimental ballads, bare backsides, guys in formal gowns. With all that’s going on, you hardly even notice the accidental topicality.

Clay Aiken takes stage for gay rights
News ABC 13, February 24, 2010
More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his North Carolina hometown. Aiken will deliver a speech about gay rights at the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas gala in Raleigh.

Broken hearts, bleeding psyches
New York Times, February 24, 2010
Mart Crowley’s breakthrough 1968 comic drama "Boys in the Band" about gay men at play may be filled with rapid-fire jokes, but it’s really all about opening the veins of self-loathing and letting the pain flow until it floods the place.

Figure skater shrugs off 'homophobic' remarks
PinkNews.co.uk, February 23, 2010
A flamboyant American figure skater has shrugged off 'homophobic' remarks made about him by sports commentators. Johnny Weir has been the butt of jokes made by a number of commentators in the past week.

New gay theater has more love than politics
New York Times, February 23, 2010
A new breed of plays and musicals this season is presenting gay characters in love stories, replacing the direct political messages of 1980s and ‘90s shows like "The Normal Heart" and "Angels in America" with more personal appeals for social progress.

Ewan McGregor likes kissing boys & going nude onscreen
The Post Chronicle, February 18, 2010
Ewan McGregor has admitted to loving the rush he gets from getting completely naked on movies and kissing his male co-stars. McGregor latest movie "I Love You Phillip Morris" was what he calls a "gay movie" when he falls in love with co-star Jim Carrey's character.

McConaughey wows lesbians at Austin bar
Canoe.com, February 18, 2010
Even lesbians can't resist the charms of Matthew McConaughey - as the actor and his girlfriend discovered on a recent trip to Austin, Texas. The star and Camila Alves were out partying when they stumbled into a gay bar and became the center of attention.

Matt Damon will play Liberace’s lover
On Top Magazine, February 17, 2010
Damon, who was named People magazine's sexiest man alive in 2007, will play the part of Scott Thornson, Liberace's alleged lover, in an upcoming Warner Brother's feature film scheduled to arrive in 2012. Ocean's Eleven director Steven Soderbergh has drafted Michael Douglas to play the flamboyant pianist.

Rachel Maddow sharpens focus on 'don't ask, don't tell'
Washington Post, February 15, 2010
As one of the few openly gay television anchors, Maddow has kept the spotlight trained on the contentious issue of whether service members known to be homosexual should face discharge proceedings, as Choi did after that interview. But she doesn't view herself as mounting a crusade.

British fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide
MailOnline.com, February 11, 2010
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after taking his own life. The 40-year-old committed suicide just days after the death of his mother, Joyce, last week. Openly gay, McQueen once described himself as the 'pink sheep of the family'.

‘Big Bang Theory's’ Sheldon: Straight, gay, or other?
Advocate.com, February 11, 2010
How best to describe the sexual orientation of Sheldon Cooper, the resident brainiac of TheBig Bang Theory? Executive producer Chuck Lorre and actor Jim Parsons tell Entertainment Weekly that "other" may be the right category.

Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
Associated Press, February 10, 2010
Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers. Fans took to the Internet to express their pleasant surprise over the 52-year-old funnylady's debut as the singing competition's fourth judge.

Anne Hathaway left Catholicism after brother came out
PinkNews.co.uk, January 8, 2008
Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway has revealed her family became Episcopalians after her brother came out. She said: "Why should I support an organization that has a limited view of my beloved brother?"

Anderson Cooper casually outed in Haitian adoption tale
gawker.com, February 4, 2010
The National Enquirer says Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend will adopt a baby. Even crazier than that, the National Enquirer is talking about Cooper's boyfriend on the front page. Even your mom is gonna see that at the grocery store! The Enquirer doesn't even address whether or not Cooper is in the closet, they just run with the very correct assumption that he is gay and in a relationship with Benjamin Maisani.

ABC orders more gay dads
On Top Magazine, February 3, 2010
GLAAD Media Award-winner ABC is ordering up more gay dads! On Monday, executives green lit a new comedy show by Grey's Anatomy producer Mark Gordon that includes a gay dad. ABC has agreed to pick up the pilot for "It Takes a Village" about the lives of a former couple who are struggling to raise their teenage son after divorcing and the father is in an openly gay relationship.

No coming-out party for Super Bowl
Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2010
Among this year's spots rejected by CBS are one for gay dating website ManCrunch.com and one from GoDaddy.com titled 'Lola.' The subtext in both may be that football itself is, well, kind of gay.