Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Claiming that he was not hired because he openly declared that homosexuals should be locked up, a Muslim applicant to the NYPD is suing the city for violating his religious freedom to be an asshole. The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin as a matter of …

A Massachusetts court has ruled against an atheist couple who sued after their public school children were present during the “under God” portion of the Pledge of Allegiance. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Jane Haggerty also ruled there was no violation of state law or the school’s anti-discrimination policy. The judge ruled that including “under God” in a voluntary patriotic exercise …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is the complete first (and likely only) season of ABC’s GCB, which is available nationwide beginning today. It was One Million Moms’ favorite show! From Darren Star, creator of Sex And The City, and inspired by the devilishly fun novel, GCB dishes the dirt on the return of a “prodigal daughter” …

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to sue to the Obama administration for stepping in to stop his plan to purge voters. Scott announced on Monday that Florida is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to move forward, in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing a suit against the state over actions taken for the …

A big departure from their usual folk/indie sound.

Via press release from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation: At the heart of the effort is an interactive and educational website that invites users to create a personalized avatar—a tiny, digital version of themselves. Described as “the most robust avatar generator ever built,” it contains literally billions of customization options, including wardrobe, accessories, tattoos, and piercings—allowing gay and bisexual men …

Dharun Ravi’s legal team has filed a notice of their intent to appeal his conviction. The notice lists the proposed issues to be raised on appeal, including that the bias intimidation statute is unconstitutional as applied to Ravi and that several decisions by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who presided over the trial earlier this year, “prejudiced the defendant’s ability …

According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, the world is slightly more peaceful than last year. All regions apart from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) saw an improvement, with Sub-Saharan Africa lifting off of the bottom spot for the first time since the GPI was launched in 2007. Madagascar, Gabon and Botswana experienced notable improvements over the …

It’ll cost you $20 to drop an F-bomb in Middleborough. At a town meeting Monday night, residents voted 183-50 to approve a proposal from the police chief to impose a $20 fine on public profanity. Officials insist the proposal was not intended to censor casual or private conversations, but instead to crack down on loud, profanity-laden language used by teens …

The Boston Globe reports today that in 2006 then Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney blocked a state anti-bullying guide because it included the words “transgender” and “bisexual.” Romney aides said publicly at the time that publication of the guide had been delayed because it was a lengthy document that required further review. But an e-mail authored in May of that year …