Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“What immediately became a meme amongst those criticizing Dan is that those who walked out of his talk felt bullied by him. But that’s impossible. People get bullied because of who they are: how they look and act, what they say and do. Perceived as being in some critical way weak or lacking, victims of bullies are selected for persecution; …

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What would be your top five gay news stories this week?

On Saturday followers of Andrew Breitbart protested outside the White House Correspondents Dinner, demanding that President Obama be exposed as his murderer. Or something. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the protesters also hurled abuse at dinner attendee Woody Harrelson over his marijuana use. That’s kinda funny, considering Breitbart’s famed history with drugs.

From the New York Times: North Carolina already has a law barring same-sex marriage, but the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature is not satisfied. It devised a measure to enshrine this obvious discrimination in the State Constitution and placed it on the ballot of the state’s May 8 primary election — a test of tolerance versus bigotry that ought to be watched …

As of today, the tallest building in New York City is One World Trade Center. The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the so-called “Freedom Tower” and it isn’t expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., …

Somebody did paint something illegible under the message. As we saw with Prop 8, haters never admit that pro-gay signage is defaced or stolen far more often than theirs are.

Former ACT UP member Rachel Maddow recaps.