Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Tomorrow the New York state Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) after having been twice passed by the state Assembly. It appears that there are enough votes in the full Senate for GENDA to pass, should it get out of committee. Via Dr. Jillian Weiss at Bilerico, here’s a rundown of the vote and contact …

NOM is spending a ton of money to support anti-gay candidates in California’s primary, which takes place tomorrow. Among the candidates they are supporting is Protect Marriage’s head attorney Andy Pugno, who is running for the state Assembly. Via the Sacramento Bee: To sway voters on the weekend before the Tuesday primary, the organization disclosed in a filing today that …

Reporter Helen Thomas, who as been a familiar face in the front row of the White House press corps for decades, is under fire for comments made in the wake of the Gaza flotilla raid. When asked where Jews should live, Thomas suggested they go back to Poland, Germany, and America. Thomas has already apologized, but has been dropped by …

Here’s an amusing take on Prop 8. Meet Devin & Glenn–two gents who met, fell in love, got married, and then had to deal with the consequences of that decision. From obnoxious in-laws (Tom Arnold) to passive aggressive fights over dinner, Devin & Glenn have the same problems that most married couples deal with–and that’s the point. The folks behind …

Detail Magazine’s Matt McCallester has chronicled a few of the “gay exorcisms” that still take place in some of the nation’s evangelical churches. Here’s how one went down: “You need to be delivered from homosexuality,” the prophet said into a microphone so that all the church could hear. Kevin was embarrassed, but he stayed put. This was no normal preacher—she …

Same-sex marriage became legal is Portugal today and the weddings have already started. A lesbian couple wed Monday in Portugal’s first same-sex ceremony since the predominantly Catholic country introduced a law allowing gay marriage last month. Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, divorced Portuguese mothers in their 30s who have been together since 2003, married in a 15-minute ceremony at a …

(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

Over the last seven days… Illinois: Pastor Christian J. Johnson and his wife arrested for car theft and meth possession.Maryland: Pentecostal Bishop Roan Samuel Faulkner arrested for sexually assaulting a female parishioner.Canada: Bishop Raymond Lahey set to begin trial for possession of child pornography. Lahey has also been accused of molesting an orphan boy in his care.New York: Pastor Phillip …

A poll of GOP primary voters in Iowa shows that while most want gay marriage put to a public referendum, 45% say it’s not worth voting out the judges that approved it. A large majority of Iowa Republican primary voters say Iowans should have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, according to the latest Des …