Joe.My.God. LGBT News

I do enjoy Yoko’s tweets. I really do.

(Via – Igor Volsky)

Some website somewhere Gay Cities named Tel Aviv as “the best gay city in the world.” That may be the result of Israel’s recent campaign to promote LGBT tourism, something detractors say they are doing to dampen criticism about the treatment of Palestinians.

“After last night’s Republican debate one thing is clear: any one of the four remaining GOP Presidential candidates would be a dramatic improvement over the failed Presidency of Barack Obama. All Americans, gay and straight, are living in the disastrous Obama economy. The truth is that most Americans, gay or straight, are not better off than they were in 2008. …

Airport security is pointless and has never caught a terrorist! But all Muslim passengers should be strip-searched!

Counseling student Julea Ward has won the right to sue the university that expelled her for refusing to meet with hellbound LGBT students. A three-member panel of the court said Julea Ward can argue her religious discrimination suit against the university before a federal court jury in Detroit. “Ward’s free speech claim deserves to go to a jury,” Judge Jeffrey …

GOP Rep. Tim Huelskamp has introduced a bill which allows military chaplains to refuse to conduct same-sex marriages. Which they already can. But the bill also bans the use of military facilities for such events. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network “Here they go again with another round of resistance tactics that have already been rejected by Congress and the American people. …

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue announced yesterday that she will not seek reelection. This may not bode well for Democrats looking to hold an important swing state that is also the host of this year’s convention. Some Democrats, however, are cheering Perdue’s departure as she is under federal investigation for campaign finance improprieties. The Democratic surge in Dixie looked like …

Yesterday the office of California’s Secretary of State approved another bid to repeal the new LGBT education bill. SB 48, also known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act, requires that LGBTs’ historical contributions be taught to California’s school students. The proposal, submitted by Lou Sheldon of the anti-gay Traditional Values Coalition, repeals SB 48′s requirement that instructional …