Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The world’s most famous gay activist, Peter Tatchell, claims that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown barred him from a gay Pride celebration at 10 Downing Street because of Tatchell’s criticisms of the government on LGBT rights issues. In a statement, Tatchell said: “I have been campaigning for LGBT human rights for 40 years. I was one of the group of …

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision made by SCOTUS-nominee Sonia Sotomayor when she was an appeals judge, ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut had been discriminated against when they were passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified black firefighters. The case is expected to have broad impact on affirmative action cases nationwide. In the …

The Dallas Morning News doesn’t seem to believe the Fort Worth cops. The Fort Worth Police Department still has some explaining to do about what happened early Sunday at a southside gay bar called the Rainbow Lounge. Or some clarifying or some illuminating or some supplementary detailing – anything to mitigate the apparently self-administered public-relations shot-to-the-foot it suffered after what …

America’s most famous closeted homosexual, Peter LaBarbera, has posted his first ever YouTube clip, a 2.5 minute compilation of Chicago’s Gay Pride parade. LaBarbera conveniently positioned himself outside the local bathhouse (not too far to walk after the parade!) so that he could film parade participant Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart with the baths behind him. UPDATE: Mr. Chickenshit has …

Congressional candidate Francine Busby was being hosted at the home of a lesbian couple in San Diego, where they and 30 guests raised funds for her campaign. A neighbor of the couple began shouting homophobic slurs over his backyard fence and then apparently called the police to complain about the noise. What happened next is surreal. Cops responded with eight …

JMG reader Bryan sends us this clip of a group of Somalian immigrant children harassing a gay man as he walks home from Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis. Listen as they shout “I hate gay people!” “Fuck gay people!” and other epithets. The man maintains his composure beautifully.

Michael Jackson’s three children have been placed in the custody of his mother, Katherine Jackson. Michael Jackson’s three children asked to see their father’s body in the UCLA emergency room after they were told he was dead, according to the lawyer for Jackson’s personal doctor. “My understanding is that they did” see the body, attorney Ed Chernoff said. On Monday, …

Pam Spaulding has the complete transcript of the president’s remarks. At one point Obama was interrupted by somebody’s cell phone. The offender’s ringtone? A duck call. Hmm. The president quacked up.

New Dehli saw its second-ever gay pride event yesterday where attendees demanded an end to colonial-era laws against homosexuality. Balloons, whistles, masks, flags, placards and a riot of colours marked the second Delhi Gay Pride Parade, which went down the Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar. And for a show of solidarity, more than a 1000 strong crowd congregated at the …