Joe.My.God. LGBT News

You might be amused by the reaction of the press when Ricky Martin appeared on the red carpet at Saturday’s GLAAD Awards. Most of the LGBT press was set up further down the row, but I jumped out of line to grab some video when I heard the shouting. This morning on Boy Culture, Matt Rettenmund has posted his red …

According to City Hall News, activists plan to ask NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lobby state Senate Republicans on marriage equality. Michael Bloomberg, who favors marriage equality, has promised advocates to do anything in his power to help push the issue. And those close to the planning say they plan on asking Bloomberg to appeal directly to fence-sitting Senate Republicans, …

Love, love, love. My favorite so far.

AT&T is buying the U.S. division of T-Mobile in a $39B deal that will create the nation’s largest cell phone company. If completed, the deal would allow AT&T, now the second- largest U.S. wireless operator, to add 34 million customers and surpass Verizon Wireless as the largest in the country. The acquisition, the largest in the wireless industry since 2004, …

Knut, the polar bear who as a cub captured the hearts of the world and sold millions in plush toys for the Berlin Zoo, died unexpectedly yesterday at the age of four. “Everyone is just in shock here,” said Claudia Bienek, a spokeswoman for Berlin Zoo where Knut shot to global fame in 2007 as a photogenic snow-white cub after …

The Ali Forney Center has been joined by a wonderful ally in the effort to prevent Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to eliminate funding for homeless youth shelters in New York State. Change.org has taken on the struggle to protect LGBT youth from the devastating impact of Cuomo’s plan and has posted this petition on their homepage and on their gay …

The Eurocheese force is strong with this one.

Last night GLAAD honored Ricky Martin with their Vito Russo Award in recognition of how his coming out generated unprecedented positive coverage in Latin media. In his speech, Martin thanked “my boyfriend Carlos,” which some in the room thought was the first time Martin had publicly named the handsome man often seen with him. The video below is by Boy …