Gay artist Touko Laaksonen's homoerotic drawings have captured the imagination (and libido) for decades—creating an hypersexualized aesthetic that's still employed today. While many of Laaksonen's works are x-rated, none of the stamps will feature hardcore imagery when they're released in September.

"Of course, the choice was discussed," postal development director Markku Penttinen says of concerns about Laaksonen's subject matter. "But we wanted to live in the year 2014."

Tom of Finland is finally getting its artistic due, with a movie about Laaksonen underway and a recent ToF exhibition at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art.

Anderson Cooper dropped his typically unflappable demeanor this week when homophobic pundit Damian Goddard  attacked the Silver Fox's  supportive tweet about newly out NCAA basketball player Derrick Gordon.

Apparently the library is open at AC's house.

The project spring up in Jackson, Mississippi's Fondren neighborhood last week, and has since spread statewide, the Clarion Ledger reports. Decals bearing the message have been produced by Equality Mississippi.

"A lot of us were trying to counter the negative stuff from outside Mississippi," explained barber shop owner Eddie Outlaw, who helped launch the effort. "We wanted to let people know – not just the LGBT community but the progressive community as a whole – that this doesn't represent everybody here.".

Friday was the nationwide Day of Silence, when students stopped speaking to raise awareness about school bullying. It was also when four students in Oregon decided to wear homophobic t-shirts with messages like "Gay is Not OK."

"I don't have a big problem with gay people," said one student. "It's just when they start parading around the school about how 'we have a day of silence for gays, lesbians, transvestites'. It's like, we don't have a straight day."

Sure you do: Every day that ends in d-a-y.

The couples, all of whom were legally married in other states but have ties to Ohio through their children, or soon-to-be-born children, filed a lawsuit against the state to have their marriages recognized on birth certificates. They stated that being forced to list only one parent is a violation of their rights according to the U.S. Constitution.

Writes the Washington Blade:

Now that Black has handed down the decision, state officials in Ohio — Gov. John Kasich and Attorney General Mike DeWine — are expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The officials may also independently seek a stay of the order requiring the state to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.