“I am honored to be able to continue to raise awareness and money for this cause and these outstanding organizations. Organizations like these are in the trenches every day working on behalf of all of us whether you are LGBT or straight. Equal and full civil rights are supposed to be for all of us.”

Lady Gaga continues her support for the LGBT community this weekend when she appears at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ, as host of a night to raise money for gay civil rights organisations.

And this isn’t a question of a star getting a fat fee for headlining an event. Organisers say that 100% of the $20 admission fee will benefit The Power, Empire State Pride Agenda, Equality Pennsylvania and Garden State Equality. (more here)

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Gay marriage in DC likely to be legalized March 2

A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled today that gay marriage opponents do not have a right to hold a public referendum on whether those marriages should be legal in the District. One step closer to LGBT equality.

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Does the U.S. Constitution prohibit states from outlawing same-sex marriage? That’s the question the federal court hearing now under way in San Francisco has to decide. The proceedings involve a challenge to Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban approved by California voters. Whatever the outcome of this trial, the verdict will probably result in an appeal to the Supreme Court, whose eventual decision will have a profound impact on the legality of gay marriage across the United States.