Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Booze, bears, and furry mayhem. Blowoff returns to NYC on Friday night at the Canal Room in Tribeca. Doors open at 11:30pm, advance tickets $20. Get tickets here. Subway: A/C/E/1 to Canal Station, one block from the venue. Saturday night Blowoff returns to San Francisco.

Jacket blurb: “The GOBP has been clear: we should thank BP for all they’ve done to create this delicious new cuisine. This summer, cook like a real conservative with Grill Baby Grill the only cookbook full of the bold flavor of deregulation.” (Tipped by JMG reader Ed)

Here’s the full video to accompany the text excerpt from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech that I posted yesterday. It’s pretty great.

A group of gay comedians is touring the country in a show that mocks the NOH8 campaign. “The HOT D8 Campaign aims to raise awareness in the LGBT community of the importance of glamorous photos with nonsensical tag lines and duct tape. A portion of our summer tour proceeds will go directly to Marriage Equality USA.”

So who’s crazier? “Ex-gay” James Hartline or “ex-gay” Adam Hood? Tough call, I know! Hey, remember that totally not crazy “ex-gay” guy? Trick question!

It won’t be so funny if the oil does reach Fort Lauderdale. Pretty fucking tasteless. (Via – Gothamist)

Apparently this guy does this kind of thing a lot. And according to his YouTube channel, he’s straight. (Tipped by JMG reader Dan)

A South African doctor has invented a female condom barbed with sharp teeth. The device is meant to be worn by women as a rape deterrent. According to Human Rights Watch, South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, and many women in the country live in constant fear of being attacked. One South African doctor, …

The anti-bullying Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) has finally passed in the New York Senate after nine consecutive years of shooting the bill down. A large part of the credit for this success goes, of course, to the bill’s Assembly sponsor, Daniel O’Donnell and its Senate sponsor, openly gay Sen. Thomas Duane. The bill passed overwhelmingly in the Assembly …