Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Having won a 2012 court battle to place anti-Islam ads on New York City transit, the above banners from blogger Pam Geller began appearing this week on buses and subway platforms. Today Geller agreed to pull the top image from the campaign after receiving complaints from the family of beheaded journalist James Foley. As part of the 2012 ruling, the …

“They’re after your kids, plain and simple; all their other issues are mere window dressing. They have convinced themselves that gays are a tribe unto themselves, so their consuming goal is to populate the tribe so they don’t disappear. Parenthood is their great white whale. They want to have children to love them and call them Mom and Dad. They …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly just now, during which he slammed its Human Rights Council for denouncing the bombing of Gaza.

During the FRC’s hate summit, soon-to-be former Rep. Michele Bachmann told Michelangelo Signorile that gay marriage is no longer an issue, adding, “In fact, it’s boring.” After being called out by fellow wingnuts like Bryan Fischer, Crazy Eyes is walking back that comment. Via World Net Daily: “What I said is that this won’t be the issue that drives the …

Tras su aprobación en Coahuila … ‘Incita a la homofobia marcha contra matrimonio gay’ http://t.co/a9pkfKWd1P — Alfredo Galindo (@AlfredoGalindo) September 29, 2014 Via On Top Magazine: An estimated thirty-thousand people marched Sunday in protest of a new law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The protest, which took place in the city of …

A dwindling number of Brits believe that homosexuality should be made illegal again. Attitudes to homosexuality are clearly becoming more liberal but there are still pockets of resistance. In total, 16% of Britons continue to believe that homosexuality should be outlawed. Men (19%) are more likely than women (13%) to advocate the banning of gay sex, and rejection of homosexuality …

A flight from New York City to Tel Aviv was delayed on Wednesday because ultra-Orthodox passengers refused to sit next to women. According to the passengers who were on the plane, their fellow ultra-Orthodox travelers refused to sit next to women prior to the takeoff, which not only delayed the flight, but caused actual chaos to ensue on the plane. …

From last night’s Last Week Tonight.

The reunited Boomtown Rats performed stateside for the first time in more than 20 years on Friday in a showcase at Manhattan’s Terminal 5. Their 1979 classic below was written about a San Diego school shooting – which at the time was so unusual that (spurred by the shooter’s reason) it was worth writing a song about. Frontman Bob Geldof, …

From the Des Moines Register editorial board: At a press conference last week, Gov. Terry Branstad reiterated his long-held belief that Iowans should be allowed to vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. “It has been blocked in the Senate by the Senate leader,” the governor observed. “It’s up to the people to decide who they want to send …