Joe.My.God. LGBT News

German President Joachim Gauck has announced that he will not attend the Sochi Olympics in protests of Russia’s anti-LGBT pogrom. ESPN reports: Gauck took the decision to protest human rights violations and the harassment of Russian opposition political figures, Der Spiegel reported Sunday. The magazine said the Russian government was informed of his decision last week. Presidential spokeswoman Ferdos Forudastan …

Via HuffPo UK: Tom Daley opened about about his boyfriend as he appeared on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ on Saturday night. The 19-year-old Olympic diver revealed he is in a relationship with a man earlier this week in a candid YouTube video. He then sat down with Wossy to discuss his decision to talk about his sexuality, and revealed it …

Italy’s right wing Fratelli d’Italia party is demanding the removal of rainbow lights hung over Rome’s famous Via Del Corso in the memory of a gay teenager. A rainbow-flag theme has been selected for the traditional lights along the city’s main shopping street, the Via del Corso. The lights run for almost a mile long. The lights were chosen by …

“A sentence of 25 years to life is an incredibly long period of time, judge. Shouldn’t that be reserved for people who are guilty of killing certain classes of individuals? Who is the victim in this case? Is the victim a person in the higher end of the community? Amanda was engaged in a life of prostitution, life of drug …

She’s back. 3.2M views in the first 24 hours.

The Empire State Building was lit in the colors of South Africa’s flag in honor of Nelson Mandela and the Tea Things are very upset about this.

Queer Russia reports: A new St. Petersburg based antigay group emerged on a popular Russian social network Vkontakte has launched an on-line campaign offering an equivalent of $150 for reporting “confirmed” information on LGBT school teachers. The group aims to stop “gay propaganda to minors” in schools and dismiss gay teachers with the help of local authorities. The announcement published …

Shut up, Wesley.

“One word describes the indecent play: blasphemy. Blasphemy is not free speech. Defamation is not artistic expression. The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told is a twisted version of the Bible story told from a pro-homosexual perspective and doesn’t belong in any theater. It begins with scenes of ‘Adam and Steve’ expelled from a Garden of Paradise with full frontal nudity …

A lovely acoustic cover of the Bronski Beat classic. (Tipped by JMG reader Dwight)