Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Joan Jett’s cover of the 1975 flop by British power pop band Arrows pulled her from the Runaways pack and into the hearts of baby dykes worldwide. One of those baby dykes was my clubbing pal Razor (real name: Dorothy), who emerged from Jett’s backstage to show me her hickey’d neck after I’d waited out front through a lackluster performance …

We were previously encouraged by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s words against a proposed bill dramatically increasing the penalties for homosexuality. But that’s as far as she goes. The Guardian reports: The Nobel peace prize winner and president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has defended a law that criminalises homosexual acts, saying: “We like ourselves just the way we are.” …

Today around 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 biggest LGBT news items of the last few days?

“A coalition of pro-family groups is urging parents to keep their children home from school on the ‘Day of Silence,’ if your school is allowing students to refuse to speak in class. GLSEN’s Day of Silence, which began on college campuses and has now infiltrated even middle schools, exploits anti-bullying sentiment to undermine the belief that homosexual acts are immoral. …

New Hampshire residents: Do it right now.

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Here’s the Lada Gaga-themed follow-up to last week’s Kylie-themed clip from Australia’s Community Brave Foundation. Facebook page.

“It is prohibited to vote for Lew Fidler!” And NOM is thrilled about it. The Flatbush Journal claims a circulation of 100,000. UPDATE: Eagle-eyed Jeremy Hooper pounces on the miniscule type at the top of the page: “Special Advertising Supplement.” Wanna guess who is actually behind that?