This takes the cake. Fox News host Greg Gutfield thinks he’ll be cute and turn the teabaggers’ racist table back on GetEqual. “Now I, for one, think it’s awesome to see gay activists moving beyond the easy targets. Usually, they rag on Mormons, because they’ll take it, but ignore black churches because they won’t. So now, for once, they actually …

Press secretary Robert Gibbs said today that the White House remains committed to repealing DADT, but will not push for action until the Pentagon completes its repeal implementation study, which is expected to be concluded in December. Reporter Kerry Eleveld: “So that rules out legislative action this year?” Gibbs: “The House and the Senate are obviously different branches of government. …

The 12th annual Marriage Equality New York gala fundraiser takes place on April 28th in Manhattan. Get tickets here. The MENY Gala will be recognizing and honoring: Queer Rising, NYS Senator Peralta, Sharron Minter, and BD Wong for their work in moving marriage equality forward in New York State and, in some cases, on the national front. This recognition comes …

The St. Olaf Glee Club, better known as Frank DeCaro, Fredrick Ford and Jim Colucci, have created a hysterical Grandmaster Flash-y tribute to Betty White. DeCaro is a midday host on SiriusXM’s OutQ, Colucci (his husband) is the author of The Q Guide To The Golden Girls. (They were a hilarious companions on my trip to Key West last October.) …

The ACLU has amended their lawsuit against lesbian teen Constance McMillan’s Mississippi school district to include charges of conspiring with parents to lure Constance to a “decoy prom” while most students attended a much larger event in another town. Via press release: On March 23, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi issued a preliminary ruling in …

The nation’s hate groups were noticeably silent about last week’s hospital visitation directive from President Obama. Until now.Focus On The Family: “What complicated this memo — and is a concern to us — is the third point, [in which] the president directs Health and Human Services to investigate and to look for ways to perhaps give even more rights to …

On Monday, gay activist and former Clinton White House adviser David Mixner was honored in NYC by the Point Foundation. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife couldn’t attend (volcano!) but sent the below message.

Voice-over actor D.C. Douglas, best known for his “save up to 15%” tags on GEICO commercials, has been fired by the insurance giant after a voicemail he left for Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks was widely circulated in the right-wing blogosphere. Douglas’ home phone number was then posted on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government site. “I called as a private citizen to make …

GetEQUAL is tweeting that they have disrupted a House Education and Labor committee hearing to demand the markup of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The Dallas Voice has the story: The activists approached Chairman George Miller, D-California, and attempted to hand him a magic marker. “I don’t know if it’s because of the recession that you guys you can’t afford markers, …

The Denver Post reports today that activist Tim Gill and his husband have bought the historic Phipps Mansion from the University of Denver. Not earth-shattering political news, to be sure, but note how casually the Denver Post’s front page story treats their marriage. Political activist Tim Gill and his husband, Scott Miller, are buying the historic Phipps Mansion from the …

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is joining the 20 states suing the federal government over the constitutionality of the health care reform bill. Because the feds could now order Americans to buy gym memberships or General Motors cars. SRSLY. And, surprise, he’s up for “reelection”. (He was never elected, he got the job when Palin quit.)

The six GetEQUAL activists who yesterday chained themselves to the White House fence will be arraigned today. Among those arrested was Lt. Dan Choi and transgender activist (and Pam’s House Blend blogger) Autumn Sandeen, a retired 20 year veteran of the Navy. Below is CBS’ raw video of the arrests. (Via – Towleroad)

In December 2008, Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay (left) was brutally beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men who mistakenly thought that Sucuzhanay and his brother were gay lovers. The case gained international attention and brought together LGBT and immigrant right groups for massive protests at the scene of the murder in Brooklyn. The two murderers are now …

“I would say that when I read Romans Chapter 1, I see striking resemblances between where Rome was just prior to its fall in comparison to where America is today. There are striking similarities in what we allow in our societies. Rome did not fall from an outside attack, whether it was military or otherwise. It fell from within because …

The extreme right anti-immigrant group Americans For Legal Immigration has issued a press release calling on Sen. Lindsey Graham to come out of the closet. This weekend the group’s leader mocked Graham’s sexuality during a speech at a teabagger rally in South Carolina. The group claims that Graham is being blackmailed into anti-American activities because of his sexuality. The national …

In August 2008, a team from San Francisco was disqualified from the gay softball World Series in Seattle for having too many straight players on the team. The rules stipulated that no more than two players on a team may be straight. Now three of the players from the disqualified team are suing the league for sexual discrimination. In a …

Somebody enjoys making subway maps “for landscapes with no need for them.” Hit the link for more. Posters available here.

Kick off your hump day with a brand new mix from circuit superstar DJ David Knapp. Setlist. Facebook page. Upcoming gigs: Krave @ Karma Minneapolis, Friday, April 23rd. Spunk-y Pool Party @ Gay Days Orlando, Sunday June 6th. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Corey Craig, DJ Dave Huge.