Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“The fringe cult calling itself Westboro Baptist (a small congregation consisting of close, and possibly incestuous, relatives of Fred Phelps, who calls himself a pastor) first became famous by protesting gay rights events with revolting signs suggesting that God hates gay people. (They used another offensive terms as well). These ugly signs proved irresistible to reporters from the New York …

When did Topher Grace get so hawt? By the way, the original Don’t You Want Me came out thirty freakin’ years ago. Now help Paw-Paw to his rocker.

We won’t have to worry about marriage repeal in New Hampshire for the rest of the year. A House committee voted today to take repeal of the state’s same-sex marriage off the table this year. The 15-0 vote of the House Judiciary Committee effectively means two bills repealing the 2009 law won’t return to the full House of Representatives until …

“Just another ‘solution’ in search of a need.” (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

I’ll be in Fort Lauderdale for the next five days to hang with Father Tony and do some oceanside blogging from his high-rise balcony in between trips to South Beach for Winter Party events. Tough life.

Yup, same song.

It’s a pity no one was there to hear him.

“This [Westboro] ruling is important for many reasons. First and foremost, it preserves the primacy of free speech in America, which benefits us all. But from a parochial pro-LGBT narrative, it’s equally important to note that it proves the lie to the multiple instances when anti-gay activists falsely claimed that advances in LGBT equality and protections — whether they come …

According to a coming book by historian Robert Beachy, the genesis of the modern gay rights movement came in 19th century Germany. Modern conceptions of homosexuality began, ironically, with an anti-sodomy law. When the German empire was unified in 1871, the Imperial Criminal Code included a law prohibiting sexual penetration of one man by another. Questions about what types of …

Researchers at the CDC say obesity is far less prevalent in Canada than in the United States. And they don’t really know why. About 24 percent of Canadians are obese compared to more than 34 percent of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Wednesday. Researchers looked at height and weight data taken in …