Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Famed actor and director Rob Reiner is one of the major financial backers of the fight to overturn Proposition 8. Yesterday he appeared on the Stephanie Miller Show to talk about the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling. His words: “Meathead strikes again!” (Via Radio Guy Chris)

“Will America’s young women be just a bit more likely to experiment with lesbianism now that JCPenney is mainstreaming it? Too any objective observer, the answer must be yes. Is this a good thing? To any objective observer, the answer must be no. Research has indicated that lesbians suffer from increased levels of depression, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, breast cancer …

The imagery and tag line of the campaign is raising eyebrows. Here’s the press release: Survivors UK, the charity that supports victims of male rape and sexual abuse, has launched a new campaign by start-up Johnny Fearless. ‘Real Men’ aims to play to the fact that rugby players, irrespective of sexuality, are seen as the archetypal ‘alpha males’. The poster …

The governor has vowed to veto it, polls show the public is against it, and the local GOP doesn’t seem to even want it on their schedule. But that didn’t stop Christian hate groups from rallying yesterday to pressure the bill’s advance. State Rep. David Bates, a Windham Republican, told the crowd there is no truth more self-evident under the …

When graffiti artist David Choe spray-painted a mural on the walls of a brand-new company called Facebook, he accepted stock options in lieu of cash. That may have been a $500 million decision.

It may or may not be a leading sign of economic recovery, but rents in Manhattan are surging back to their all-time high. Manhattan apartment rents continued to soar through the roof in January and are now getting close to hitting historic highs. The average price of a rental apartment was a whopping $3,352, up 5% compared with January, 2011, …

The woman in front of me swished her ankle-length mink dramatically as she denounced the management’s idiocy for only staffing two cashiers. How dare he delay his very important customers! And then she asked me for a pen. So she could write a check for her cigarettes. The cashier had never gotten a personal check. She had to call for …

Construction for the new subway line has long had much of Second Avenue squeezed down to scarcely more than a single lane.

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