Joe.My.God. LGBT News

From NOM: “The new radio ad is currently running in the Ft. Wayne and Muncie radio markets, but NOM and CitizenLink are both prepared to expand into other markets and cut new ads to cover other legislators who fail to support marriage in the present deliberations over Indiana’s proposed marriage amendment, HJR3.” You might recognize the announcer’s voice, it’s Stuart …

On Monday the Indiana Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee will meet in the afternoon to consider the same-sex marriage ban that passed in the House last week. The Senate’s session is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EST. The committee hearing will be held immediately after session in the Senate Chambers. Senate President Pro Tem David Long announced last …

Do you plan on watching the Olympics?

Below is the charging document in the case of Musab Marsmari, who is suspected in the New Year’s Eve arson at the packed Seattle gay nightclub Neighbours.  Details of Masmari’s actions and words in the days between the crime and his Saturday arrest are within. The FBI is investigating the fire as a possible hate crime. You’ll likely need to …

Two weeks ago Arizona GOP state Rep. Steve Yarborough introduced a bill that would legalize discrimination against LGBT people on the grounds of religious beliefs. Today that bill was approved by an Arizona House committee. Critics told the committee that the bill’s primary purpose is to allow discrimination against gays. “It most decisively takes away reasonable protections people have from …

From a Canadian diversity group. (Tipped by JMG reader Tam)

Via Reddit. I always find these things fascinating.

New Republic reports that a Russian critic of Vladimir Putin found a giant wooden cock chained to her car. Last Monday, when Katya Romanovskaya left her Moscow apartment for work, she discovered that her car had a giant phallus strapped to it with a metal chain. Upon further examination, she discovered that the shaft was made out of one tree …

All of Broadway’s theaters will dim their marquee lights at curtain time tonight in tribute to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman appeared on Broadway three times, each performance earning the actor both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations. 2000 marked his first appearance, opposite John C. Reilly in True West (the duo alternated their roles during the run, each …