“It didn’t come to me in terms of like, ‘I think I like that girl’, or ‘I think I’m falling in love’ or ‘I think I know what this feeling is.’ It was, ‘It would make sense to me if I ended up being a gay person.’ “It very quickly became a hormonal urge, but I remember when it first …

Christianist news site OneNewsNow is first with the word that the National Education Association is considering issuing a resolution in support of marriage equality. The NEA is currently holding its annual convention in San Diego, California. Educator and conservative activist Jeralee Smith called OneNewsNow from the convention to report that the executive council has approved language that will throw the …

In 1988 the UK enacted Section 28, a law which ordered that schools “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.” The law was not repealed until 2003. Yesterday, at a gay Pride event in London, …

The Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission has begun an investigation into the raid of the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, Texas. The agency is conducting an internal investigation of the incident at the Rainbow Lounge on Jennings Street, according to a news release issued Wednesday afternoon. The TABC also conducted inspections at two bars on Rosedale Street. Meanwhile, the man who …

Remember a few months ago when I told you about the new glass ledge at the 103rd floor of the Sears/Willis Tower? Most of you said, “No way! Not going there.” Here’s a side view of one of the four retractable glass bays, taken on a rainy day. Below is video taken during nicer weather. Very, very cool. (Via – …

A little bit of encouraging news today. An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the researchers are awaiting approval to begin human trials in the U.S. “It is a very important milestone for us,” said Yong Kang, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario in London who has been working on …

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The body of an openly gay sailor was found yesterday in a guard shack outside of Camp Pendleton, a USMC base just outside San Diego. The case may be investigated as a hate crime. The body of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, was discovered about 3:30 a.m. on the western edge of the base, said Doug Sayers, a spokesman …

In a ruling that is only binding in the National Capital Territory (for now), the Delhi High Court has decriminalized homosexuality in a decision with sweeping implications for one of the world’s largest gay populations. Rex Wockner has done an excellent analysis of the decision. An excerpt: What about the rest of India? It certainly carries weight there but is, …

Two days ago we learned that HX Magazine has been sold. Today comes word that its HX Media stablemate, the New York Blade, is suspending publication. The New York Blade, one of the two major gay and lesbian newspapers in New York City, has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication, the chief executive of its publishing company …

JMG reader Jimbo points us to this bit of delicious snark found in the letters section of Salon. Dear DNC I truly “support” Democrats being elected in 2010 and 2012. I am a “fierce advocate” of the Democratic Party after all. I know that I have promised you my support over the past few decades and have done my best …

Media Matters provides this clip showing the anguish of the right over Al Franken’s win.

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One of the world’s largest homosexual populations is anxiously awaiting word on a pending ruling that may decriminalize gay sex. Rex Wockner: The Delhi High Court will issue its long-awaited decision in the case seeking to decriminalize gay sex tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, at 10:30 a.m. Delhi time. You should care because…India is the world’s second-most-populous nation: 17.22 percent of …

Mollie Sugden, the actress beloved by gays for her portrayal as the daft Mrs. Slocombe in the Britcom Are You Being Served? has died at age 86. Sugden found early TV success with comedy series Hugh and I in 1962 and in Coronation Street as the gossiping Nellie Harvey. But it was The Liver Birds in the late 1960s and …

Sen. Roland Burris (D), the man who was appointed by deposed Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to replace Barack Obama in the Senate, has an odd viewpoint on marriage. “My concept of marriage is a male and a female for the perpetuation of the species, for children to be born and identify the bloodline and the heritage. “But I’m pretty sure, …

So in the latest bit of New York Senate fuckwittery, yesterday only the Senate Democrats were in the chamber, 31 of them, one short of a quorum, while the GOP caucus sulked elsewhere. Then GOP Sen. Frank Padavan cut through the room to get to the lounge where free soft drinks are available. “QUORUM!” shouted the Dems, and immediately passed …