The New Year is a great time to reflect on the events of the previous year, our lives and the relationships we have with ourselves, our family, friends and partners. It's also an opportunity to start fresh habits and break stale ones.

What's your plan for the New Year? Is it a new exercise routine, travel plans, a brand new look? Share your resolutions then show us your before and after pics.

There's still time to squeeze in last minute gift buying. Gifts bought for friends and family can have a lasting impact. This year, choose a gift that will last well beyond the holiday season.

On Monday, the Mexico City assembly approved a measure legalizing same-sex marriage. The city's definition of marriage is now gender neural. The new language reads "the free uniting of two people" adjusted from the previous "one man and one woman."

Civil unions have been legal in Mexico City since 2006, but equal marriage gives gay and lesbian couples the additional rights to adopt, apply for bank loans, inherit wealth and all other rights given to legally married spouses... More at GayAgenda.com

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Applause for Karina Shalini (center), winner of the first Miss India Transgender pageant held in Chennai on December 19.

Shalini, a 25-year-old model from Mumbai, was one of 100 contestants competing for the inaugural crown. The event was organized by Indian Community Welfare Organization, a gay rights advocacy group.

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