Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Larry Flynt: “We know we’ve got a gay senator. We just like to see him come out of the closet. And I think we’ll be exposing that in the next few months if he doesn’t.” Lindsey Graham? And how much more dirt could there be on Sen. David Vitter other than his serial adultery, hooker patronage, and diaper fetish?

The Boston Globe reports today that NOM and an outfit called Cornerstone Action are spending $450K to attack New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, who is up for reelection. You may recall Lynch signing his state’s marriage equality bill after insisting upon and getting new wording that specifically exempted churches performing same-sex ceremonies if they didn’t want to. But even that …

In what they are calling the “largest nationally representative study of sexual and sexual-health behaviors ever fielded,” a just-released survey commissioned by Indiana University says that 8% of adult American men self-identify as gay or bisexual, with 7% of women identifying as lesbian or bisexual. Those numbers are almost triple the percentages claimed by some anti-gay groups. ABC News takes …

Joe Miller, Alaska’s teabagger Senate candidate, says the minimum wage is unconstitutional. He’s a Tenther, folks. Miller said there should not be a federal minimum wage, since it’s not a power given to the federal government in the Constitution. It’s not an enumerated power,” said Miller, R-Alaska. “That is clearly up to the states. We believe — the state of …

“Words have consequences, particularly when they come from a faith leader. This is exactly the kind of statement that can lead some kids to bully and others to commit suicide. When a faith leader tells gay people that they are a mistake because God would never have made them that way and they don’t deserve love, it sends a very …

This plodding clip announcing a tour of Chicago’s neighborhoods feels designed to counter his rageaholic rep.

Using quotes from Maggie Gallagher, Theodore “Vox Day” Beale, and Sen. Jim DeMint, Box Turtle Bulletin contributor Rob Tisinai created the above Christianist hate flow-chart. Hit the link for Rob’s post.

South Africa, the only nation on the continent with full LGBT equality, celebrated gay pride this weekend in Johannesburg with a march meant to draw attention to persecuted gays across Africa. Organisers said more than 18,000 people took part in the protest in the economic capital of South Africa, the only country in the continent which allows same-sex marriages. On …

A little long but it’s the viral hit of the weekend.