Joe.My.God. LGBT News

After a rash of brutal hate crimes, the Puerto Rican government has empaneled a special investigative committee. The announcement by the attorney general was cheered Saturday by activists who complain the government has yet to invoke 2002 legislation establishing harsher penalties for crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity. “I think this is a step in the right direction …

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Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s swag booty is the special Blu-Ray + DVD 15th anniversary reissue of the camp classic, Showgirls, which goes on sale today. The show is about to begin. Sex, seduction and betrayal come together in the outrageous and unforgettable camp classic Showgirls: 15th Anniversary Sinsational Edition, hitting the strip on Blu-ray June 15 from MGM …

Rep. Aaron Schock says he has burned that fabulous turquoise belt that you horrible, horrible people said made him look so totally gay.

(Via JMG reader Russ)

Dan Lacey, the whimsical painter (and former Freeper) whose fame arises from portraits of celebrities with pancakes on their heads, went slightly off form when he painted birther loon Orly Taitz giving birth to a pancake. Taitz has now subpoenaed Lacey to demand he disclose the identity of the person who commissioned the painting. Because, you see, it all has …

Yesterday a couple of hundred (mostly) naked bike riders rode from Williamsburg, Brooklyn to the Christopher Street piers and then to the United Nations as part a protest against BP. Cops made no arrests.

“Is it finally okay to be a 13-year-old sissy? From the feather-cuffed, drama-filled Olympic figure-skating competitions to the unashamedly oddball high-school TV show Glee, being young and gay suddenly has a place in pop culture that isn’t cruel or tragic. Of course, there has never been a lack of gay subtext on TV (Dukes of Hazzard, Pee-wee Herman, Jonny Quest, …