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JMG reader Blake in Sydney sends us the latest from the Australian classical sextet, Aston. More classical interpretations of pop hits from Aston are here.

The University of Minnesota’s Dr. Gary Remafedi is furious with NARTH for falsely citing his work on their website and in the letter sent to the nation’s schools by their fake pediatricians group. The letter, and the Facts About Youth website it pointed school officials to, was dense with footnotes citing scientific studies. Remafedi’s research was at the top of …

Yesterday NFL team owners voted to award the 2014 Super Bowl to NYC. It will be the first time the game will be played in a “cold weather” city with an open stadium, the brand new Meadowlands. Which is in New Jersey, of course. The Super Bowl could bring in as much as $550 million to the region, according to …

The Family Research Council yesterday held a press conference to announce an all-out last minute attack on the DADT compromise. Here’s the clip they are sending around today. Speaker Pelosi, President Obama, and Senator Carl Levin are pushing votes in Congress now to force open homosexuality on the military. They are moving forward before listenting to military commanders. These politicians …

As we learned yesterday, Lt. Dan Choi isn’t happy.

Rachel recaps yesterday’s news and give a brief history on the creation and effects of DADT. Yesterday some members of the GOP threatened to veto the entire Defense budget bill of the repeal of DADT was attached as an amendment. Rep. Patrick Murphy, the sponsor of the compromise repeal bill, joins Rachel about halfway through.

Last night GetEQUAL co-founder Kip Williams heckled the president about DADT in San Francisco at an event for Sen. Barbara Boxer. Obama was barely nonplussed by the interruption and even mentioned having recognized Williams from a similar protest earlier this year in Los Angeles. Watch the president heckle back. Williams said to reporter Rex Wockner after the event: “I was …

Shake off those humpday blahs with this glorious happy trance mix from Fire Island’s DJ Phillip Kimball. Setlist. Website. Podcasts. Facebook. Upcoming GigsJune 12th @ Sip & Twirl, Fire Island PinesJune 18th @ Cherry’s On The Bay, Cherry GroveJuly 4th @ Sip & Twirl, Fire Island PinesJuly 11th @ Will Clark’s Bad Boys, NYC PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Paul Ferrer. …

Openly gay New York state Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell (D-USW) has successfully shepherded the anti-bullying Dignity For All Students Act (DASA) through his chamber. For the NINTH time. The bill passed with only four dissenting votes. And this time DASA could help win the state a fortune in federal funding. The bill covers the broadest categories of students who face harassment …

As I told you back in February, as a cost-cutting measure the NYPD has mandated that parade routes be significantly shorter in 2010. Accordingly, today NYC’s Heritage of Pride announced that they were reducing the length of this years parade by 16 blocks. Via press release: Although the March used to begin at 52nd St. & 5th Ave., this year, …