Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Yeah, yeah Elmo, school lunches, whatevs. Moving on, how about that adorbs White House chef Sam Kass?

General James Amos, Commandant of the USMC, says the “distraction” of openly gay soldiers will cause more casualties on the battlefield. “When your life hangs on a line, on the intuitive behavior of the young man … who sits to your right and your left, you don’t want anything distracting you,” Amos told reporters at the Pentagon. “I don’t want …

Bettors on the internet gambling site Intrade are currently giving DADT a 57% chance of being repealed by the end of the year. (Tipped by JMG reader Matthew)

Cooper puts the ladies of The View on his “Ridiculist” for mocking John Boehner’s habit of crying during public speeches.

Two weeks ago, I asked to you to use the Family Research Council’s own link to thank Apple for keeping the Manhattan Declaration app off the iPhone. (And thousands of you did.) Responding to yesterday’s video from NOM, today GLAAD echoes that request. The ‘Manhattan Declaration’ calls gay and lesbian couples “immoral,” it calls the recognition of their relationships “false …

A lawsuit has been filed in Iowa claiming that the retention vote that resulted in the ouster of three state Supreme Court justices was illegal. According to the suit, by state law that issue should have been on a separate ballot. The ballot used Nov. 2 included the names of the justices standing for retention on the back of a …

“Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people’s differences. I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don’t buy into that the personal can be political. I just think that’s horseshit. No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story. Now some people feed …

In October we learned that the ACLU is suing a Mississippi sheriff’s department over the firing of police officer Andre Cooley, who was outed after calling for help in a domestic dispute with his partner. The Forrest County Sheriff’s Department has is now denying wrongdoing because there’s no state or federal law against what they did. Cooley claims the firing …

Joy Behar and her panel discuss Carrie Fisher’s outing of John Travolta, who has hired a legal team to fight other recent tabloid allegations about his sexuality. Bravo’s Andy Cohen calls Fischer’s comments “uncool.”

It’s still a bit too cool for the pool in Key West, but the water is heated and we’re headed for the low 70s today and for the rest of the week. Very nice.