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In a move that surely has adoring fans around the world crossing their fingers, gay Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham tweeted that he would dive naked if he wins gold at the London games:

Though Mitcham -- one of the few

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In 2003, the year after Jeff Sheng graduated from college, he began working on a project photographing and interviewing high school and collegiate athletes across the United States who openly self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), but continued to play sports on their predominantly “straight” school sports teams.

Updated on August 7th at 3:45pm, after GaymerCon organizers were reached for comment.

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This...

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In a July...

If you were one of London's estimated 350,000 Grindr users trying to log into the GPS-based gay dating App last week, you may have encountered some difficulty, due, according to some, to the influx of Olympic athletes trying to use the service.

In a July...

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Katelynn Cusanelli, who some may remember from MTV's "The Real World: Brooklyn" as the first (and only) openly transgender person in the show's twenty year history, and as an activist and lecturer in the LGBTQ community who has worked to raise awareness regarding HIV & AIDS,...

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With this morning's release of "Same Love," Seattle-based hip-hop artist Macklemore is once again using his influence as a positive force to address social ills. At first, it might seem like Macklemore's scathing lyrical critique of homophobia and heteronormativity is simply him cashing in on recent hip-hop events -- earlier this month, Frank Ocean described an impassioned same-sex relationship, and a slew of artists reacted by voicing support for LGBT acceptance.

But after a listen, that cynicism goes out the window.

"Same Love," which was produced by Ryan Lewis and features Mary Lambert, begins with Macklemore's candid reflection on his third grade fear of being gay, because of a "buncha stereotypes all in [his] head" at such a young age, and moves to challenging religious hypocrisy, gay conversion therapy, mainstream hip hop, bullying in schools...the list goes on.

"It was not easy to write," Macklemore explains in a blog post about the song. "I struggled with how I, as a straight male, could genuinely speak upon this issue."

In our view, the song hits the nail on the head. When he climactically proclaims, "I might not be the same, but that's not important. No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it," it's clear that not only does he genuinely care about civil rights, but he also understands how deeply embedded inequality is in American society.

In a testimony for Music for Marriage Equality (video above) Macklemore says:

"I grew up with two gay uncles on Capitol Hill... I was always around a community of gay people...as a hip-hop artist, it's still a taboo issue...that is crazy to me...there's so much fear, and so much of it dates back to religion...I think that we have evolved as a society, and this is our time to create the change that is right."

Straight ally? He's doing it right.

"Same Love" is on Macklemore's upcoming album, "The Heist," to be released this October. The track will be released July 31 by Sub Pop Records, with proceeds supporting Music for Marriage Equality.

Listen to the song (posted above), and let us know your reaction in the comments section below.

For more examples of hip-hop artists addressing homosexuality, check out this slideshow:

There has been no shortage of laughable anti-LGBT advertisements, and this ad (above) made by Citizen Link, a self-described "family advocacy organization," and Focus on the Family affiliate, is no exception.

The ad, titled "In The Eyes of the Law" was

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Fans of the...