Today is potentially a very big day in Texas. Via Lone Star Q: A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments Wednesday morning on whether he should bar Texas from enforcing its bans on same-sex marriage pending a trial. Two same-sex couples are seeking a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit challenging the state’s marriage bans on grounds they violate …

BIG news via the Louisville Courier-Journal: A federal judge Wednesday struck down Kentucky’s ban on recognizing valid same-sex marriages performed in other states, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II joined nine other federal and state courts in invalidating such bans. Ruling in a suit brought by …

Via press release from the Forum For Equality Louisiana: Forum for Equality Louisiana, the statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights organization, together with four couples today filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutional ban on recognizing same-sex marriages legally performed outside the state. The lawsuit charges that Louisiana’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages violates the US constitutional guarantees …

“Dear Joe, One stormy night, I drove to a mailshop hidden deep in a nearly deserted stand of warehouses. I’d heard something was up and wanted to see for myself. As I rounded the final turn, my eyes nearly popped. Tractor-trailers pulled up to loading docks, cars and vans everywhere and long-haired, earring-pierced men scurrying around running forklifts, inserters and …

The Russian embassy in London today outrageously condemned Channel 4’s chilling documentary Hunted, saying that the anti-gay violence seen in the film is “slanderous” and is no worse than how Brits treat redheads in their own country. The Telegraph reports: Russia has attacked a Channel 4 film about attacks on homosexuals in the country, saying a similar documentary could have …

SOAK is 17 year-old openly lesbian singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson. Bridie is close to her family: she came out to her parents at 14 – and doesn’t think that was particularly young, or particularly old, or particularly interesting at all. She is private about the individual dramas that inspired her songs, but you suspect that’s because she wants to protect old …

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DOMA champion Edith Windsor was among the guests attending last night’s White House state dinner honoring French President Francois Hollande, who guided his nation to marriage equality last May.  Climbing out of his limousine just after 7 p.m., he [Hollande] was greeted by the Obamas, the first lady in a full liberty-blue skirt and black beaded top by Carolina Herrera. …

Now that he’s launched his own website, hate group leader Matt Barber no longer has to troll JMG to find comments that upset him. He writes about the above message: Brave talk from this man, woman or some-combination-there-of. Note that he/she/he-she doesn’t even have the guts to give a real name. There are many on the left that, like “Columbia,” …

(Via Towleroad)

“This is an erroneous and shameful decision — it’s that simple. In addition to showing very poor legal reasoning, this move reveals cowardice and an embarrassing lack of integrity on the part of Governor Sandoval and Attorney General Masto. Rather than stand up for state voters who overwhelmingly adopted Nevada’s marriage amendment against the bullying lobby trying to push marriage …

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A wire fox terrier named Sky won last night’s 138th annual Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. This was Sky’s 129th best in show ribbon overall — she became a Triple Crown winner in dogdom, too, having previously taken the National Dog Show and the top AKC event. A wire fox terrier has won 14 times at the nation’s …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Welcome To The Age Of My Body, the new solo EP from openly gay Macklemore vocalist Mary Lambert, which is now available at iTunes and Amazon. Enter to win the Welcome to the Age of My Body EP from Mary Lambert! Welcome to the Age of My Body the debut …

You wouldn’t think a lube ad could be sweet. (Tipped by JMG reader WNYRAY)

The ACLU announced today that they will file a marriage equality lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Stephanie Perkins, deputy director for PROMO, a Missouri gay and lesbian advocacy group, said the litigation seeks to overturn Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage. Couples from Kansas City, St. Louis, mid-Missouri and Springfield are included in the suit, which will be filed in …

(Via Good As You)