''I don't think of dying. I think of being here now.'' Actress Valerie Harper, 73, as quoted by People magazine regarding her diagnosis of terminal brain cancer.  Harper is best known for her role as the 1970s TV character Rhoda Morgenstern on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Rhoda. In the mid-1980s she starred in the family sitcom Valerie, and since ... [Read]

Hawaii News Now reports that actor Jim Nabors married his partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle two weeks ago. "I'm 82 and he's in his 60s and so we've been together for 38 years and I'm not ashamed of people knowing, it's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't tell anybody." Nabors is famous for his work in ... [Read]

"Starting off the year with a new fiance, @bluehamilton. A great way to kick off 2013!" A tweet by 30-year-old actor Matt Dallas, best known for his role in the sci-fi series Kyle XY. The tweet appears to imply Dallas is possibly gay, but there has been no formal announcement as of yet from the actor or his camp. ... [Read]

Tennis superstar, breast cancer survivor, and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova was not able to conquer the ballroom on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" this week and was the first to be sent home. Her first dance was a fox trot with male partner, Tony Devolani. In her introductory sequence, Navratilova joked about having to wear high heels, and then ... [Read]

Televangelist and former 1980s teen icon Kirk Cameron went on NBC's Today Show to promote his latest Christian film and to defend his recent denigration of gay relationships and homosexuality. Today Show host Ann Curry grilled him lightly about the remarks he made on CNN earlier this month. He did not apologize nor did he back down from his labeling of ... [Read]

For reasons all her own, actress Cynthia Nixon has given the Advocate magazine a clarification about her sexual orientation. She has been under pressure since a controversial remark she made to the New York Times seemed to indicate that being gay is "a choice" for some.  In her latest statement, Nixon still maintains that people shouldn't be "pigeon-holed into one cultural ... [Read]

Zachary Quinto -- Spock in the new Star Trek and Louis Ironson in this past year's New York City revival of Angels in America -- comes out in the pages of New York magazine to Benjamin Wallace, confirming long-discussed speculation. From the article: Last year, the Times, in profiling him for Angels, noted that “the blogosphere is rife with speculation ... [Read]

''It wasn't that I was proud of it, but it was certainly a recognitionf for my self control. I definitely had some pretty amazing willpower to get down to 82 pounds, and that's what I was holding on to.'' Porti de Rossi (a/k/a Portia DeGeneres) will be speaking today (Monday, November 1) on the Oprah Winfrey show about her ... [Read]

''I don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time -- and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones—I think it's fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something. Mind your own business, take care of your affairs, and don't ... [Read]

''[I’ve] come to realize through experience that ultimately I really do have a lot of power in terms of the way I relate to the public or to people outside of my intimate circle of friends and family. Boundaries are very important to me.... The fact that these things are such hot-button issues right now, socially and politically, I ... [Read]

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petition: PORTIA DE ROSSI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Portia de Rossi Proposed name: Portia Lee James DeGeneres From a Los Angeles, CA Superior Court document that shows that actress Portia de Rossi is going to take on the surname of her wife, Ellen ... [Read]

''I think that you have to be married to know how different it is than just being together with someone.... It feels like a very relaxing, calming thing.... Because of that commitment, I just feel like we're more of a team. More kind of working for the common goal of us.... No of course the word [marriage] is not ... [Read]

''The wording of Prop 8 is tricky. It's like if someone asked you, 'You don't want dessert, right?' But you do want dessert so you say, 'Yes,' which really means you don't want dessert. And if you say, 'No,' which means you do want dessert -- it sounds like you don't. Either way, you don't get what you want. ... [Read]

''Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married tonight in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles.'' A spokesperson for the newly married celebrity couple, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. (People) ... [Read]

"Yesterday, if you haven't heard, the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage. So, I would like to say right now, for the first time, I am announcing, I am getting married.... I'll tell you who the lucky guy is soon.... I'm so excited. If I'm this emotional now just saying it, I can't imagine how that's ... [Read]