Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Click over for a live video stream of today’s DADT hearings with the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate, where outed gay members of the military are testifying.

Auntie Mame!

LGBT bloggers and allies are today coordinating a national blog swarm, asking readers to contact their members of Congress and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to demand the passage of ENDA. The Bilerico Project’s Dr. Jillian Weiss is leading today’s charge. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, first introduced in 1994, would prohibit job discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But …

Aging is tough on everybody, but particularly for senior LGBT people, who face unique financial and social challenges. Via CNN: According to the report, Improving the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults, issues that disproportionately affect LGBT older adults include stigma, isolation and unequal treatment. Together, they translate into their being poorer and sicker and having fewer …

The president made a rare appearance on Fox News yesterday to debate his health care bill with Bret Baier. You should watch this, if only to make a count of how many times Baier interrupts him.

In January I told you about Daniel Hauff, the Chicago gay man who fended off three homophobic attackers on Chicago’s public transit by falsely telling them he was HIV-positive. Hauff had come to the defense of a gay kid whom the men had been harassing and was beaten and called a “faggot” for intervening. Yesterday all three men were indicted …

Rev. Mary Glasspool has been named the second openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church. A majority of bishops and dioceses of the Episcopal Church have approved the election of the church’s second openly gay bishop, the Rev. Mary D. Glasspool, a decision likely to increase the tension with fellow Anglican churches around the world that do not approve of …

New music from Swedish popster Robyn, who says she’s releasing three albums in 2010. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)