Listen closely: that's the sound of male fantasies all over the country being shattered. Although the image of young, experimental coeds hooking up in dorm rooms is so popular it has its own name — LUG, or lesbian until graduation — a new study by the CDC all but debunks that stereotype. The study, which looked at the sexual behavior and activities of over 13,000 15- to 44-year-olds, finds Read more

In this hilarious, slightly NSFW, video promoting gay marriage, Justin Long and Mike White play two gay spouses in the midst of a regular old marriage. If proponents of the "traditional" family want to do away with the indecent gay lifestyle, the video explains, they should legalize gay marriage. Eventually gay lovers will turn into boring, bickering, sexless, yet still adorable, spouses. The Read more

In an interview with The Advocate, Cynthia Nixon discusses coming out about her sexuality, battling breast cancer, her six-year relationship with partner Christine Marinoni, and the upcoming Sex and the City 2 movie. On her partner "She's basically a short man with boobs. A lot of what I love about her is her butchness. I'm not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her Read more

You don't need to be a comic book nerd to think this news is awesome. DC Comics has announced plans to give Batwoman her very own series. Batwoman will be the first lesbian character in a title role of series released by a major comic book publisher. Some other cool facts about the unlikely heroine: Batwoman was originally created in 1956 and then reintroduced in 2006 as a lesbian. Batwoman was Read more

A school district in Mississippi believes it has a vested interest in what students wear to prom and whom they bring as dates. Specifically, girls must wear dresses and all students must bring dates of the opposite sex. After senior Constance McMillen threatened to break these rules by bringing her girlfriend and wearing a tuxedo, the district called the whole thing off. The school board dropped Read more

Swedish meatballs. IKEA. Abba. Free health care and education. As if those riches weren't enough for one nation to hoard, now comes the news that over the weekend, Eva Brunne, above left, was ordained as Sweden's first openly gay bishop. Another female pastor, Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund, was also ordained as Bishop of Härnösand in northern Sweden. Around 75 percent of Swedes belong to the Read more

"I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself and not long after that I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't of been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive." — Laura Ricketts, one of the new owners of The Chicago Cubs who happens to be an openly Read more

Conventional Wisdom is a different kind of advice column. Your questions will be answered by people from all walks of life rather than by advice experts. If you have a question you'd like answered on Conventional Wisdom, you can submit it here. This week, an out and proud gay woman helps a 16-year-old girl figure out how to come out. After you read her answer, be sure to check out TrèsSugar's Read more

“They all scratched out ‘boy’ and put ‘girl’. That’s how we won.” — Deoine Scott, left, on being chosen with her girlfriend Victoria (“Vikky”) Cruz as best couple at the South Bronx high school they attend and where they've been a couple since their sophomore year. It was Cruz who entered them into the contest and who scratched out "boy" and replaced it with "girl" first, Read more