Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Via Andres Duque at Blabbeando, who says: “How great is it that the editors of one of the most widely read Spanish-language magazines in the United States would deem it fit to honor Ricky Martin and his parenting as an openly gay man and, in doing so, highlight gay parenting in general? Appropriately, I also happened to come upon this …

Citing his recent vote against the repeal of DADT, noted outing blogger Mike Rogers has lowered the boom on Rep. Mark Kirk, the Illinois Republican currently running for Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Today Rogers blogs: Within hours of the DADT repeal vote I was contacted by two people who knew Kirk from his college days. “In law school in …

From heckling the president, to congressional sit-ins, to chaining themselves to the White House fence, not since ACT-UP has an activist group shaken up our world as GetEQUAL has. Today Andrew Harmon and Kerry Eleveld have posted a lengthy dissection of GetEQUAL for the Advocate. An excerpt: Although GetEqual appears to have sprung up from nowhere and arrived with haste, …

A national poster campaign has been launched in Ireland to promote marriage equality. The posters can be seen on buses in Dublin and have been sent to libraries and community centers nationwide. Ireland does not recognize same-sex unions, but a pending civil partnerships bill would provide some, but not all of the rights of marriage. Orla Howard, Board Member, Marriage …

Comedian Paul Reubens appeared in character as Pee-wee Herman on today’s episode of The View to promote his coming Broadway show, which opens in October. It’s hard to believe Reubens is 57, he’s hardly changed in the 28 years since his stage show first ran in Los Angeles.

A California woman is suing Google because their mobile map application lead her onto a Utah street without sidewalks. Where naturally she was hit by a car because she was walking in the road. Lauren Rosenberg says that the Google Maps BlackBerry application told her to use Deer Valley Drive — a highway also called Utah State Route 224 — …

Former Vice President Al Gore is separating from his wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage. “This is very much a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration,” the couple said in an e-mail obtained by Politico. “We ask for respect for our privacy and that of our family, …

“One thing I stand for is hip hop music. And hip hop music knows no race, no color, no age, no gender, no sexual orientation — none of that. So, the most important thing about it is the music, and if it makes the people feel happy, that’s what we hear. I will say, sometimes in this business you get …

“Most Americans are aware that gay activism rarely presents itself as a movement solely for the rights of gays. For example, the acronym for the gay rights movement is “GLBT,” meaning Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender. Interestingly, few people ever ask about the “T.” What do transgendered have to do with gays? How and why are they connected by activists, …

Although Pride Toronto has banned Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from their events, the group vows that they will march in the parade anyway. “I don’t think that a suggestion that they don’t like our message should keep us out of Pride,” Queers Against Israeli Apartheid spokeswoman Elle Flanders told the Toronto Star. “So there is an intention to march, and …