Sam Champion & Husband Rubem Robierb Rang In the New Year in Speedos

1. Weather Channel anchor Sam Champion and his artist husband stripped down to say goodbye to 2014 in Rio--wearing crowns, Speedos, and other skimpy outfits they shared on Instagram. It's always a special time of year for them: They were celebrating their two-year anniversary of being married. [Us Weekly]

2. The revolutionary magazine, Original Plumbing, dedicated to the lifestyle and culture of transgender men, has reached an exciting milestone -- it's 15 issues old! [Huffington Post]

3. While India has a complicated approach to LGBT rights (homosexuality was re-criminalized in 2013), the country just elected it's first transgender mayor, Madhu Kinnar. [Pink News]

4. Thanks to ET, we now know how every Golden Globe nominee is connected to Jennifer Anniston in 6 degrees or less. [ET]

5. While Florida has just joined the marriage euqality world, the national assembly Macedonia, an Eastern European country, has just banned same-sex marriage. [Pink News]

6. Ellen DeGeneres surprised us with a great video, taken secretly, of her wife Portia De Rossi working out to the Jane Fonda workout. As payback, Portia tweeted a hilarious video of Ellen on the treadmill.