Wednesday's News and Pop Culture Round-Up

President Obama's approval ratings are on the rise

Right wing doesn’t care about the abuse of gay kids

Meet Evis Presley's look-a-like grandson

HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than among whites: study

Gay ex-soldier: Coming out ended his military career, distressed father

French Culture Minister confessed to paying for sex with "young boys" in his 2005 autobiography; now facing calls for his resignation

Lance Bass photographed by Braden Summers

Same sex partners don't get COBRA health insurance benefits

Renowned Canadian actor, Douglas Campbell, a pioneer of Canadian theatre dies at 87

Harry Connick Jr. and the blackface controversy

Obama nominates gay lawyer, David Huebner, as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa

How to turn your kid into a bully

Mr. Sub fires agency after complaints of homophobia in television commercial

U.S. Supreme Court refuses two LGBT cases

New York City takes new action for gay youth

The big gay speech we wish Obama would give at the Human Rights Campaign fundraiser