Joe.My.God. LGBT News

An encouraging first: A US federal court of appeal has reinstated a lawsuit by a decorated Air Force nurse who is suing after she was discharged for being a lesbian. Major Margaret Witt’s case is the first time a court has not automatically backed the US military’s argument that gays hurt morale and operations as a good enough reason for …

What’s your favorite foreign language movie?

Food Emporium, 1st Avenue, Tuesday, 10PM The grocery list that somebody had left in the bottom of my cart said: 1. parm cheese2. scallions3. almonds4. OJ5. half n half And in a different color pen at the bottom, this had been added: 6. the love of a TRUE man. It was crossed out in the original pen.

Via the Palm Beach Post: A judge has reopened a case involving the Gay-Straight Alliance of Okeechobee High School, allowing students to challenge the school’s refusal to allow the club to meet on campus. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore dismissed the case last month, saying the club’s founder, Yasmin Gonzalez, no longer was affected by the school’s decision because …

I think they were trying to protest his anti-Kremlin speech. Or something.

Here come the brides. And the grooms. Los Angeles County will be ready to meet the increased demand for civil marriage ceremonies and license applications on June 16, when the recent state Supreme Court ruling overturning a same-sex marriage ban will take effect, acting County Clerk Dean Logan said Tuesday. “Our staff is busy going about the process of preparing …

More fuel for the Matthew Shepard Act, sadly. A report released Tuesday shows that violent attacks on members of the LGBT community nationwide grew by 24 percent in 2007 over the previous year. The 78-page report was prepared by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs with input from more than 30 of its members across the U.S. The number of …

History was made yesterday when Portland, Oregon elected openly gay Commissioner Sam Adams, 44, as their new mayor, making Portland the largest American city ever to be helmed by an out gay man. “I’m running not to be a gay mayor, but a great mayor,” he said after delivering his victory speech. “But I’m very cognizant, very aware that I’m …

Two weeks after his drunk driving arrest revealed his double life with a longtime mistress and their “love child”, anti-gay “family values” blowhard Rep. Vito Fossella (R-Staten Island) announced that he will give up his reelection campaign Fossella said in a statement on his Web site Tuesday that the choice was a difficult one, based on a need to balance …