Lee Daniels - first gay black man to receive Best Director Oscar nomination and other Tuesday midday news briefs

Lee Daniels ‘Stoked’ Over Oscar Love - Congratulations to Lee Daniels, the first gay black man to receive an Oscar for Best Director.  Take that,  DONNIE MCCLURKIN!! Editor's note - while the preceeding article does not talk about Daniels's orientation, this one does.

Live: 'Don't ask', you shall receive anyway (12PM EST) - For those who want to see the hearing.

A harassment-free school opens in L.A. - Regardless of what they say, schools like this are needed.

This Vanderbilt Muslim Chaplain Says He Supports Executing Gays. Why Is the University Keeping Him? - Talk about your hot messes.

Religious Right Sues Over Hate Crimes Law - Unbelievable. Or maybe not. Like the post says, what took the right so long. LOL

Maggie Gallagher commits 'sin of omission' to make case against marriage equality - You saw this piece yesterday but check out the Huffington Post version and also pay attention to the comments section. There is a young man who claims to be a gay man of color and (conveniently enough), he is trying to hijack the conversation and talk about "racism  in the lgbt community.)