Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Openly gay Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is reportedly mulling a run to replace the retiring Sen. Herb Kohl, who leaves office in 2012. If successful, Baldwin would become the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history. The Victory Fund is already promising Baldwin their full support. “This would obviously be a top priority for us. Tammy Baldwin has been an …

Some of yesterday’s posts have magically reappeared, but sadly your incisive and thoughtful comments have not. Boo, hiss and all that jazz.

It appears that this small group of citizen heroes actually outnumbered the haters on today’s stop on the Mayday For Marriage tour, which visited the office of GOP state Sen. James Alesi. More photos at the link.

Gillibrand’s phone campaign comes after Gov. Cuomo hinted that he would not call for a vote on the issue unless he became convinced that passage was guaranteed in the Senate. And I remain ashamed about blogging my skepticism when Gillibrand was first appointed to replace Hillary Clinton. (Via – Towleroad)

“Don’t confront them with yelling and screaming, that just plays into NOM’s hands.” Wise words, for those us who remember NOM’s relentless usage of photos and video of angry activists on last summer’s bus tour.

Boy Culture’s Matt Rettenmund tried in vain to get a logical answer out of one of the May 21st nutjobs. I’ve seen these people all over Manhattan in the last couple of weeks.

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The residents of an Upper West Side condo tower have voted to ban smoking in their building, even if the unit owner has been doing so for years. It’s the city’s first such retroactive ban in a residential building. Even smokers who moved into the building, the Ariel West, before the ban must abide by it. The building is one …