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The Marion County Jail is a gay bar! Isn’t that hilarious? (Tipped by JMG reader Lindsey)

Paul Ryan’s first meeting with billionaire Romney backer Sheldon Adelson will be held away from prying eyes of nosy reporters. Days after assuring reporters that Ryan would follow the same rules as Romney when determining which fundraisers would be open to reporters, the campaign has apparently changed their tune. As of Tuesday morning, reporters would not be permitted to cover …

According to NBC Bay Area, the death of a one-time San Francisco mayoral candidate and highly-regarded AIDS activist falls under “Weird News” because he occasionally wore a costume. We’ll have to remember that the next time a famous costumed person dies.

CNN president Jim Walton resigned today and he was quite frank about the reason. “There’s always pressure,” he said. “I’ve been doing this a long time and CNN has had its ups and downs, like all companies have had ups and downs. I feel really strongly about a number of parts of this company. We’re having a really strong year …

From the British tabloid the Daily Mail, be advised.

(Via Andrew Belonksy)

Kathy Griffin says she’s happy that her buddy Anderson Cooper finally came out, but that she’s also worried for him. She writes for the Daily Beast: Look, I’m a comedian. Anderson reports on the world’s toughest stories. He speaks truth to power. I, on the other hand, make fun of the spectacularly silly world of reality television and Hollywood’s fame …

Andrew Sullivan gets the much-coveted (if unsurprising) quote via an email from Cooper. The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a …

Both CNN and Fox News jumped the gun and wrongly posted reports that Obamacare had been struck down. But it’s CNN that is bearing the brunt of the mocking on Twitter.

I strongly recommend checking out Salon’s excellent examination of the self-hating gay men who cause enormous damage to the LGBT community from inside their pathetic closets. Many of those cited have been well-documented here on JMG.

It was June 27th, 1969. The day that the fags, dykes, and queens of New York City finally said “Enough!” For some historical perspective, I’m once again posting the story that the New York Daily News ran about the Stonewall Riots. Note how the story drips with condescension and ridicule. We’ve come a long, long way in 43 years and …

Minneapolis’ City Pages has published a lengthy look at Archbishop John Neinstedt and the Catholic Church’s local campaign against gay people. An excerpt: The archbishop began his tenure by writing a piece in the Catholic Spirit claiming that those “who actively encourage or promote homosexual acts … formally cooperate in a grave evil, and … are guilty of mortal sin.” …

As part of their gay pride edition, today the New York Observer posted a lengthy piece on the changing ways that the media handles closeted celebrities. An excerpt: With the number of prying media outlets—TMZ, Perez Hilton, Gawker, TV newsmagazines like Extra, a vivified set of glossy tabloids—growing seemingly by the week, celebrities have come up with a new strategy …

Over the past few years I’ve probably excerpted the excellent work of gay reporter Chris Geidner hundreds of times via his gig at Washington DC’s MetroWeekly. Today Geidner moves up to a much bigger audience. Chris Geidner joins BuzzFeed as Senior Political Reporter and will continue his aggressive, news-driven coverage of politics and policies of LGBT issues and of the …

For those wondering, the reporter that so rudely interrupted the president’s speech was Neil Munro from the anti-gay Daily Caller, the teabagger site founded by Tucker Carlson. Obama properly and angrily smacked him down, but let’s hope Jay Carney is booting Munro from the White House press corps right now. UPDATE: Carney is already on it.UPDATE II: Even Fox News …

Politicker reports that the Ron Paul campaign is complaining that the media only focuses on his fringe supporters. And they don’t even do that about gay people anymore. “Shirtless hunks in leather tutus and motorcycling ‘Dykes on Bikes’ are no longer the point of the gay-rights spear,” Mr. Westover wrote. “It’s the gay lawyer/gay accountant, lesbian legislator/lesbian physician–same-sex couples with …

It’s actually pretty good. “BOOKER!” Made for the New Jersey Press Association Legislative Correspondents Club Show.