Benedictine University in Springfield, Illinois has fired administrator Laine Tadlock (above right) after her Iowa wedding announcement was published in the local newspaper. Tadlock says the university knew she was gay when she was hired and even knew about her impending wedding. The issue appears to be that Tadlock’s employer was named in the announcement. In a Sept. 30 letter …

After making her cry because he wouldn’t let her perform it on America’s Got Talent, Lou Reed made amends and personally directed the video of Susan Boyle’s cover of his classic, Perfect Day. (Apparently it wasn’t such a perfect day at the shoot, with violent Scottish weather blowing the wig off of Boyle’s stand-in.) And in the same way that …

On Monday night, ABC’s Nightline devoted most of their episode to the Journey Into Manhood, that “ex-gay” conference where self-hating homos “hug the gay away” by getting all up close and sweaty with other men out in the woods. Truth Wins Out’s Wayne Besen lambastes Nightline: Sadly, Nightline’s producers elected to trade accuracy for access. They bragged that they were …

After an in vitro fertilization procedure, a 50 year-old woman in Mexico City has become the surrogate mother to her 31 year-old gay son’s baby using a donated egg and her son’s sperm. The baby, called Dario, was born by caesarean section on November 1 and the mother and child were sent home after a 48-hour period of observation. Doctors …

Foodie blog Chow provides the cooking instructions for the Turkey Cake: layered sweet potatoes, stuffing, and turkey loaf. Add a mashed potato icing and top with browned marshmallows. Follow that up with a lovely cherpumple and you’ve got your entire Thanksgiving feast in two easy-to-carry boxes. (Tipped by JMG reader Jeff)

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A federal labor agency has ruled that social media postings are protected speech that employers cannot use against staffers. In what labor officials and lawyers view as a ground-breaking case involving workers and social media, the National Labor Relations Board has accused a company of illegally firing an employee after she criticized her supervisor on her Facebook page. This is …

Electronics self-repair site iFixit has issued a manifesto against Apple and other manufacturers that purposely create products that thwart any repair attempts by their owners. An excerpt: Manufacturers push new models every year with just enough style tweaks to make our last one feel obsolete. They use legal threats to keep repair manuals away from us and deploy so-called ‘security …

TLC’s eight-week reality show meant to prepare the world for a Palin presidency launches this Sunday.

“Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) will be heading up a legislature that was less affected by the GOP tide. Democrats still control the general assembly and Governor’s office, prompting state Sen. Dave Luechtefeld (R) to say, ‘I woke up the morning after, and I thought, ‘the same people are running the place.” And those same people want to redefine marriage. …

Excellent interview.

Stay out of the comments (SRSLY) if you haven’t seen tonight’s stunning episode. Otherwise, dive in and dish the drama.

Openly gay and openly HIV+ New York state Sen. Tom Duane was arrested along with several other AIDS activists in a protest at City Hall tonight. The act of civil disobedience was meant to draw attention to a housing bill that was vetoed by the governor earlier this year. The bill would insure that poor people living with HIV/ AIDS …

The Christianists at True Life have put together an astoundingly nasty “ex-gay” presentation in which they assure us, that YES, of course God loves homosexuals. But you’re still going to die in agony decades early because of your detestable sins. The clip’s host says that he’s glad God gave him AIDS, because that made them SO much closer! Deadly disease …

We don’t often get to see Secretary Clinton in anything other than the most somber circumstances, so this chat she had with a couple of Australian comedians is quite fun. This clip closes with some news anchors wishing out loud that Clinton would emigrate.

Rocky Horror star Susan Sarandon thinks the controversy over Glee’s usage of the word “tranny” is overblown. Susan Sarandon has no patience for the P.C. brigade – or TV. “Glee” recently took on her 1975 cult hit “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” only to come under fire from GLAAD for using the word “tranny.” When we caught up with Sarandon, …

I really like this. Stand by for the remixes. (Via – Buzzfeed)

In his new memoir, Bush II recounts how Dick Cheney warned him that his daughter Mary was gay, just in case that was a deal-breaker for being chosen as a running mate. By the time Dick came to the ranch to deliver his final report, I had decided to make another run at him. As he finished his briefing, I …

The fame of YouTube star Antoine Dodson continue to grow.