Chris Johnson reports at Washington Blade: Under questioning from ABC News’ Jon Karl, Carney said Obama has made clear that he opposes anti-gay laws in other countries that persecute LGBT people. “The president absolutely opposes and has made clear in other countries laws that discriminate against individuals, whether for race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation,” Carney said. Pressed by …

Today the head of the International Olympic Committee asked Russia for further clarity on whether the ban on “homosexual propaganda” will be enforced during the Sochi Olympics. Last week the IOC said it had received “assurances” from the Russian government that fans and athletes would be exempt from the law during the Games, but that claim was immediately shot down …

Two week ago I told NPR that I didn’t believe that the boycott of Russian vodka would actually end up causing much financial pain to any of the targeted companies, but that the media’s interest in the boycott would serve to push the plight of Russian LGBT people into headlines around the world.  And that result, I concluded, made the …

Via press release from Queer Nation: Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag and a member of Queer Nation made the following statement to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni: “Olympic flag waving gave a stamp of approval to Nazi atrocities in 1936. Please don’t use the Rainbow Flag to cover up Russian atrocities in 2014. The Rainbow Flag …

Washington Post has a recap: “This is what separates the American media from the British media,” Weiner says as the reporter corners him and begins to pepper him with vague questions. Asked about whether his campaign was about ambition and power, a “hunger for the big job,” Weiner mutters, “It’s hard to take you seriously.” He then repeats in a …

AdWeek reacts: The San Diego Culinary Institute has a trio of talking food ads that are funny, albeit in a dumb way, but also a lot more sexually charged than this kind of ad tends to be. But the “Ducks” ad borders on flat-out inappropriate. I mean, I’m okay with it, but I hope the Institute knows what they’re getting …

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In response to the beginning of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, a Catholic priest there has sent an open letter to state senators, warning them that he will rally his parishioners to unseat them if they voted for it. Which would be illegal, of course. From Father Brian Sistare’s letter: Dear RI Senators who voted for “marriage” between members of …

The first same-sex wedding in the Mexican state of Yucatan was held yesterday. Translated from El Diario: The spouses are Javier Alberto Carrillo Esquivel and Ricardo Arturo Góngora, who last month won a federal injunction allowing them to get married. The gay wedding was hosted at the disco Blu Namu and was attended by 400 guests,  The couple, who wore …

Right Wing Watch has a partial transcript of the latest from anti-gay crackpot Coach Dave: “The worst part of it is,” Daubenmire laments, “the left has sodomized men. I’m not talking about physically sodomizing them; I’m talking about stealing men’s manhood. Through what? Through ridicule and through name-calling and through court attacks. Men, godly men, Christian men are afraid to …

Verve Records has commissioned the Montreal electrofunk duo Chromeo for a remix of Donna Summer’s 1982 top ten hit, Love Is In Control.  I wasn’t much of a fan of that Quincy Jones-produced album and I tend to be much less of a fan of remixed disco classics, but this isn’t terrible.

Tourisme Montreal has enlisted a number of well-known gay Americans to promote LGBT tourism. From yesterday’s Montreal Gazette: A parade of American celebrities and local vedettes filmed a video series of performances and interviews in Montreal this summer to help promote the city to gay travelers, in Tourisme Montreal’s new Do Your Thing In MTL video series. Olympic figure skater …

Yesterday activists confronted the Russian ambassador to the United Nations outside of his home in Manhattan. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin arrived at his residence on New York’s Upper East Side in the late afternoon to find 10 activists from the international gay rights group All Out outside the wrought iron gates holding red placards saying: “340,457 worldwide say stop Russia’s anti-gay …

From the editorial board of the Washington Post: Mr. Obama, speaking on the eve of his cancellation of a summit meeting in Moscow, said he felt Mr. Putin would surely understand “that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldn’t tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently.” The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should understand that as …

From the latest New York Times/Siena poll: Christine C. Quinn is leading the crowded field in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor, lifted by support among Manhattanites and higher-income voters, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll finds. But just over a month before the Sept. 10 primary, Ms. Quinn is still well below the level needed …

A Christian school in Nebraska has allegedly fired its superintendent for appearing in a local production of The Producers.  Because that show is gay, apparently. Harold Scott has been an educator for 22 years and superintendent at the school started by Calvary Community Church since 2011. In an email response to questions Wednesday, he said he was told the reason …

“The National Organization for Marriage has violated no campaign finance rules in Iowa, and we decry the decision by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board to open an investigation. This inquiry is a witch hunt spawned by a delusional homosexual activist who fancies himself becoming the president of the United States and who is a serial filer of frivolous …

“Asking the United States and other nations to boycott the Olympics simply punishes 19-year-old athletes, not Vladamir Putin. Buying Ketel One instead of Stolichnaya might take a swipe at a business owner in Moscow or a factory worker in St. Petersburg, but it’s just a pesky mosquito to the Russian government. And caviar? Who eats it anyway? To make a …

“Starbucks is allowing us to lawfully carry firearms in their store. Recently, they have been the target of unjust attacks from certain groups that do not support our right to bear arms. We will thank starbucks for standing up for our right to bear arms by going there on Friday, August 9th. We ask that if you choose to carry …