Same-gender marriages began today in Washington D.C. Meet the happy couple in this profile in the Washington Post. (via AmericaBlog)

Elsewhere…

D.C. – The Supreme Court takes up whether the Westboro Baptist Church’s “Got Hates Fags” pickets of soldiers’ funerals represents distasteful but protected free speech, or an improper invasion of privacy. (Towleroad)

California –Senator Roy Ashburn (surprisingly) admits he’s gay during a live interview on a local AM radio station. (Towleroad)

Florida – Florida legislators have proposed a bill that would deny tax breaks to films featuring gay characters, in an attempt to censor movies and TV shows. (Towleroad)

New York – Hiram Monserrate goes from ally to bitter enemy of the state’s LGBT community in just three months. Fighting to regain his seat (he was kicked out of the legislature for slashing his girlfriend), he’s begun to run ads calling his opponent a “leading spokesperson for the gay community” who “voted 3 times for the gay marriage bill.” (Joe.My.God)

Virginia – The backlash against the new state Attorney General’s attempts to eliminate employment protections for LGBT state employees is growing in Virginia’s colleges and universities. (AmericaBlog)

Uganda, Kenya – Time Magazine has a touching profile of one of Uganda’s most prominent LGBT activists, and what life is like for her and her partner. Meanwhile, a Kenyan radio station implicated in organizing last month’s pogrom near Mombassa is again threatening the same HIV/AIDS clinic targeted by rioters claiming it was a haven for gays and lesbians, and was helping “spread” homosexuality in the area. (Box Turtle Bulletin, Time Magazine)