Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
No large defections follow Boy Scouts policy change to allow gay members - PinkNews
Rev Otis Charles, first Christian bishop to come out, dies - Gay Star News
As Boy Scouts end gay membership ban, fight for inclusion continues - BuzzFeed
Uganda president playing both sides on anti-gay law - Gay Star News
Officials claim mobile phone firm O2 is misleading public on gay internet blocks - Gay Star News
Nigeria "Jail All the Gays Bill" faces delays before it becomes law - Gay Star News
New CDC trans feminine breast screening policy takes effect - TransGriot
Trans Scientist in critical condition after animal attack - Advocate
A gay couple got married atop a giant wedding cake float at the Rose Parade - BuzzFeed
Vicar tells Church of England to "keep calm and support equal marriage" - PinkNews
Bahrain court gives initial approval to gender reassignment for two trans men - PinkNews
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Gay couples sue Kansas to be allowed to file join tax returns - PinkNews
Connecticut becomes fifth state to require transgender medical coverage - Advocate
Utah calls on Supreme Court to halt marriages for LGBT couples - Washington Blade
Tennessee project encourages businesses to support LGBT community - PinkNews
Pascal Tessier, gay Maryland teen, becomes Eagle Scout on January 1 - The Huffington Post
Indiana appeals court: Gender change does not void marriage - Advocate
Gay seniors find housing, safe haven at Minnesota's Spirit on Lake - The Huffington Post
Arson linked to NYE fire at crowded Seattle gay bar - Queerty
Utah legislator introduces law exempting churches from blessing gay couples' marriages - Towleroad
COMMENTARY
14 LGBT resolutions for 2014 - The Huffington Post
A new day in health care coverage - LGBT Weekly
Butch moms, bullies, manternity and love - The Huffington Post
Not "coming out" is a straight privilege" - The Huffington Post
VIDEO: A sister's gift to her gay brother on his wedding - LGBT Weekly
Trans community things to look forward to in 2014 - TransGriot
2013: The year in quotes - Washington Blade
ENTERTAINMENT
Video surfaces of Phil Robertson advising men to marry 15-year-old girls - Queerty
Redbox subject of anti-gay backlash for carrying marriage equality doc "Bridegroom" - Queerty
CNN's Don Lemon on why he waited until his mid-40s to come out publicly as gay - Gay Star News
Definitive proof that Robin Roberts is a goddess among us - BuzzFeed
The year's top 10 LGBT moments in comic books - Advocate
Glenn Beck calls Russian homophobia "hetero-fascism" - Gay Star News
5 lesbian films you might have missed in 2013 - Autostraddle
YMCA songwriter will not perform at Sochi in protest against anti-gay law - PinkNews
Complaints made to BBC over EastEnders gay kiss - Gay Star News
TV stations cut away from gay couple's wedding atop historic Rose Parade float - PinkNews
VIDEO: ABC News looks back on one of the gayest years in History - Towelroad
SPORTS
Aaron Rodgers: "I'm not gay. I really, really like women" - The Huffington Post
Some awesome sports stars who supported their gay kids (and one who didn't) - Queerty
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