Joe.My.God. LGBT News

I guess they didn’t appreciate yesterday’s freeping because the Chattanooga Free Press has reposted their poll with slightly different wording. (Tipped by JMG reader Chuck)

“I don’t think it is as simple as Hollywood does a really good movie, and Hollywood does a really good TV show, and everyone changes their mind. Obviously, it doesn’t work that way. What really changes people’s minds over time is personal conversations with people they trust….but ‘Will & Grace’ and Ellen DeGeneres and others who are out there create …

Via Vulture: Well, this is delightful: Danielle Brooks and Uzo Aduba — better known to Orange Is the New Black fans as Taystee and Crazy Eyes, respectively — made a Christmas video. There is singing! And dancing. And tree-decorating. And tambourines. And silly string. It’s December 2. You’re officially allowed to enjoy this. Just give in.

Newsweek stopped producing print copies over a year ago, but it’s coming back. The magazine expects to begin a 64-page weekly edition in January or February, said Jim Impoco, Newsweek’s editor in chief. Mr. Impoco said in an interview that Newsweek would depend more heavily on subscribers than advertisers to pay its bills — and that readers would pay more …

Via the Russian official state news agency RIA Novisti: Russia’s highest court has ruled that a controversial law banning “gay propaganda” is not in breach of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint from Nikolai Alexeyev, a leading gay rights campaigner, that St. Petersburg city council had acted unconstitutionally by passing legislation to ban the promotion of homosexuality among …

Two gay couples in Washington state are suing BNSF Railway after having been denied spousal health benefits. BNSF is the nation’s second-largest freight rail company. The lawsuit, which alleges violations of the federal Equal Pay Act, seeks class-action status on behalf of any other BNSF employees who may have been denied benefits for their same-sex spouses in a legally recognized …

Rwanda’s Ministry of Health is promoting a male circumcision device that does not require a doctor as part of its HIV prevention program. A nation of 11.5 million, Rwanda has fewer than 600 doctors. A device called a PrePex was recently cleared for use. It will enable up to 700,000 men between the ages of 15 and 49 to be …

JMG reader Dave sends us the above Instragram post by Marie Osmond, who posed backstage with Anita Bryant (left) after a concert. Jeremy Hooper writes at Good As You: “Something tells me that Osmond, a professed equality ally with a lesbian daughter, might regret this post. Sure, they have a shared history. Bryant first sang Paper Roses; Osmond made it …

Another mash-up of the biggest hits of 2013. (Tipped by JMG reader Jeff)