NEW YORK – A young gay man who was detained in San Diego by immigration authorities -- whose plight was documented by San Diego Gay & Lesbian News -- has been reunited with his fiancé in New York City. And marriage may be in their immediate future.

Ivan “Max” Flores Acosta, 26, was “paroled” last week from the Otay Detention Facility in San Diego County and immediately flew home to New York, said his fiancé, Donald Ziccardi, who sounded like the happiest guy in the world during a telephone call.

WASHINGTON – The White House announced today its intention to nominate Daniel Baer – the current Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor – as the next Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Baer is the highest-ranking LGBT official in the Obama Administration.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Almost 2,500 same-gender couples were married in Washington between Dec. 6, 2012 and March 31, 2013, according to the state's Department of Health.

Same-gender marriages represented more than 20% of the 11,661 marriages that occurred in Washington during this 16-week period, the agency reported.

Not only that, but same-gender marriages occurred in 35 of Washington’s 39 counties during this time period, which began on the first day same-gender couples could legally get a marriage license in the state.

Republicans should back off opposition to same-sex marriage, College Republicans argue in a new report on how to gain the support of young voters.

Using a March survey of young voters, those under 30, by the College Republicans National Committee, the report found that many young voters would not vote for a Republican candidate if they opposed same-sex marriage, even if they agreed with the candidate on a range of other issues.