WATCH: Kelly Clarkson's 'Heartbeat Song' Features Gay Couple

The pop performer’s latest music video shows love comes in many colors.

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Lance Bass Attends 'Love Is Love' Mass Wedding Of 100 Straight And Same-Sex Couples In Florida
Just ahead of their forthcoming television special, *NSYNC star Lance Bass and his new husband, Michael Turchin, touched down in Florida for a mass wedding ceremony celebrating the union of 100 couples.

The 35-year-old pop star, who wed Turchin last December, served as the official ambassador for Fort Lauderdale’s “Love Is Love” event on Feb. 5. The 100 couples included both same-sex and straight pairs, with some tying the knot for the first time and others renewing their vows.

“Love Is Love” also unofficially marked the start of marriage equality in the Sunshine State, where the first same-sex couples began marrying on Jan. 5. The newlyweds and recommitted couples represented 18 U.S. states, as well as London, Italy and South America, according to press representatives.

It’s been a whirlwind week for Bass and Turchin, who have been in the midst of a publicity tour for their new E! special, “Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding.”

The 90-minute show, which airs Feb. 5, will reportedly mark the first time a same-sex celebrity wedding has been televised.

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HRC’s Kendra Johnson Featured in “People of Power” List in Central Arkansas

This week a local magazine in Central Arkansas featured HRC Arkansas State Director Kendra Johnson as one of the area’s most influential people.
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After Exhausting All Other Options, Leading Evangelical Leader Comes Out As Gay

“Basically what happened was I fell in love,” begins leading British evangelical leader Jayne Ozanne, 46, as she publicly tells her story of coming out of the closet.

For the last decade, Jayne has risen up the ranks of the evangelical faction of the Church of England as a lay faith leader, choosing her place among ministries that actively suppress the idea of homosexuality.

But here’s the shocker! She struggled with aligning her own feelings with those of her holier-than-thou church. Must be the first time that’s ever happened.

She participated in various forms of “deliverance ministry” similar to the “ex-gay” movement in America, and wouldn’t you know it? That didn’t work either.

In fact, the attempt at “deliverance” was so harmful it led to a nervous breakdown. “[Deliverance Ministry was like] trying to cast out myself from myself,” Ozanne told Christian Today.

Her psychiatrist ended up giving her a piece of good advice that her church never would have even considered. She told her that maybe it’s time to switch religions.

Jayne left her church, and has now accepted a role as the leader of Accepting Evangelicals, which calls itself a “network of Evangelical Christians who believe the time has come to move towards the acceptance of faithful, loving same-sex partnerships at every level of church life, and the development of a positive Christian ethic for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.”

Which — OK, better than nothing we guess. But maybe, just maybe, if the evangelical church can be wrong about homosexuality, might it stand to reason that they could be wrong about other things? Just throwing that out there.

Here’s Jayne telling her story:

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Ian McKellan's Sherlock Holmes Has Arrived – VIDEO

Charles Pulliam-Moore

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The Women Of 'SNL' Share Show Secrets
To celebrate the 40th anniversay of “Saturday Night Live,” Glamour magazine hosted a reunion with 17 of the most memorable female cast members to talk about everything from their first nervewracking auditions to playing their most recognizable characters.

Yes, those tryouts do sound terrifying:

Kristin Wiig: “Auditioning for SNL is the most nervous I’ve ever been in my life. It was terrifying.”

Cheri Oteri: “I got food poisoning the night before my audition. But even with no sleep, I could’ve danced with two broken legs. It’s that adrenaline.”

On writing parts for women, by women:

Tina Fey: “It’s understood that everyone comes in and has to write for themselves. That’s the difference between getting handed the part of the stewardess and getting to play what you think is funny. You’re not going to stay up all night to give yourself one wife line.”

Rachel Dratch: “When I came up in comedy, you had to gender-neutralize yourself for good roles. If you thought of yourself as a woman instead of as one of the players, you’d be relegated to the waitress role. But in my time on ‘SNL,’ that started changing.”

Amy Poehler: “I liked the costumes depending on how easily I could take a nap in them. I always pitched a character called Sleeping Bag Lady, who just wore a sleeping bag, but it never caught on.”

How Debbie Downer, Mary Katherine Gallagher, Mom Jeans and Target Lady were born:

Rachel Dratch: “I was on vacation in Costa Rica, and when I told someone that I was from New York, they asked, “Were you there for 9/11?” The conversation froze. When I got back, the name [Debbie Downer] popped into my head.”

Molly Shannon: “Every Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch was about fear and success. I was so nervous on the show, but she made me feel brave. When you write what’s inside of you, people relate.”

Tina Fey: “I was complaining about my unfortunate jeans with Amy, Maya, and Rachel. Somebody called them mom jeans, and it turned into the [ Mom Jeans ad]. Looking back, I’m at my goal weight in that commercial, even though I was wearing padding.”

Kristen Wiig: “Gilly [the pesky schoolgirl] started with a silly face I made working late at the show one night. Target Lady was in fact inspired by a Target worker. Penelope came from listening to someone one-up people all the time. We all know a Penelope or two.”

On female friendship:

Aidy Bryant: “Kate [McKinnon] and I are best buds, and we started calling ourselves [Dyke and Fats]. We’d be like, ‘Sorry! Dyke and Fats are late.’ We knew it was touchy, but it felt powerful to put it [in a 2014 skit], like, ‘We don’t worry about this stuff, so neither should you.'”

Amy Poehler: “Every time I did a scene with the other ladies, it felt like a highlight. And if it was a stinker, it was almost more fun to think about how we would laugh about it later.”

Kristen Wiig: “Leaving [the show] was a punch-in-the-gut sadness. It still lingers. I don’t think it will ever go away.”

From left to right: Laraine Newman (original cast member, 1975–1980); Kristen Wiig (cast member, 2005-2012); Amy Poehler (cast member, 2001-2008); Ana Gasteyer (cast member, 1996-2002); Tina Fey (cast member and writer, 1997-2006); Sasheer Zamata (cast member 2014-present); Jane Curtin (original cast member, 1975-1980); Cecily Strong (cast member, 2012-present); Colin Jost (cast member and writer, 2005-present); Kate McKinnon (cast member, 2012-present); Rachel Dratch (cast member, 1999-2006); Michael Che (cast member and writer, 2013-present); Aidy Bryant (cast member, 2012-present); Casey Wilson (cast member, 2008-2009); Cheri Oteri (cast member, 1995-2000); Molly Shannon (cast member, 1995-2001); Maya Rudolph (cast member, 2000-2007); Vanessa Bayer (cast member, 2010-present); Leslie Jones (cast member and writer, 2014-present); Taran Killam (cast member, 2010-present)

For more with the women of “Saturday Night Live,” pick up the March issue of Glamour, on newsstands nationwide Feb. 10.

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