Joe.My.God. LGBT News

As a benefit for the Trevor Project, openly gay singer Matt Zarley has recorded a cover of Pat Benatar’s 1984 smash We Belong. Below is a snippet of DJ Bill Bennett’s remix. Both the single and its remix are now available on iTunes and at Amazon.

Longtime JMG reader Vivian Cummins has announced his candidacy for Ireland’s Parliament as a Green Party proponent of same-sex marriage. Via press release: Vivian Cummins, the Green Party candidate for Kildare South is believed to be the only gay and officially recognised civil partnered candidate in the forthcoming General Election in the Irish Republic to be held on 25th February …

Last year Arizona’s legislature voted to stop offering insurance to the gay partners of state employees. Purely to save money, don’t you know. That move was blocked by a judge thanks to a lawsuit from Lambda Legal, but now the state has filed a federal appeal of his ruling. Assistant Attorney General Charles Grube contends U.S. District Judge John Sedwick …

(Via – Wall Street Journal)

Via Your New Favoritest Song Ever here’s a charmingly retro song for Valentine’s Day from Swedish girl group Those Dancing Days.

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.