The whimsical sculptures of Tom Otterness‘ Life Underground installation are scattered throughout the subway station at 8th Avenue and 14th Street. They always make me smile.

Via Pam Spaulding comes word of the latest racist outrage perpetrated by Fox News: calling Michelle Obama “Obama’s Baby Mama!” Unfuckingbelievable. Oliver Willis: So here’s the thing (because during this campaign I’m apparently learning that we black people have our own secret code and hand signals so this stuff has to be explained like you are speaking to a child …

Boy George will be performing a free concert for the New York Department of Sanitation at their Family Day event on August 17th as thanks for their kindness to him during his court-ordered stint with them last year. George: “The people I worked alongside showed great kindness to me at a very difficult time, and I wanted to thank them …

The NYPD is considering equipping all cops with Tasers. However: Four days before a consultant suggested the NYPD expand its use of Tasers, the country’s biggest stun gun manufacturer was hit with a $6 million verdict for the death of a California man. A federal jury found that Arizona-based Taser International should have better warned Salinas, Calif., police that the …

Doesn’t it piss you off when lottery winners say they’re going to keep their crummy jobs?

“Because, of course, he didn’t know that I was gay then. So, for someone so publicly to fight for something that doesn’t even affect him was just like, ’That’s my dad,’ you know? That’s all I could think. I was very, very proud to be part of this family, and this state in general.” – Katherine Patrick, 18 year old …

Viagra appears to be on its way to becoming the drug of choice for athletes looking to enhance their performance on the playing field – not just in the bedroom. The Olympics are looking into adding Viagra to the list of banned substances and it’s even been found in race horses. It wasn’t so long ago that the only person …

Today the New York Times continues its American Exception series of articles on ways that the American justice system is unique in the world. And with excellent timing (considering Tuesday’s heated conversation on the issue here on JMG), today they discuss freedom of speech in an article titled Freedom To Offend. A couple of years ago, a Canadian magazine published …

Which gay rights or legal advocacy groups do you support?

Norway, which first granted its LGBT citizens the right to civil unions way back in 1993, today legalized same-sex marriage. Members of Parliament in Norway today approved a bill that will allow same-sex couples to marry by 84 votes to 41. The new law will make marriage gender neutral. The Scandinavian country already allows gay and lesbian couples to enter …

According to Intrade.com, an online futures trading (betting) site: The electoral map is a forecast for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election in which the presumptive nominees are Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. The electoral vote value for each state is shown, and the states are shaded according to the probability of a win. The data for this map …

Those unhappy Lesbians began their court case yesterday. Three islanders from Lesbos told a court Tuesday that gay women insult their home’s identity by calling themselves lesbians. The plaintiffs – two women and a man – are seeking to ban a Greek gay rights group from using the word “lesbian” in its name. Also known as Mytilini, Lesbos was the …

Many of you were puzzled or angered by yesterday’s joint statement from a broad coalition of LGBT groups who are asking that out-of-state gays that marry in California not return to their home states and begin filing lawsuits requesting recognition. Today’s Los Angeles Times sheds some light on the story. The memo cautioned that the U.S. Supreme Court has traditionally …

If you’re looking for the absolutely gayest thing to do this Pride season, get this: It turns out the immortal Judy Garland never really croaked (but please don’t tell that to the gays who rioted all those years ago at Stonewall, making history partly because they were pissed that Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz was gone. They’ll feel used.) …

This wacky story has been playing out in the New York tabloids for months, but now there is finally a verdict – and of course, since this is NYC, now comes the lawsuit. A Manhattan hedge fund manager is suing Equinox health club and the stockbroker who slammed him off a stationary bike and into a wall for whooping it …

A few keyboard tricks for Firefox users that I didn’t know: CTRL-L: Jump to URL boxCTRL-K: Jump to Google search boxCTRL-T: Open a new browser tab You got any more? (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

On Saturday, Barack Obama issued a message to the gay community. “I am proud to join with our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered brothers and sisters in celebrating the accomplishments, the lives and the families of all LGBT people during this Pride season. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at …

Amusing, but you’ll have to embiggen to read it. From the 23/6 blog.(Via – Queerty)

Oklahoma’s Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed state Rep. Sally Kern’s “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act.” Henry vetoed House Bill 2633, called the “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act,” by Sen. James A. Williamson, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City. The bill state that “students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination …