Monthly Archives: July 2012

Con Ed Locks Out NYC Union

Con Edison has locked out more than 8000 New York City workers after union negotiations broke down early yesterday. The workers, members of the utility’s largest union, were locked out after their contract expired at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, and talks broke down less than two hours later. About 5,000 managers, including some former union members, will step in to keep …

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Facebook Introduces Gay-Married Icons

GLAAD has the details: Facebook has rolled out a new feature providing additional recognition for its users who are married to a person of the same sex. Now these users who have indicated on their Facebook timeline that they are married will be recognized by new same-sex marriage icons, rather than the marriage icon used for straight married couples.

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Church Sign Of The Day

(Via JMG reader Andrew)

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Florence + The Machine – Breaking Down

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Tweet Of The Day – Rupert Murdoch

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NEW YORK CITY: Activists Hold Vigil For Shot Texas Lesbian Teens

Photos and video by JMG reader Phil Davis. More here.

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Happy Canada Day!

Sending out Happy Canada Day wishes to our more enlightened neighbors! We make a lot of fun of you, but we not-so-secretly also want to be you. (Yes this is a day late, but I’ve been scolded for missing it yesterday.)

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RSVP Cruise Diverted From Morocco

Company officials at the all-gay RSVP Vacations claim that they had to divert their ship from its planned stop in Morocco yesterday after they were refused the right to dock. The cruise would reportedly have been the first of its kind to visit Morocco, where homosexuality is illegal. 2,100 gay holidaymakers aboard the cruise liner MS Nieuw Amsterdam were told …

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Supersonic Female

Debbie Harry turns 67 today. And Fred Schneider turns 61. Therefore here’s the B-52’s 1998 tribute to the “queen of the underground.” (There’s a stupid ad first because the clip isn’t on YouTube.)

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Partly Cloudy And A Chance Of Godzilla

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TRAILER: United In Anger

Opening next week at NYC’s Quad Cinema. UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from a grassroots …

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NY’s Anti-Bullying Law Now In Effect

As of today, New York’s landmark anti-bullying ordinance is now state law. And as with so many LGBT rights issues in New York, heavy credit goes to Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, the chief sponsor of the bill. Via press release: “As parents, educators, and former students ourselves, New Yorkers are all well aware of the great harm bullying can cause. I …

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Hong Kong: 15 Years After The British

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Quote Of The Day – Elton John

“Recently I read about violence against gay people in Ukraine. Beating up gay people is wrong. This for me does not symbolize Ukraine. I plead with you: Stop the violence against gay people.” – Elton John, interrupting Friday’s concert in Kiev to plead for tolerance. John was in Ukraine to perform as part of a concert celebrating the Euro 2012 …

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IRELAND: Deputy PM Endorses Marriage

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has become the nation’s highest-ranked politician to endorse marriage equality. He made his announcement yesterday at Dublin Pride. The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the time has come for a move on gay marriage in Ireland. Speaking as the Dublin Gay Pride festival takes place, Eamon Gilmore said the issue of same-sex marriage was to be …

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Teabaggers Furious At Hallmark Cards

Tea Party activists are calling for a boycott of Hallmark Cards because of the above graduation message. Hallmark is already apologizing. In a Hallmark statement, the card giant says, “Humor is a funny thing. What makes one person chuckle can be puzzling, or even off-putting, to the next, and there can be a fine line between edgy and startling, between …

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Facebook Page Of The Day

I imagine we’ll hear a lot about this in the coming week.

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The YouTube Complaints Department

With an appearance from the Gregory Brothers.

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MISSOURI: Catholic Diocese Ordered To Turn Over Documents About Abuses

A Missouri judge has ordered the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City to turn over internal documents about sexual abuses by priests. The diocese had fought the disclosure of the documents, claiming they were protected by attorney-client privilege. Jackson County Circuit Judge John M. Torrence, who is overseeing a case against Bishop Robert Finn and the diocese, also said in a …

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Pat Robertson: It’s Only OK For Girls To Try To Convert Gay Boys To Christianity

Because if they’re both boys, watch out.

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