Now that he’s a retired man of leisure, our beloved Father Tony has entered GayTravel.com’s contest to become their Gay Travel Guru, a six-month gig which would take him all around North America to sample and review gay hotspots. The contest has now entered its second round and is open to voting from the public. Please click over and view …

Over the foaming-mouthed objections of American evangelicals and some members of the GOP, today the United Nations granted official consulting status to the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission. “Today’s decision is an affirmation that the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have a place at the United Nations as part of a vital civil society community,” …

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If it pains you to see all the wild, hilarious, romantic adventures now being enjoyed by your ex since he finally kicked you to the curb, a browser plug-in called Ex-Blocker will delete any mentions of said ex’s name from your Facebook, Twitter, or RSS feeds. Even if your horrible evil friends post pictures or rave about your hot hot …

Go listen to the audio. NSFW.

From the Hong Kong-based Next Media. (Tipped by JMG reader Jim)

The future of the 2014 Gay Games in Cleveland is in question after the city announced that it was halting all funding of the event. This move follows the termination of the sponsoring sports group’s contract with the Federation of Gay Games. Outsports has the letter from the city. The Advocate notes that last week groups from DC and Boston …

The nation’s two largest teabagger factions are really at each other’s throats. Sez the Tea Party Express about the Tea Party Federation: “The Tea Party Express with over 400,000 members is by far larger than the Tea Party Federation’s entire membership. Most rank-and-file tea party activists think we’re talking about Star Trek when we try to explain who the “Federation” …

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t seen last night’s strange episode. Otherwise, dish away.

Today President Mary McAleese signed Ireland’s civil partnerships bill into national law. It extends marriage-like benefits to gay and lesbian couples in the areas of property, social welfare, succession, maintenance, pensions and tax. The act also offers additional rights and protections for other cohabiting couples including a redress scheme for financially dependent long-term cohabitants on the end of a relationship. …

A new study just published in British Columbia suggests that a very effective way to prevent new HIV infections may be to put all pozzers on HAART therapy. A new study conducted in British Columbia has found that the infection rate in the province has been halved since 1996 by the widespread adoption of HAART, researchers reported online Sunday in …

Today Wayne Besen’s Truth Wins Out has posted an expose of the “ex-gay” group JONAH, which has young men get naked and fondle themselves to “get in touch with their masculinity.” They do this in the presence of their much older creepy “therapist,” of course. The clients, Ben Unger and Chaim Levin, alleged that during individual therapy sessions, Downing made …

Openly lesbian Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has received so many death threats from God’s Gentle People™ that since 1998 the state has allowed her to list her campaign office address rather than her home address when filing to run for office. So now the Young Republicans of Wisconsin have filed a challenge to Baldwin’s eligibility to run for not using …

“Today, the Anglican Church condones marriages between men and the same for women. The Archbishop of Canterbury is blessing such marriages – that is similar to dog behavior. At some point, I realised that I was reprimanding blameless dogs and pigs, which are aware that marriage is for procreation. We say no to gays! We will not listen to those …

Pastor Jay Stirnemann of the Christ Temple United Pentecostal Church showed up at NOM’s rally in Providence yesterday to babble nonsensically and call on Jeebus to strike down the gay demons demonstrating for their Constitutionally-guaranteed civil rights. Pastor Stirnemann will be juggling snakes at NOM’s next stop on the Hate Tour. RELATED: Pretty much anybody can pretend to “speak in …

According to British tabloid The Sun, Mickey Rourke has signed on to play Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas in a movie about the newly out national sports hero. The two met for dinner last week after Rourke had been a guest on Jonathan Ross’ last BBC chat show. Their managers are now trying to work out a deal to make …

“I think it’s possible to have fun, and even to poke fun at people in my businesses, without this kind of completely unfair attack. And while I don’t usually feel compelled to comment on what various entertainers do, since you did include me in that show I wanted to make it very clear that I thought what you did was …

Boy Culture tips us to these hawt tango dancers from Brazil’s What Is Your Talent? Nice moment at 2:45.

James Hartline has been anointed by God to end gay pride in San Diego. That there’s a pretty specific assignment! You go, Lady James!

Seventeen people were murdered at a gay party in the northern Mexico city of Torreon yesterday. The party was advertised on Facebook, where it was noted that while the event was being organized by a gay group, all were welcome. Police say gunmen burst into the room and wordlessly opened fire after blocking the exits. Investigators have not ruled out …