Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Check out Mandy Steckelberg’s hilarious new video, Liberal’s Just Another Word For Gay, where she channels Laura Bush as a country singer and says, “We can’t have no Brokeback White House.” Mandy’s an actress/singer/voice-over artist/comedian/musician. She also reads JMG, so watch the video and show her some love.

Courtesy of The Film Company, this week’s Swag Tuesday booty is two tickets to this Sunday’s NYC showing of Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon The Brain, a full-sensory silent film experience featuring an 11-piece live orchestra, five Foley sound effects artists and in-person narration by the fabulously eternal Justin (Kiki DuRane) Bond. The coolness factor is almost unbearable. Justin Bond narrates …

Home 3-D printers are coming. Technology exists for the downloading and creation of 3-dimensional objects, created in home printer “easy-bake” ovens and the prices are expected to be within the reach of most home consumers wthin a few years. By then, you’ll be able to download the specs for and create a missing cellphone cover, doll part, art object, whatever…as …

Police have identified the man who broadcast anti-gay death threats over the Fort Lauderdale International airport intercom as Jethro Monestime, 23, a skycap for Superior Aircraft Services. The Broward County sheriff’s department has referred the case to the state to see if criminal charges are applicable. Monestime’s job is not under the jurisdiction of the airport authority and his employers …

In another “third strike” case, a Texas man who videotaped sexual encounters with 131 young men has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting to seduce a 15 year old boy. The man is HIV positive and allegedly never told any of his partners, most of whom with he had bareback sex. The attempted statutory rape charge was the …

In this week’s Newsweek poll, which asks voters to choose in various match-ups between current presidental campaign leaders, the closest race is between the two front runners, Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton, who are separated by only 3 points, with 5% unsure. Obama and Edwards do much better against all three Republicans. Match-ups and results: Giuliani 46% – Clinton 49% …

Ack! Advertising is now fully raping my favorite 80’s songs. In the past few days I’ve heard a JC Penney ad that uses a remake of Yaz’s Only You, a Reese’s Pieces ad that uses a remake of New Order’s True Faith, and some make-up commercial that uses Visage’s Fade To Grey. Original versions are not safe either. Witness Chip’s …

The Christian right is mad at Starbucks again, this time for what they call an “anti-God” message on their “The Way I See It” series of cups. The cup quotes a Starbucks customer, who asks, “Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be …

Designed by Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public art commission in NYC, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain was built in 1873. The name is a reference to the biblical Pool Of Bethesda, as it commemorates the Croton Agueduct, which provided New York with its first dependable source of pure water. The fountain played a major role in Tony …

“Probably 30 of my former (NBA) teammates have my e-mail and my telephone contacts and probably 16 or so of those I was in regular touch with and there are probably 10 people who I have (on instant messenger). And zero – nobody – who’s active in the NBA has been in touch with me since the day I came …