A new Military Times poll on "don't ask, don't tell" first asks readers whether they've ever been hit on by gay service members.

Photographer Jeff Sheng is looking for as many participants as possible for a new photo project on closeted men and women in the U.S. military.

Students at the University of Texas at Austin rallied Thursday to call for domestic-partner benefits for faculty and staff members.

Current New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand leads in polls against former governor George Pataki by a small margin, according to a Rasmussen poll released Thursday. Gillibrand is leading Pataki with 45% of New York voters saying they would support her over 42% who said they would vote for him.

Juan Martinez Matos, who is accused of murdering a 19-year-old gay man in Puerto Rico, is being held in jail on a $4 million bond, according to the Associated Press.

Daytime TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, viewed by many as the natural successor to Oprah Winfrey, lauded the queen of daytime TV upon her announcement Thursday that she would end her show in 2011.

 Logo offered a glimpse into season 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, set to debut on the gay cable network in February.

Following this week’s announcement of controversial guidelines that relax recommendations for women’s breast cancer screening, new guidelines on cervical cancer recommend delaying the date of a young woman’s first Pap test and screening less often.

Jon Stewart worries that Will Phillips, the 10-year-old Arkansas boy who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school until LGBT people have full equality, could need some protection from bullies. Last night on TheDaily Show With Jon Stewart, he proposed that professional wrestler Mick Foley provide security for the youngster.

The Tampa city council voted Thursday to extend antidiscrimination protections to transgender individuals over the objections of opponents, many of whom based their criticisms on religion.