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Media Matters reports: During a “jobs summit” in New Orleans, former Speaker Newt Gingrich allowed an audience member refer to President Obama as “the Kenyan.” When the man was finished speaking, Gingrich complimented his contribution to the discussion and instructed his staff to take note of the man’s ideas.

JMG reader Sean Chapin submits his tribute to Mississippi gay teen Constance McMillen. On May 1st, Constance and her girlfriend will be guests of honor at the 33rd annual National Center for Lesbian Rights Celebration, also known as “the lesbian prom.”

Equality Maryland reports that the evil “Truth Truck” is in Annapolis as anti-gay bigots ramp up their campaign to turn back the decision to recognize legal same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. Today, Equality Maryland staff members are on the ground in Annapolis ensuring that in the final days of the 2010 legislative session we halt any last minute attempts to …

He says it like that would be a BAD thing.

Here’s a just-out documentary about Vito Russo, the famed film historian and ACT-UP activist who succumbed to AIDS in 1990. You should also check out The Celluloid Closet, the film based on Russo’s book of the same name.

The Fourth Branch provides the above graph depicting which states receive more in federal funding than they contribute in taxes. They note that the map rather closely tracks the result of the 2008 election. There is a very strong correlation, then, between a state voting for Republicans and receiving more in federal spending than its residents pay to the federal …

The Ali Forney Center’s annual Broadway Beauty Pageant takes place Monday, April 19th at Symphony Space in Manhattan. The Ali Forney Center serves NYC’s homeless LGBT youth. Handsome hunks from your favorite Broadway shows competing to raise money for the Ali Forney Center, an organization that provides shelter and services to homeless LGBT youth in New York City. Join host …

As widely rumored in recent weeks, today Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire this summer. Stevens turns 90 next week. Stevens began signaling a possible retirement last summer when he hired just one of his usual complement of four law clerks for the next court term. He acknowledged in several interviews that he was contemplating …

All three space shuttles will be retired next year. Openly gay NY state Sen. Tom Duane wants to bring one of them to NYC for permanent display in Manhattan onboard the Intrepid aircraft carrier. “On Thursday, by a unanimous vote, the state senate approved a legislative resolution spearheaded by State Senator Thomas K. Duane that enthusiastically endorses the Intrepid Sea, …