Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Norway, which first granted its LGBT citizens the right to civil unions way back in 1993, today legalized same-sex marriage. Members of Parliament in Norway today approved a bill that will allow same-sex couples to marry by 84 votes to 41. The new law will make marriage gender neutral. The Scandinavian country already allows gay and lesbian couples to enter …

According to Intrade.com, an online futures trading (betting) site: The electoral map is a forecast for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election in which the presumptive nominees are Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. The electoral vote value for each state is shown, and the states are shaded according to the probability of a win. The data for this map …

Those unhappy Lesbians began their court case yesterday. Three islanders from Lesbos told a court Tuesday that gay women insult their home’s identity by calling themselves lesbians. The plaintiffs – two women and a man – are seeking to ban a Greek gay rights group from using the word “lesbian” in its name. Also known as Mytilini, Lesbos was the …

Many of you were puzzled or angered by yesterday’s joint statement from a broad coalition of LGBT groups who are asking that out-of-state gays that marry in California not return to their home states and begin filing lawsuits requesting recognition. Today’s Los Angeles Times sheds some light on the story. The memo cautioned that the U.S. Supreme Court has traditionally …

If you’re looking for the absolutely gayest thing to do this Pride season, get this: It turns out the immortal Judy Garland never really croaked (but please don’t tell that to the gays who rioted all those years ago at Stonewall, making history partly because they were pissed that Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz was gone. They’ll feel used.) …

This wacky story has been playing out in the New York tabloids for months, but now there is finally a verdict – and of course, since this is NYC, now comes the lawsuit. A Manhattan hedge fund manager is suing Equinox health club and the stockbroker who slammed him off a stationary bike and into a wall for whooping it …

A few keyboard tricks for Firefox users that I didn’t know: CTRL-L: Jump to URL boxCTRL-K: Jump to Google search boxCTRL-T: Open a new browser tab You got any more? (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

On Saturday, Barack Obama issued a message to the gay community. “I am proud to join with our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered brothers and sisters in celebrating the accomplishments, the lives and the families of all LGBT people during this Pride season. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at …

Amusing, but you’ll have to embiggen to read it. From the 23/6 blog.(Via – Queerty)

Oklahoma’s Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed state Rep. Sally Kern’s “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act.” Henry vetoed House Bill 2633, called the “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act,” by Sen. James A. Williamson, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City. The bill state that “students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination …