Transgender activist Lauren Scott has filed to run for the Nevada Assembly. If elected, she would be the first transgender state legislator in the nation. Formerly a Democrat, Scott registered as a Republican for the first time last year. She decided that as a Republican she can more effectively work to overcome the gridlock in Carson City. Scott was as …

The comment war at YouTube is as you’d expect.

As all had expected, the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital in the West Village will be turned into luxury condos. 350 of them. It also includes 95 parking spaces, down from 152, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced yesterday. “The loss of St. Vincent’s was a terrible tragedy in our neighborhood,” said Quinn, who represents the area. “The ultimate agreement we have …

Remember the Alabama Supreme Court justice who was booted from office for refusing to remove a two-ton statue of the ten commandments? He’s back…almost.

$2.50 gas. Guaranteed.

After going back and forth with Twitter, Facebook, and meatspace pals, the consensus is that JR’s Houston will be the best spot for next Saturday’s meet-up. I’ll be in Texas for the Haas LGBT Journalists Convening, which this year is sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Hosting the whole shebang is NLGJA board member Bil Browning, the …

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the Soho Housing Works Cafe for an Ali Forney Center fundraiser, where I finally met Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea (above), the JMG readers who donated $100,000 to Ali Forney after reading about them here. Lots of bold-face names were in the house. Via press release from Renna Communications: The attendees …

You may recall that GOProud endorsed Sean Bielat’s failed 2010 bid to unseat Barney Frank, even though Bielat vehemently opposed the repeal of DADT as well as most other LGBT rights issues. Now that Frank is retiring, Bielat is trying again.

After months of obstructionism by the GOP, the U.S. Senate today finally approved President Obama’s nomination of Michael Fitzgerald to the federal bench, making him the fourth openly gay federal judge in the nation. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Fitzgerald’s confirmation will make him the first out LGBT Article III judge serving outside of New York City. Article III …

From the appropriately titled Cult Of Mac. There’s already a long line camping out at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Online pre-sales are sold out.

“What makes this so dangerous is despite what the labels say, the actual purchasing market for these games is often young males ages 11-16. This age group is not yet mature enough to not be impacted by these life decisions. There is no argument that video gaming is an extremely effective training tool. These young minds will be indoctrinated to …

Focus On The Family has launched a ballot petition drive that, if successful, will ask Colorado voters to make it legal to deny housing, employment, and services to any person on the basis of religious objections. (Gosh, who COULD they be talking about?) Focus has engaged the legal assistance of the Alliance Defense Fund. The Denver Post reports: Focus on …

GOProud’s 2012 agenda hits all the usual Tea Party talking points: End judicial activism!Repeal Obamacare!Destroy Social Security! Guns for everybody! Their just-issued agenda also restates GOProud’s oft-spouted position that states should have the right to ban same-sex marriage without federal meddling in campaigns to thwart the civil rights of LGBT Americans. RESPECTING STATES RIGHTS – Supporting a strong 10th Amendment …

Damn that Joe Jervis! Always spreading hate by quoting “family leaders” verbatim and posting screencaps of exactly what they are doing! It’s an outrage. OUTRAGE!

“I am an American citizen [being targeted] over the persecution of homosexuals as they define it as a crime against humanity for speaking the truth of the Bible in a foreign country. Frankly, I don’t this is actionable. They make it clear that this suit is premised on speeches or writings. I spoke to members of parliament in their assembly …

American Family Association radio host Kevin McCollough is pissed that GLAAD called him out as part of yesterday’s Commentator Accountability Project. McCullough says he’s being “grossly misrepresented” but then goes on agree that he said everything that GLAAD says he did. All that is OK, though, because nobody is really gay anyway.

Just out from Lambda Legal: In 1998, on a September night in Houston, police stormed into John Lawrence’s home and arrested him and Tyron Garner for violating Texas’ “homosexual conduct” law. “Overruled!” highlights their story and the courtroom drama behind Lawrence v. Texas — the case that led the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down all remaining state sodomy laws …

Slog’s Dominic Holden posts the message that came with the above photo. Last week the University of Washington’s FoQus group for Queer Students held a food drive for the Lifelong Aids Alliance. We raised a lot of money and food that they desperately needed, all the while being picketed, loudly, in the middle of Red Square by church folk, who …

Saying it would endanger local children and lead to the destruction of the federation, a Russian judge has banned the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics from creating a Pride House for gay and gay-friendly athletes. “The aims of the organization contradict the basics of public morality and the policy of the state in the area of family motherhood and childhood protection,’ …