Joe.My.God. LGBT News

This morning a gay couple was turned away at the New York City marriage bureau in a Valentine’s Day protest staged by Marriage Equality New York. That’s MENY head Cathy Marino-Thomas speaking behind the men.

From the New York Times editorial board. The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is indefensible — officially sanctioned discrimination against one group of Americans imposed during an election year. President Obama seems to know that, or at least he has called on Congress to repeal it. So why do his government’s lawyers continue to defend the act in court? [snip] …

Last night was Douglas Hodge’s final night as the lead in the Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles. Today he passes the boob-torch to Harvey Fierstein, who won the Tony Award for writing the show’s book in 1983.

Andres Duque of Blabbeando provides the subtitles to the below clip in which police in Lima, Peru violently break up a Valentine’s Day kiss-in against homophobia.

No, seriously, that was the inspiration. For the quickly-wilting man, one presumes.

Looks like lots of folks had never heard of last night’s Album Of The Year winner, so I’m not alone in my lameness. Hurray? UPDATE: It gets worse. I actually blogged about a marketing gimmick they used last year.

Last night reggae star Buju Banton, whose “murder music” calls for the executions of gay men, won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album. Banton’s win came as a shocker to LGBT activists who last year took out full-page music industry ads denouncing his nomination. Today his cocaine trafficking retrial begins in Miami after a previous trial resulted in a hung …

Last week the Catholic Church launched a confession app for smart phones, leading some LGBT activists to denounce its makers as promoting anti-gay spiritual abuse. One portion of the app demands to know if the operator has been “guilty of any homosexual activity.” Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out, a group that campaigns on behalf of lesbian, gay, …

After her CPAC declaration that “gays are natural conservatives” and should be actively recruited by the GOP, Ann Coulter has been the subject of blistering attacks across the right-o-sphere. Here’s just a sampling of the reactions on Free Republic: -“Big tent fag hag and muslim bodily fluids swapper.”-“I have no tolerance for homo-tolerants. Boo & shame on you Ann. You …

(Via – Towleroad)