Kyle Mantala at Right Wing Watch: Fischer laughably went on to claim that ENDA grants special rights to gays, saying that “there’s no protection in here for heterosexuals, none whatsoever … they get no legal protections in the law.” Apparently Fischer doesn’t realize that ENDA would make it illegal to fire someone based on their sexual orientation … and being …

Many thanks to all the wonderful and supportive folks I met at Palm Springs Pride! Executive director Ron De Harte and his team delivered a truly flawless series of dizzyingly diverse events over three days and there was just no way to attend all of them, although I think I gave it a pretty good shot. Special shout-out to the …

As I’ve said here for the last few years, there has been zero chance of ENDA’s passage in the House ever since the GOP assumed the majority in 2010. But with all of today’s news about the bill, please keep in mind that its presumed passage in the Senate WILL move the issue dramatically forward as it drags formerly recalcitrant …

GetEQUAL is on the warpath about the religious exemptions in the Senate version of ENDA. This religious exemption is so broad that even religiously-affiliated hospitals and schools will still be able to discriminate against LGBT workers. This broad religious exemption will set a harmful precedent for future LGBT gains, and also threatens to set back the work of our allies …

The poll is at the bottom right of their main page. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

Yesterday US House rep and Maine gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud came out. With today’s official announcement by Charlie Crist, that means there’s a reasonable chance we’ll have two gay governors next year. One out, one bearded.

“Apple’s anti-discrimination policy goes beyond the legal protections U.S. workers currently enjoy under federal law, most notably because we prohibit discrimination against Apple’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. A bill now before the U.S. Senate would update those employment laws, at long last, to protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. We urge senators to …

The always hilarious Taylor Dayne tells RuPaul about how she got her stage name and things just roll from there. Dayne has seven Billboard top ten pop singles to her credit, the most recent of which was 1990’s I’ll Be Your Shelter. She’s scored 15 top ten hits on the dance chart, including the 2007 number one hit, Beautiful.

Does he think we forgot that GOProud endorsed Romney?

Gawker’s Neetzan Zimmerman writes: “While performing the classic ’80s synth pop anthem “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat, a Berlin street musician is joined by the song’s original singer, Jimmy Somerville, who just happened to be walking by with his dog.” If you’ve somehow never heard the still-stunning Smalltown Boy, go here. It truly was a landmark musical moment for the …

Sorry, Eugene! Tough titties, Brian Brown. We now have the necessary 60 votes to block a filibuster of ENDA. From the website of Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV): “After listening to Nevadans’ concerns about this issue from a variety of viewpoints and after numerous conversations with my colleagues, I feel that supporting this legislation is the right thing to do. Under …

The Hollywood Reporter recaps: The Simpsons paid tribute to Marcia Wallace, the voice of teacher Mrs. Krabappel who died Oct. 25, in the show’s opening Sunday night. “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K.,” Bart Simpson wrote on the chalkboard in the credits sequence ahead of Sunday night’s new episode, “Four Regrettings and a Funeral.” Wallace voiced teacher Edna Krabappel on …

“Dear Senator Toomey, As I am sure you know, the nation learned in the last several days that not only will the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) likely be put up for a long overdue vote next week by Sen. Harry Reid, but also that the three remaining members of the Senate Democratic Caucus who were not yet supporters of the …

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The Advocate has details about yesterday’s attack. Anastasia Smirnova, the general project manager of the Interregional Social Movement Russian LGBT Network, reported on Russian queer newsgroups that two masked men with guns and baseball bats attacked a “rainbow social” at the offices of LaSky, an HIV organization for gay men, just over an hour ago. The police reportedly arrived at …

Mediaite has the recap: “The key that has really undermined the president’s credibility in the hearts of the American people is that he went out, as a centerpiece of his campaign, and as a centerpiece of Obamacare, over the last several years, saying time and time again, that fundamentally his plan was the right people would have to keep their …

A Kentucky lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts in 2009 has filed for divorce in their home state. The case may end up before the Kentucky Supreme Court where a ruling could overturn the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I have a career here, a life here, and I think I should have the same right as a heterosexual …