EDGE on the Net

In celebration of the diversity, individuality and pride within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, Montreal is launching its second annual global campaign in search of the "Queer of the Year!"

My heart belongs to Daddy! The hunt is on for a silver fox - it’s no longer just about reliability - younger gay men are turned on to partners with a little more milage. Take one for a test drive!

A blogger whose photo of himself kissing another man was deleted from his Facebook account as "inappropriate content" says that the widely-reported "apology" he received from the social media site was nothing of the sort.

Anti-gay and anti-Seminitc remarks posted at Facebook by an Illinois sheriff sparked demands for the law enforcement official’s resignation.

Popular social networking site Facebook now allows gays and lesbians to specify their legal relationships more precisely: The social networking utility has added "in a civil union" and "in a domestic partnership" to its menu of relationship options.

Chris Hughes, the very rich, very young co-founder of Facebook, plans to marry gay activist Sean Eldridge -- when they can do legally in New York.

With so many investors becoming fans of the company, Facebook will be legally required to begin sharing more information about its finances and strategy by April 2012, according to documents distributed to prospective shareholders.

Social networking behemoth Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment firm in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, The New York Times reported.

Xavier Mejia, who disclosed his own HIV status on Facebook after this year’s World AIDS Day, uses the social medium to further reduce the virus’ stigma through information, news and other posts.

Before 2010, Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Facebook, was primarily known as a mysterious, sweatshirted figure, a Silicon Valley wunderkind familiar mainly to those in tech circles.