Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Just in from One Million Moms: Dear Joe, The cover of the Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue features three topless models hugging with their backs turned and focuses on the thong bikini bottoms they wear. There is also a side view of one model’s breast. The SI Swimsuit Issue is nothing but soft porn and most closely resembles Playboy …

Two days ago the Kansas House approved a sweeping bill that legalizes discrimination against LGBT people in virtually every aspect of life. Today GOP state Senate president Susan Wagle promised to narrow the bill, presumably to businesses in the wedding industry. For starters, a provision that would allow government employees to refuse service to same-sex couples on religious grounds is …

Scott Wooledge (the guy behind #CheersToSochi) and I had a giggle cooking this up last night. This week I think we’ve got what the old ladies call a “bingo blackout!” Tweet it to your (least) favorite hater!

“In Indiana, while the process is still not complete, it looks like the people have been betrayed by weak willed politicians. Despite 80% of the voters wanting the right to vote on marriage and despite years of promises, the Indiana legislature chose to ‘kick the can down the road’ by not restoring the ‘second sentence’ to the proposed Indiana Marriage …

“This decision is outrageous and legally flawed. Judges would be well-served to read the U.S. Constitution and not invent or rewrite it. The Constitution cannot be changed by the stroke of a judge’s pen, nor does it bow to a judge’s personal ideology. The overwhelming majority of Virginia voters who make up ‘we the people’ voted to affirm natural marriage. …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says that he will sign the bill that calls for up to a life sentence for those convicted of homosexuality. Via Buzzfeed: This is a reversal for Museveni, who had written to members of parliament after the legislation passed in December that he had come to believe that homosexuality was a biological “abnormality” and not something …

JMG reader Bobby sends us the cover shot from the latest issue of France’s Character Magazine. Less office-friendly images are at the link.

You don’t often hear “conundrum” in rap lyrics.