Joe.My.God. LGBT News

For 25 years one of the glitziest events on NYC’s homo holiday calendar has been the Toys For Tots party at Chelsea Piers, where the gay glitterati gather to booze, schmooze, and deliver mountains of new toys for the city’s needy kids. As a Marine brat who went to USMC Toys For Tots events back in the 60’s, I’ve always …

Speaking on a broad range of issues before an audience of young Australians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded a question on marriage equality by saying that while she has not supported marriage equality in the past, she does support civil unions and American states “taking actions that they believe reflects the evolution of attitudes about this.” Disappointing. The marriage …

“Only two short days after being arrested for chaining myself to the White House fence and asking my President why he hasn’t fulfilled his promise of equality, I’ll pass through the same gate and by those familiar guard shacks today to meet with Brian Bond, Deputy Director of the Office of Public Engagement. I accepted Mr. Bond’s request for a …

Just as creepy as the pageants for little girls.

JMG reader Gary points out this Jazz Times article about openly gay jazz artists, where I found mention of Dave Koz’ new cover of Burt Bacharach’s 1968 classic, This Guy’s In Love With You. “I’ve refashioned that as a wedding song in support of gay marriage,” Koz says. “It’s an interesting way to re-listen to a classic. That’s one of …

Filmed at NYC’s Splash Bar and featuring cameos by Amanda Lepore and Cazwell. Audio NSFW. (Tipped by JMG reader Wilson)

A coalition of insurance companies donated over $86M to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to fight the passage of health care reform. The Chamber is notoriously run by GOP-insiders. The spending exceeded the insurer group’s entire budget from a year earlier and accounted for 40 percent of the Chamber’s $214.6 million in 2009 spending. The expenditures reflect the insurers’ attempts …

New York state had the worst turnout in the midterm elections, with a mere 32.1% of eligible voters bothering to go the polls. Utah and Texas tied for second-worst at 32.2%. New York’s low turnout was probably affected by the “non-competitive” races for governor and U.S. Senate.

Behar: “You know it’s NOT a choice, Pastor.” Osteen: “We don’t have a sign on our church saying, ‘No Gays, No Drunkards, No People On Drugs’…but there are scripture that we just can’t change.”

A coalition of Arab and African nations have succeeded in deleting a reference to sexual orientation in a United Nations resolution condemning “extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions.” An amendment calling for the deletion was introduced by Morocco and Mali and passed narrowly by a vote of 79-70. The U.S. delegation voted against the deletion but abstained from the vote on …