Joe.My.God. LGBT News

According to Russian television host Arkady Mamontov, the meteor that hit Russia earlier this year was sent by God because of “gay activity.” In a reference to the Old Testament story of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, famous journalist Arkady Mamontov said on his program that the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite on February 15 in Russia was related …

Clip recap: “No longer do you have to imagine what a Rob Ford opera would sound like. CBC Radio’s Day 6 recorded a Rob Ford aria, arranged and written by Topher Mokrzewski, resident conductor with the Calgary Opera. Alex Beley and Tyler Fitzgerald sing as the Ford Nation Chorus.” (Via JMG reader Azgaard) UPDATE: Rob Ford is getting a reality …

The organizers of Lady Gaga’s 2012 Moscow concerts have been fined because she advocated for LGBT rights from the stage. According to the judgment, Gaga “harmed children” with her message. A magistrate’s court in St Petersburg yesterday (14 November) fined Planet Plus 20,000 rubles ($614, €455). During the gigs in St Petersburg and Moscow on 9 and 12 December 2012, …

This is the guy who says that God killed all those people with Hurricane Katrina in order to send a warning about homosexuality. This is the guy who says that Sodom and Gomorrah was only a test run for what God will do to America because of gay marriage. This is the guy who has called for a preemptive nuclear …

TMZ, which is owned by a gay man, really has it out for Baldwin this time. (Tipped by JMG reader Alison)

A follow-up from Buzzfeed’s J. Lester Feder: The office of House Speaker John Boehner secured meeting space for the World Congress of Families after their original sponsor, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, canceled their space in a Senate office building following an outcry from LGBT activists, the group’s leader said. World Congress of Families President Allan Carlson praised Boehner’s intervention at …

New York-based electronics and appliances retailer P.C. Richard & Son says that any store that opens on Thanksgiving is in “total disrespect of family values in the United States of America.” The chain was founded a century ago by a Dutch immigrant and has 66 outlets in the tri-state area and Pennsylvania. Lots of wingnut key words in that ad.

The Senate has confirmed Human Rights Campaign board member Wally Brewster as the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Brewster becomes the fifth openly gay US ambassador currently serving.  Via HRC: When nominated for the ambassadorship, Wally Brewster served as Senior Executive for SB&K Global, a global consumer dynamics strategy consulting firm, where he worked with clients on global expansion …