Joe.My.God. LGBT News

One day after their Soho flagship Hollister store was shut down due to a massive infestation of bedbugs, today Abercrombie & Fitch has closed their South Street Seaport location for the same reason. Gothamist again has the story. According to an Abercrombie & Fitch spokesperson, the store was closed to “deal with a similar problem” as Hollister’s, i.e. the parasite …

New York City’s health department has issued an alert about rabid raccoons in Central Park. Over 100 infected raccoons have been trapped or found dead in the park so far this year. “It’s like Central Park in the ’70s when you had to be fearful of people – now you have to be fearful of raccoons,” said Manhattan teacher Meg …

The Human Rights Campaign has hired Bloomberg aide Brian Ellner to head a new group to take on New York’s anti-marriage state politicians. The Campaign for New York Marriage will do similar work to that of the Tim Gill-funded Fight Back NY. You may recall that Ellner was recently all but named to replace Alan Van Capelle as head of …

Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann tells the teabagger outfit Newsmax that Obama’s handling of BP is just part of his grand plan to socialize all private industry.

Similar to one staged annually in DC. (Tipped by JMG reader Alja)

Celebrations are taking place across India today in recognition of the first anniversary of a High Court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality. Members of Mumbai’s gay community danced, sang, laughed and hugged each other in the city’s sprawling Azad Maidan park as speakers recalled the long years of struggle to get Indian courts to change the country’s law. On July 2 last …

JMG reader Colin sends us this amusing clip of sad protesters outside of Ireland’s Dáil yesterday as the legislative body voted to approve civil partnerships. What’s the music? So familiar….

(Via – The Daily What)

And therefore we must do away with the 14th Amendment.

– Mark Ruffalo will star in a movie version of Larry Kramer’s AIDS drama, The Normal Heart. Other casting and production details have not been announced but reportedly Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy is involved. – Elf: The Musical (SRSLY) opens at Broadway’s Hirschfeld Theater on November 2nd. Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw will direct and choreograph. – Standing room, rush, and …