Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“The massive tornadoes that hit Illinois after the passing of the same sex ‘marriage’ bill, has stimulated many people to reflection. In it, some see God’s chastisement; others see it as yet one more merciful warning from Providence; others yet deny both options and give various reasons. What do you think? [JMG: Link goes to this bit.] God punishes collective …

Sporting goods giant Nike, which is headquartered in Oregon, has created a political action committee in order to contribute $280K to the campaign to place a repeal of the state’s marriage ban on the 2014 ballot.  The PAC, called the Nike Equality PAC, plans to focus its efforts on collecting donations from Nike employees and Nike-affiliated companies. The news was …

Scott Lively was on Linda Harvey’s show on Saturday to say this: “Russia does have nationalists, these are Nazis, the same as I wrote in the book ‘The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality and the Nazi Party,’ that’s the same thing,” Lively said. “The guys that are beating up gays in Russia—and it’s not any more prevalent than it ever has been …

“We would now like to know what disciplinary measures you are taking about Martin Bashir’s appalling statement on his MSNBC show last Friday that someone should defecate and/or urinate in Governor Palin’s mouth because she used the word ‘slavery’ to describe the burden the federal debt will have on future generations of Americans. You fired Don Imus for offensive language …

Find events in your city with this list. New Yorkers: There will be an observance tonight beginning at 6pm at the LGBT Community Center in the West Village.

She got some blowback (ahem) from her followers, but she made it clear that she was kidding.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the marriage equality bill today and according to one report he will sign the bill on Abraham Lincoln’s desk, which Quinn is quietly having shipped from the state capital to his office in Chicago. Oh-em-Jeebus, the Tea Things will scream. I’ll post a live stream of the signing ceremony later today.

Courtesy of Oxford University Press, our second Swag Tuesday prize this week is The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience by Dr. Perry Halkitis, which is now available online and at booksellers nationwide. For young gay men who came of age in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear, hardship, and …

Courtesy of the Weinstein Company, today’s Swag Tuesday give away is a prize package for the film Philomena, which opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Friday and nationwide next week. The Weinstein Company presents: Philomena, in theaters this THANKSGIVING. Based on the incredible true story. The highly acclaimed new comedy from director Stephen Frears. Starring Dame Judi …