Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Russian embassy in London today outrageously condemned Channel 4’s chilling documentary Hunted, saying that the anti-gay violence seen in the film is “slanderous” and is no worse than how Brits treat redheads in their own country. The Telegraph reports: Russia has attacked a Channel 4 film about attacks on homosexuals in the country, saying a similar documentary could have …

SOAK is 17 year-old openly lesbian singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson. Bridie is close to her family: she came out to her parents at 14 – and doesn’t think that was particularly young, or particularly old, or particularly interesting at all. She is private about the individual dramas that inspired her songs, but you suspect that’s because she wants to protect old …

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DOMA champion Edith Windsor was among the guests attending last night’s White House state dinner honoring French President Francois Hollande, who guided his nation to marriage equality last May.  Climbing out of his limousine just after 7 p.m., he [Hollande] was greeted by the Obamas, the first lady in a full liberty-blue skirt and black beaded top by Carolina Herrera. …

Now that he’s launched his own website, hate group leader Matt Barber no longer has to troll JMG to find comments that upset him. He writes about the above message: Brave talk from this man, woman or some-combination-there-of. Note that he/she/he-she doesn’t even have the guts to give a real name. There are many on the left that, like “Columbia,” …

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“This is an erroneous and shameful decision — it’s that simple. In addition to showing very poor legal reasoning, this move reveals cowardice and an embarrassing lack of integrity on the part of Governor Sandoval and Attorney General Masto. Rather than stand up for state voters who overwhelmingly adopted Nevada’s marriage amendment against the bullying lobby trying to push marriage …

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A wire fox terrier named Sky won last night’s 138th annual Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. This was Sky’s 129th best in show ribbon overall — she became a Triple Crown winner in dogdom, too, having previously taken the National Dog Show and the top AKC event. A wire fox terrier has won 14 times at the nation’s …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Welcome To The Age Of My Body, the new solo EP from openly gay Macklemore vocalist Mary Lambert, which is now available at iTunes and Amazon. Enter to win the Welcome to the Age of My Body EP from Mary Lambert! Welcome to the Age of My Body the debut …