Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Great Global Kiss-In takes place around the world this weekend as part of the International Day Against Homophobia. Hit the link for times and locations in your town.

Yesterday the California Assembly approved a resolution calling for the repeal of DADT. (The state senate approved the resolution last year.) Speaking in the resolution’s support was GOP state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a former Marine. Watch his speech.

Minnesota GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty vows that he will veto a bill allowing gay couples to make burial decisions for their partners, saying that such a right is unnecessary. Supporters balked at the governor’s rationale, saying his suggestion that same-sex couples could achieve the same rights through a will still leaves gays on unequal footing with their heterosexual counterparts — …

Anther major Florida newspaper is blasting Attorney General Bill McCollum over the payment of $120,000 to Dr. George Rekers as the scandal now threatens to derail McCollum’s bid for governor. From a St. Petersburg Times editorial titled Sleazy Deal Snares McCollum (my bolding): If the attorney general’s office had done its due diligence, it would have discovered that an Arkansas …

Here’s Kylie Minogue’s hotly anticipated new single, which was produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, New Order.) And it’s great! This will be available for download on June 13th, by which time anyone interested will be sick of it or have gotten it illegally. Or both. (Tipped by the 22 JMG readers who sent this today. SRSLY.)

In less than one year, the cast of Glee has scored 43 (mostly minor) hit singles on Billboard’s Hot 100, placing them among the top ten most charting non-solo acts of all time. Here’s the current ranking of group acts by number of charting Hot 100 singles: Beatles (71), Rolling Stones (57), Beach Boys (55), Temptations (53), Chicago (46), Miracles …

“I know exactly what it feels like to have both sides hating you bitterly. Some Christians will throw him away. Some gays will crusade against him. If there is any truth to the accusations, this may be his opportunity to find a safe environment where he can process the embarrassing, internal battle that conflicts with his Christian ideals. He may …

Andres Duque at Blabbeando directs us to the below safe sex campaign from Spain which has just won a coveted Summit International Award for advertising. Andres translates the opening of the clip: “To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older people, women, men, heterosexuals and homosexuals. To you, ABOMINABLE being… we …

Rumors began to fly yesterday the NBC is pulling the plug on the 20-season run of Law & Order. Looks as though “Law & Order” will not beat out “Gunsmoke” as the longest running American TV drama. According to Deadline, NBC has decided to cancel the series, which is currently nearing the end of its 20th season. The “Law & …

Speaking to Bryan Fischer on the American Family Association’s radio program, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) claimed that American soldiers would not fight to defend openly gay fellow soldiers. And therefore, we cannot allow the appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.