Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The bill just passed 32-24! Updates and reactions will be added to this post shortly. Somebody rush a defibrillator to Porno Pete’s house! Or don’t! Lambda Legal “Same-sex couples in Illinois, many together for decades, will finally have the legal protections to take care of each other and their children,” said Jim Bennett, Regional Director of Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional …

Anytime a politician utters a sentence which begins “What the American people want…” – they should be delivered a sharp electrical jolt in the gut. Just enough to make them stop. And maybe pee a little.

NOM is demanding that Ninth Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt recuse himself from the three-judge panel set to hear the appeal of Prop 8’s overturn on Monday. NOM’s objection arises from a National Review article posted yesterday which points out that Reinhardt’s wife is the executive director of the Southern California chapter of the ACLU, that she made personal contributions …

There wasn’t any doubt, but it’s nice to hear her work it into her victory speech.

Simply brilliant. And not at all unrelated, Sanders is the only openly socialist member of Congress. We need 99 more of him. WATCH THIS.

Don’t fall out of your chairs, but the wealthy white men at gay billionaire funded GOProud have endorsed the GOP’s plan to hold the nation hostage unless America’s millionaires get richer. GOProud executive director Jimmy LaSalvia: “Senate Republicans are absolutely right. It is time that Democrats in the Senate stop playing political games with our economy. If Democrats are truly …

Today all 42 GOP members of the Senate issued a letter declaring that not one single bill (including DADT) will be considered until Congress agrees to extend the Bush tax cuts to the wealthy. Because when you’re out of money, the thing to do is cut your income. And so much for yesterday’s bipartisan summit. “[W]e write to inform you …

Nine people were arrested this morning outside of a breakfast meeting hosted by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a protest about the exclusion of indigent AIDS patients from a state housing program that caps the rent of ill people on public assistance at 30% of their income. More photos from the protest are here. Video is here. At Bloomberg’s urging, …