Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The funeral is continuing at this writing, see the live video below this post. The Washington Post published the president’s remarks, which included a reference to LGBT rights. It is a question I ask myself – as a man and as a President. We know that like South Africa, the United States had to overcome centuries of racial subjugation. As …

Actor Ian McKellen yesterday said that the British government has warned him that he would not be safe in Russia. In an interview with the Radio Times magazine, the openly gay actor, 74, said he was told by Britain’s Foreign Office that it could not “protect him” from the laws. In July a nationwide law banning distribution of “propaganda of …

Openly gay British actor Ben Whishaw has been cast to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic to be directed by Dexter Fletcher. Mercury died in 1991 of complication from AIDS, but it is said his last days will not be the subject of the film. Sacha Baron Cohen was due to play the Queen frontman but left the production in …

Variety has the obituary: Oscar-nominated actress Eleanor Parker, best known today for her role as the Baroness, the lady friend of Captain Von Trapp who loses out to Julie Andrews’ Maria in 1966 film “The Sound of Music,” died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia at a medical facility near Palm Springs, Calif. She was 91. In the 1950s, …

Going viral with 1.5M views today. Clip recap: Pranks typically have little depth to them other than terrifying some unfortunate soul or, in the case of pranks featured in viral marketing campaigns, trying to capture our attention for long enough to convince us to buy something. This prank, however, serves a much greater purpose. The anonymous prankee is taken to …

Unable to face the humiliation of homosexuals marrying in his Illinois hometown, this weekend Porno Pete took his message of hatred to Jamaica. Peter LaBarbera, president of the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), in the United States of America (US), has encouraged Jamaicans to be grounded in their Christian beliefs and not to be lured by other countries in …

The International Olympic Committee is crafting a letter that contains its final warning against athletes participating in any protests at the Sochi Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board is expected to approve the instructions at its meeting in Lausanne on Tuesday. The letter will then be sent to the national Olympic committees that are sending athletes to the Sochi …

Clip recap: “BD Wong wrote and directed this special holiday music video to showcase our Performance Ensemble students at Rosie’s Theater Kids. Music and lyrics by the wonderful Steve Karmen and Nancy Coyne. Happy Holidays, everyone!” (Tipped by JMG reader Nathaniel)

JMG reader Bill expects that the folks in Teabagistan will somehow find a way to turn this into a secret message about communism.