Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Hearings begin today on Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire’s marriage equality bill. Both sides are expected to draw thousands of supporters to the state capital. Big crowds are expected for the hearings on Monday. Stand for Marriage Washington — a loosely organized coalition of conservative lawmakers, well-known evangelical pastors, the Tri-City Tea Party and the Constitution Party of Washington — predicts …

A commenter on Stereogum says: “Hip-Hop has come so far. It used to be that only men were allowed to make shitty misogynistic songs with obnoxious beats. This song is a true feminist victory.” NSFW.

“I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been straight and I’ve been gay, and gay is better.’ And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many …

Above are the latest polling averages for Florida. One poll done yesterday shows Gingrich leading.

We love this guy.

Just in via press release: Australian Marriage Equality has welcomed the support of highly-acclaimed Australian singer and actor Olivia Newton-John. Ms Newton-John has joined other prominent Australians including Hugh Jackman, David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Lizzy Gardiner and Wallaby’s captain David Pocock in backing the campaign for reform. According to a statement issued by Ms Newton-John: “With respect to marriage equality …

Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s first openly gay presidential candidate, finished in second place yesterday. Since no candidate earned more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place. Sauli Niinisto, a former finance minister, won 37 percent of the vote, well ahead of the other candidates but short of the majority needed to avoid a second round, official preliminary …

Not in my experience, but whatever. New York has been named America’s rudest city in a survey by Time + Leisure magazine. The magazine has published its 2011 survey of favourite American cities with categories ranging from nightlife and bars to culture, shopping and people. But the article said The Big Apple was also America’s most diverse city, which could …

Occupy Wall Street protesters glitter-bombed Rick Santorum at his Citadel military academy post-election speech last night. Things got a little wilder than at previous glitter-bombings. NOTE: Sorry about the commercial. CBS News blocks the embedding of their identical clips on YouTube, forcing bloggers to use their proprietary video player and therefore run their ads.