Joe.My.God. LGBT News

If you are a young openly gay man in the Philly metropolitan area, tuition scholarships are available. The Lax Scholarship Fund was established in 1994 by the late entrepreneur and inventor Jonathan R. Lax for the purpose of encouraging gay men to obtain additional education; aspiring to positions in which they contribute to society; being out about their sexual orientation; …

Greece is perilously close to defaulting on its debts, putting the solvency of the euro at risk as well. If no buyers can be found for its securities, Greece will have no choice but to declare insolvency — just as Mexico, Ecuador, Russia and Argentina have done in past decades. This puts Brussels in a predicament. European Union rules preclude …

“John A. Perez is an aggressive supporter of the sexual indoctrination of schoolchildren, homosexual ‘marriages,’ and punishing business owners that don’t support homosexuality and cross-dressing. We’re concerned he will add to existing homosexual-agenda laws, such as ‘Harvey Milk Gay Day,’ $150,000 in government fines against family-oriented businesspersons, and a dozen other bad laws trampling people’s rights and freedoms.” – Save …

NYC’s new Bicycle Access To Buildings Law takes effect today. Office buildings must allow workers to bring their bikes up via the freight elevators, if your employer allows it. And unless building owners file for an exemption, you’ll soon be able to bring your bike right to your desk, if your office manager allows it. That’s what the law says …

Single-digit wind chills today in the Big Popsicle. The perfect day for ordering in. Food. I’m talking about food, you dirty birds.

Last night Rachel Maddow covered Rick Warren’s long-overdue denouncement of Uganda’s “kill gays” bill, pointing out his previous hypocrisies and lies about Prop 8. Watch this.

– Valerie Harper will star as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo. Previews at the Lyceum begin Feb. 19th. “Looped tells the story of Tallulah Bankhead, the internationally celebrated actress, being called into a sound studio in 1965 to re-record (or ‘loop’) one line of dialogue for what would be her last film — the dreadful …

First term California Assembly member John Perez was today elected by his fellow Democrats as the first openly gay Speaker of that body. Members emerged from a closed-door caucus at the historic Stanford Mansion to announce that Democrats had chosen Perez, of Los Angeles, on an unanimous vote. A public vote on the Assembly floor is expected in January. Perez …

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the sponsor of a House bill to overturn DOMA, says that there will be no attempt to pass the bill in 2010 and that serious work on the repeal probably won’t begin until 2013. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said in an interview with DC Agenda that lawmakers will work on passing other pro-LGBT bills next year, …

Adam Lambert returned to ABC this morning to talk with the ladies of The View about health care reform and the escalation of the war in Afghanistan. PSYCHE. You know what he talked about.