Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Right Wing Watch reports that not only is Porno Pete LaBarbera proud of his SPLC designation as a hater, he says that if a Christianist group didn’t make the list, they need to be more hateful. “We are one of the rare groups that is opposed single-mindedly against the homosexual activist movement,” said LaBarbera, who founded AFTAH in 1996. “The …

The Czech Republic is being criticized for its bizarre requirement that gay men seeking asylum from persecution in their home countries must first prove their gayness by submitting to a penile tumescence test while viewing straight porn. According to information provided by the Czech Ministry of the Interior, ‘phallometric testing’ for asylum seekers who claim to be gay may be …

At this writing, the legal teams from both sides and the original Perry V Schwarzenegger plaintiffs are fielding quite the media circus outside the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco. Adam Bink is live-blogging the proceedings over at the Courage Campaign’s site and you can follow the latest action on Twitter at the hashtag #Prop8.

Last week Apple deleted an app for the Manhattan Declaration, a document whose signers pledge to disobey any law protecting LGBT Americans from discrimination. The Family Research Council, an SPLC-certified hate group, is leading a petition campaign calling for Apple to restore the app. Today Christianist “humorist” Stuart Sheppard takes on the issue. (Via – Good As You)

The Family Acceptance Project works to help “diverse families understand how to support their LGBT children.” Here’s one of their touching training videos. (There’s a donation button at the link if you’d like to support their work.)

Over at Metro Weekly, reporter Chris Geidner has posted an excellent 10-item FAQ sheet about today’s hearing of Prop 8 in the Ninth Circuit Court. Question #8 asks: “What Could The Court Rule?” With no specified timeline, the court will issue its ruling — although the fact that the court gave the case expedited consideration as to briefing and the …

According to a new study published today by Yale researchers, the nation’s courts and schools punish LGBT youth 40% more frequently than their heterosexual peers accused of the same misbehaviors. Lesbian teenagers are especially at risk for discriminatory treatment. The research, described as the first national look at sexual orientation and teen punishment, comes as a spate of high-profile bullying …

The Ninth Circuit Court will hear oral arguments in Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger beginning at 10am (California time.) NOM will be there with live video coverage and commentary. I’ll post another live streaming video source, but you might want to pull this one out and save it in case we lose one of the other signals. ABC’s non-embeddable video stream is …

According to the vice president of Answers In Genesis, there will be animals on Kentucky’s “recreation” of Noah’s Ark, but only babies. Because God was all about saving space. “We think that God would probably have sent healthy, juvenile-sized animals that weren’t fully grown yet, so there would be plenty of room,” he said. ”We want to show how Noah …