Joe.My.God. LGBT News

President Obama today called for a two year freeze on the wages of all federal employees. According to the administration, the two-year pay freeze would save $2 billion for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 and $28 billion over the next five years. The freeze would not apply to military personnel, but would apply to all civilian federal employees, including …

Canada’s New Democratic Party is working to rescind the charity status of Exodus Global Alliance, the “ex-gay” Christianist group recently denied such status in New Zealand. “Our issue is that they purport to be able to cure homosexuality. Homosexuality is not an mental illness,” said Matthew McLauchlin, co-chair of the federal NDP’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Committee. “If all we …

In one of the strangest World AIDS Day campaigns ever seen, Kim Kardashian (who is famous for something, apparently) and artists such as Lady Gaga, Ryan Seacrest, and Justin Timberlake are declaring their “digital deaths” and refusing to use Twitter or Facebook until they’ve raised a million dollars. The money goes to Alicia Keys’ Keep A Child Alive Foundation.

Sarah Palin thinks that because she got Gawker to stop leaking excerpts of her book, the U.S. government should be able to stop the release of potentially damaging information by WikiLeaks. Which is hosted in Sweden, where “it is forbidden according to Swedish law for any administrative authority to make inquiries about the sources of any type of newspaper.”

Burlesque was stinking up the joint at theaters nationwide this weekend and is now predicted not to make up its production cost. According to estimates, two films are tied for fourth place this weekend: the $55 million Screen Gems musical Burlesque and the Fox thriller Unstoppable, each with approximately $11.8 million in ticket sales. Burlesque, which was hammered by critics …

Openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts mentions his own attempt at suicide as a result of anti-gay bullying.

At least nobody got killed this year.

Following a national uproar after she repeatedly used the n-word on the air, Dr. Laura Schlessinger has signed a multi-year contract with SiriusXM. Schlessinger’s syndicated advice program, Dr. Laura, will end on traditional radio Dec. 31. She begins at Sirius on Monday, Jan. 3. Schlessinger found herself in hot water when she used the N-word on her show while speaking …

Buffalo Bills player Stevie Johnson took to Twitter to blame God because he dropped a potentially game-winning pass. God responded by unfollowing Johnson. (Via – Gawker)