Joe.My.God. LGBT News

As part of the today’s International Day Against Homophobia observations, activists in Jamaica marched with signs at a busy intersection in Kingston. And for once, nobody got beaten up. From the anti-gay Jamaica Observer: Held between 8:00 to 8:30 am the protest was intentionally short to avoid a disturbance, said one human rights activist to whom the Observer spoke. He …

Via the Awl comes this graph which charts the age range of “socially acceptable” dating partners. According to this, I won’t be shunned if I date a 32 year-old, nor would an 86 year-old be mocked for dating me. It’s nice to know that I have a 54 year range to work with. I guess.

Saying that it appears to be a defacto legalization of same-sex marriage, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has indicated she may veto the state’s pending civil unions bill. Her description is identical to complaints from religious conservatives who oppose civil unions and to a resolution approved yesterday by state Republicans who want her to veto the bill. “It does appear to …

Attendees at this week’s NRA convention are convinced that the president is going to make gun ownership illegal. Because Fox News told them so!

“What of those cursed with unnatural sexual desires? Must they forever suppress these desires? Yes, but this is hardly a unique fate. Almost everyone has desires which must be suppressed. Most men and women think adulterous thoughts fairly often, and find themselves attracted to members of the opposite sex to whom they are not married. Morality requires them to suppress …

Today is the sixth anniversary of the day that Massachusetts because the first American state to legalize same-sex marriage. And somehow, the world kept revolving. Congrats, Bay Staters!

Voiceover artist D.C. Douglas, who lost his gig with Geico after FreedomWorks publicized an angry voicemail he left for them, fires back with this hilarious bit. “Tweaking the nipple of hypocrites in power can be dangerous and lead to blacklisting. Please, don’t drunk dial FreedomWorks!”

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia. Around the world, unions, employers, activist groups, and others are campaigning to end discrimination against LGBT people. Have you taken part in any of today’s observations? Tell us about it. And watch this wonderful clip of this weekend’s Great Global Kiss-In.

Andrew Sullivan tips us to this almost hilarious campaign ad by Alabama agricultural commissioner candidate Dale Peterson. Guns! Horses! Illegal immigrants!

The Malawi gay couple whose engagement ceremony became international news now faces 14 years of hard labor in prison. Steven Monjenza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, conducted a traditional engagement ceremony in late December in Chirimba, near Blantyre. After news reports surfaced of the same-sex engagement, they were rounded up by Malawi’s police and charged under colonial-era sodomy laws. Their …