Monthly Archives: December 2012

Senate Passes Defense Funding Bill Without Anti-Gay Provisions

Yesterday the Senate approved its Defense Department funding authorization bill without the amendments inserted by anti-gay GOP members of the House. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network recaps those House amendments: The House passed its version of the NDAA on May 18 and included two harmful amendments put forth by opponents of LGBT military equality. The first would give so-called “conscience protections” …

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Stonewall Democrats Face Budget Crisis

Via email for the National Stonewall Democrats: For the second year in a row, our income has not met expectations. In 2011, we were able to offset the downturn by cutting costs – staff, services, programs; we cut everything to the bare essentials. We saw an uptick in funding at the beginning of 2012 as our renewed messaging and mission …

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SEATTLE: 140 Gay Couples To Marry At City Hall On December 9th

Dan Savage is thrilled: More than 140 couples have registered to marry at City Hall on December 9, the first day that all couples will be free to legally marry in Washington state. All the available slots did book up quickly. Mayor McGinn and his team and the judges who are donating their time—all of whom have been wonderful—extended the …

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Takei Guest Stars In Archie Comics

Boy Culture tips us that George Takei features in the latest release by Archie Comics. Takei was an Archie fan growing up in his preteen and teen years — with his faves being Archie and Jughead — but he never had the likes of Kevin, who acts as a role model for kids and teens who want to come out. …

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HomoQuotable – George Takei

“Friends, I had lunch with Donald Trump today at the Trump Tower Grill. It was a lively and engaging hour-long conversation that touched upon his personal position on marriage equality. He confided that he recently attended a same-sex wedding and that he’d found it ‘beautiful.’  I remarked that NY is now a marriage-equality state, and that after all, marriage is …

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Young Professionals – Be With You Tonight

(Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

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NOM Cheers Nevada Ruling

“In stark contrast to the findings of a rogue judge in California who himself was engaged in a long-term homosexual relationship, the federal court in Nevada has quite properly found that true marriage serves an important public purpose and is entitled to protection. This important ruling shows how far out of the mainstream the decision in the Proposition 8 case …

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GOP Purges Hardliners

As the incessantly chattered-about fiscal cliff approaches, the GOP has begun purging its hard-right members from key congressional committees. The decisions were made by the GOP Steering Committee at a Monday meeting, which reviewed a spreadsheet listing each GOP lawmaker and how often he or she had voted with leadership, three sources said.  Reps. David Schweikert of Arizona and Walter …

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Pop Danthology 2012

Here’s a mashup of the year’s top fifty pop songs. DJ Earworm’s similar annual mashup, which I post every year, is due any day. (Tipped by JMG reader Osman)

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Minneapolis Swears In Lesbian Top Cop

Yesterday Minneapolis swore in its first openly lesbian chief of police. Janeé Harteau was sworn in as the city’s 52nd police chief on Thursday before a crowd of 300 people in the rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall, as Sgt. Holly Keegel, whom she introduced as her “life partner,” and their 13-year-old daughter, Lauren, stood by her side. “I will always …

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Cheyenne Jackson – Don’t Wanna Know

Here’s a snippet of Cheyenne Jackson’s coming single which will be released later this month. Keep an eye out for gay Broadway star Nick Adams.  Super gay! (Tipped by JMG reader Victor)

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Boise Approves LGBT Protections

Yesterday the city council of Boise, Idaho unanimously approved sweeping protections for LGBT residents. Starting in January 2013 in Boise, no one can be discriminated against for their job, housing, or at local businesses because of their sexual orientation. The passing of the ordinance brought a standing ovation from the packed auditorium of supporters in the audience. There are exceptions …

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Frank Ocean Tops Best Albums List

Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange has been named by Spin Magazine as the best album of 2012. He pleasantly mosied into our consciousness a year ago, but this year Frank Ocean Tumblr’d into the tabloid glare (with subtle grace, it must be said). And, in a shocking turn of events, he deserved every last gush and blush of attention. Despite Kendrick …

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More From Yesterday’s PPP Poll

Yesterday Public Policy Polling tweeted that 25% of Republicans want their state to secede. Here’s another tidbit from their poll: 49% of GOP voters nationally say they think that ACORN stole the election for President Obama. We found that 52% of Republicans thought that ACORN stole the 2008 election for Obama, so this is a modest decline, but perhaps smaller …

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COLOMBIA: Marriage Bill Advances

Yesterday Colombia’s marriage equality bill passed by a vote of 10-5 in a Senate committee.  Via Gay Star News: The bill will now face a vote in the Colombian Senate however no date was yet set for a debate and vote. Senator Armando Benedetti, of the ruling Social Party of National Unity party said: ‘The marriage of couples of same-sex …

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Liberty Counsel LOSES Bid To Stop California’s “Ex-Gay” Therapy Ban

Liberty Counsel’s suit to block California’s “ex-gay” therapy ban was shot down today by a federal judge who reached the opposite conclusion of the judge who yesterday temporarily ruled differently in a separate suit brought by others. Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: The Court’s decision was prompted by a lawsuit filed by the National Association …

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Frank Bruni On His Clinton Apology Piece

On Sunday I excerpted a few paragraphs from Frank Bruni’s New York Times column in which he demanded that Bill Clinton apologize from his role in the passage of DOMA.  (That JMG post generated quite the heated conversation.) Today Bruni joined an MSNBC panel to discuss his essay and where both Clintons stand regarding same-sex marriage.

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: More suspense from the Supreme Court, with an announcement in the Prop 8 case pushed back to Friday at the earliest. Meanwhile, a setback in a Nevada lawsuit, but now the case goes to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That court previously ruled in favor of marriage equality in the Prop 8 case. And with a string …

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One Million Moms Vs Ellen (AGAIN)

Via email from One Million Moms: Since April, JC Penney’s has not aired Ellen DeGeneres in one of their commercials until now. A new JCP ad features Ellen and three elves. JCP has made their choice to offend a huge majority of their customers again. Christians must now vote with their wallets. We have contacted JC Penney’s several times in …

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On The Ethics Of Journalism

Yesterday the New York Post published a terrifying full-page front cover photo of a man who had just been pushed onto the subway tracks by an apparently mentally ill person. In the photo, the downtown-bound Q train is about twenty feet away from the victim, who was killed instantly a moment later. The Post has since come under widespread criticism …

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