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It looks like the National Football League is getting in on the action for LGBT Pride Month!

The NFL Players Association recently announced they would be teaming up with One Team Shop to start selling a new line of t-shirts to show their support for the gay community!!

Each one features a rainbow-colored rendition of the NFLPA's new logo as well as the name and number of several players who have spoken out about their excitement for the new products!

Tags: business blitz, chris kluwe, fashion smashion, football, gay gay gay, lgbt, nfl, nflpa, players association, pride month, scott fujita, zportz

Kristin Beck is, by anyone's standards, a genuine American hero!

A Navy SEAL for 20 years, she put herself in harms way during seven combat deployments and gathered a string of accolades including a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.

And she did it all while pretending to be a man!!!

Born Chris Beck, she realized early on she was transgendered. Unfortunately she was forced to keep her complex identity a secret while serving in the military and laying her life on the line for her country. A country that often shows intolerance toward the LGBT community.

After retiring from Seal Team 6 just months before they killed

Tags: bookz, chris beck, gay gay gay, inspiration, kristin beck, lgbt, navy seal, osama bin laden, seal team six, transgender, us military, warrior princess

Now that twelve of the United States, as well as country's capital District of Columbia, allow gay couples to marry, more happily face updates to their old-fashioned laws.

So during an episode of Super Soul Sunday, goddess Oprah Winfrey and panelists Rev. Ed Bacon, author Elizabeth Lesser, and author Mark Nepo chime in on the subject to ask if this is a social revolution or a cultural shift. And what effect will it have on traditional marriage?

According to Rev. Bacon, only one:

"It's going to be enriched. I've never had a straight couple come to me and say, 'My marriage is in trouble because of a gay couple living next door.'"

And as Elizabeth so eloquently put it, "the institution of marriage is already in trouble, long before gays were getting married." Why yes, a few straight people here and there have kicked the value of marriage around time and time again with adultery and divorce. ;)

So Oprah replied:

Tags: ed bacon, elizabeth lesser, lgbt, mark nepo, oprah, oprah winfrey, same sex marriage, super soul sunday, video

Why is The Boom Boom not signed to a major label yet???

This Canadian act has entered our "Can YOU Sing?" contest before - winning - and they have once again won our latest with their EXCEPTIONAL re-imagining of fellow Canadians Tegan and Sara's Closer!

We know talent - and The Boom Boom's lead singer is such a superstar! And her bandmate/producing partner is equally talented!

We have no affiliation with them, we just really believe in them and their music!

Check out their cover above!

And check out our very worthy 2nd place entry… after the jump!

Tags: can you sing, canadian, closer, competition, cover, lesbian, lgbt, perez hilton, sisters, tegan and sara

Woo hoo!

Minnesota State Senators warmed our hearts today by passing a measure allowing same-sex couples to marry!

The Land of 10,000 Lakes lawmakers voted 37 to 30 in favor, and the Governor is expected to sign it into law tomorrow!! Better late than never!!

State Senator John Marty, a democrat, was pleased as punch by the result.

He said:

“These families deserve the same rights and recognitions that we do. It’s finally happening."

We agree 100% and we couldn't be more thrilled!!

Minnesota, the birth place of Prince, becomes the 12th state in the Union to take this grand step toward LGBT equality!

Now everyone can purify themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka regardless of sexual orientation, LOLz!!

Twelve states down, 38 to go!!

[Image via Twitter.]

Tags: 12th state, equality, gay gay gay, gay marriage, legalized, lgbt, love, love line, minnesota, same sex marriage

The one and only Liza Minnelli is taking a stand in support of same-sex marriage!

The Broadway legend recently posed for the NOH8 Campaign — the portrait of which has officially been revealed (above).

Liza is one of many celebrities to speak up about LGBT issues in both visual and verbal protest, joining the ranks of recent additions including The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson. When asked about her thoughts, the star said:

“Here’s what I believe… No shame. No Blame. No guilt. Be happy, and be who you are. I love you.”

Ahhh! We love you, too, Liza!

[Image via NOH8.]

Tags: lgbt, liza minnelli, liza minnelli photo, noh8 campaign, noh8 photo, politics, prop 8

God save the Queen anyone who pisses off the Queen!

Helen Mirren reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth II for the award-winning stage production of The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre in London this weekend!

But the real show took place outside where the actress told off a group of noisy drummers!

The street performers were apparently promoting the As One in the Park festival for the LGBT community later that month, but Helen found their banging a little distracting and told them so herself at the intermission!

She admitted that it definitely wasn’t one of her finer moments, and that she may have used a few no-no words:

Tags: anglophilia, as one in the park, cussing, distracting, drummers, gielgud theatre, helen mirren, lgbt, london, meltdown, noisy, queen elizabeth ii, stage performance, street performers, the audience