Joe.My.God. LGBT News

As further pressure on the members of the lame duck Senate, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network today filed a federal lawsuit demanding the reinstatement of three veterans discharged under DADT. The lawsuit filed in federal district court in San Francisco also seeks to have the ban on openly gay troops declared unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable for any service members. “I don’t …

“I don’t see the kind of willingness to fight that hard.”

“According to LifeSiteNews, sexually confused service members in Canada will be required to cross-dress as a matter of military policy. Yes, you read that right. Cross-dressing will not just be a privilege in the Canadian military, it will be an obligation. “According to a just-issued mandate, military personnel must conform to the dress code and standards of their ‘target’ gender. …

A Virginia federal district court judge appointed by Dubya has ruled that parts of President Obama’s health care reform plan are unconstitutional. The lawsuit was brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. In a 42-page opinion issued in Richmond, Va., Judge Hudson wrote that the law’s central requirement that most Americans obtain health insurance exceeds the regulatory authority granted to …

I’m in Florida for the next two weeks and tomorrow Father Tony and I will spin his tiny convertible down the Overseas Highway for a week of poolside blogging at Key West’s fabulous Island House. There will be a JMG reader meet-up in Fort Lauderdale upon our return (details to follow) and then I’m off to spend Xmas in Orlando …

“I’m absolutely gutted that a couple of people in the gay community have ruined this for everyone else. I’m proud to be gay, proud to be an Air New Zealander and extremely proud of my role in the safety video. Obviously there are some people in the gay community that can be a little precious and need to lighten up. …

You know how New Yorkers are famed for their snobbish disregard for popular culture? Yeah, not so much anymore if the reaction of the below audience to Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D is to be believed. Manhattan’s Terminal 5 was sold out at $35 a pop to “watch Pauly push buttons,” says Eater, who calls the event a “truly historic …

When the GOP takes over the House next month. Rep. Steve King plans to launch a “test vote” on the repeal of health care reform. The GOP has no chance of a repeal with Obama in office, but is looking towards January 2013 as their first chance to yank health insurance out of the hands of America’s poor.

Wal-Mart’s years-long battle to gain a foothold in New York City has been ramped up a notch with their hiring of Mayor Bloomberg’s former campaign manager, who will battle unions and community groups before the City Council next month. Steven Restivo, a spokesman for the Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., told The New York Times in its online edition Sunday …

And the winner is the Gregory Brothers’ remix of openly gay hero-to-sisters everywhere, Antoine Dobson.