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Diva in the house!!!

Jennifer Lopez was honored with the Ally for Equality Award at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C. Saturday night, in recognition for her work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.

Well-deserved!

The actress wrapped her curves up in a velvet Zuhair Murad high-neck gown featuring beaded mesh panels along the arms, bodice, legs, AND back!

Who says you have to temper your seksiness just because you're hanging out with Gloria Steinem in D.C.?!

J.Lo complemented the rich burgundy color of her dress with berry lips and a touch of plum eyeshadow.

Is there an Ally for Hotness Award they can give her, too? LOLz!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: ally for equality award, awardz, fashion smashion, gloria steinem, human rights campaign, jennifer lopez, red carpet, zuhair murad, zuhair murad fall 2013 couture

Wentworth Miller is a true inspiration.

As you'll recall, the Prison Break actor chose to come out of the closet by declining an invitation to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival due to Russia's treatment and attitude toward the LGBT community.

Saturday night, Miller revealed an even deeper secret at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner. He told the audience seated in Seattle that his first suicide attempt occurred when he was only 15 years old.

Only 15 years old. Awful.

Telling his emotional story, he revealed that he wasn't consuming a bottle of pills to cry for help because:

Tags: human rights campaign, inspiration, lbgt, russia, suicide, wentworth miller

All hail The Queen of Pop! All hail The Queen of Pop!

Madonna is back with another totally mysterious trailer for her upcoming #secretproject, not made any less cool by the fact that we untangled her mystery earlier this month!!!

Ch-ch-check out Her Madgesty's latest vid (above)!

The iconic musician, fashionista, and humanitarian will work together with her beautiful boy-toy Brahim Zaibat on a huge human rights campaign for his clothing line, Defend Paris, and we genuinely cannot wait to see them unveil it!

We still aren't sure whether or not the material girl will design any items herself, but we sure as heck hope so!!

Tags: brahim zaibat, clothing line, defend paris, fashion smashion, human rights campaign, inspiration, madonna, secretproject, trailer, video

WE love it!!

Anything Florence Welch touches turns to gold, and this is no exception!!

Covering Icona Pop's beat-bumpin' I Love It for a Human Rights Campaign benefit, she and Dev Hynes showed the crowd (and internet) just how much of IT they love.

Ch-ch-check it ouuttt (above)!!!

We gotta feelin… that we wanna see her cover more smash hits!!

Tags: cover, dev hynes, florence and the machine, florence welch, human rights campaign, i love it, icona pop, music minute, video

Don't adjust your browsers, dear readers — neither Facebook nor Twitter are broken!

You probably woke up to pink and red equal signs taking your social media outlets by storm this morning, but fear not because it's all for a totally awesome cause!!

The US Supreme Court spent Tuesday dragging its feet while listening to arguments for and against gay marriage, but there are millions of people who refused to let their voices go unheard!!

In an effort to bring awareness to the critically important battle to allow all couples who love each other the right to marry, the miracle workers over at the Human Rights Campaign are encouraging EVERYONE — us, you, your crazy uncle who doesn't like kids walking on their lawn — to replace their profile pics with these pink and red equal signs for these next few critical days.

This is pretty much the greatest idea since

Tags: equality, facebook, gay gay gay, gay marriage, human rights campaign, politics, same sex marriage, twitter, us supreme court

Just when we think we couldn't love Hillary Clinton anymore, she finds a way to prove us wrong!

The former Secretary of State has never shied away from social issues and was a huge advocate for gender equality before stepping down from office, and now she is also showing support for same-sex marriage!

In a video posted for the Human Rights Campaign, Hillary shares her beliefs on marriage equality saying:

"LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage."

Preach sista!!!

She goes on to explain why the issue is important to her personally, saying:

"A few years ago Bill and I celebrated as our own daughter married the love of her life, and I wish every parent that same joy. To deny the opportunity to any of our daughters and sons solely on the basis of who they are and who they love is to deny them the chance to live up to their own God-given potential."

Can someone get us a tissue over here?!

Ch-ch-check out Hillary's inspiring speech (above)!

Although she is no longer in office, it is always great to see such an influential figure speak out for a great cause! We can't even begin to say how proud we are of Hillary!

Tags: bill clinton, gay rights, gender equality, hillary clinton, human rights campaign, lgbt, marriage eqaulity, same sex marriage, secretary of state

Lana Wachowski, the director of Cloud Atlas, has not made a public appearance to promote her and brother Andy's films in 12 years.

While the filmmaker prefers anonymity, she decided it was finally time to talk about her private struggles that so many others go through too. She got a great opportunity in San Francisco recently when she was honored with the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award.

The "painfully shy" woman behind The Matrix took advantage of the attention to speak about her transgender experience that started when she was a young child in Catholic School and continues to this day.

Mixing humor and brutal honesty, she takes the audience on a walk in her shoes as she recounts the day she almost committed suicide, the day she came to terms with who she really was, the day her parents accepted her femininity and the day she decided to sacrifice her private civic life to make this world a better place for the entire LGBT community.

Take some time and watch the incredible speech (above). We promise you'll laugh, you'll cry and maybe grow a little bit as a person.

Most of all, you'll be hoping that she makes these types of public appearances more often.

Tags: andy wachowski, cloud atlas, human rights campaign, lana wachowski, visibility award