Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“Jimmy LaSalvia of or formerly of GOProud is on Facebook letting everyone know Ken Cuccinelli is the 2013 equivalent of David Duke. Because two dudes not being able to buy a china pattern together is the same as not being able to vote, being forced to use separate bathrooms, and being attacked by fire hoses and dogs in the streets. …

Here’s a short clip taken from the gallery of the Illinois House after yesterday’s vote on same-sex marriage.

In an editorial published yesterday, the New York Times slammed the “terribly broad” religious exemption in ENDA. The exemption would extend beyond churches and other houses of worship to any religiously affiliated institution, like hospitals and universities, and would allow those institutions to discriminate against people in jobs with no religious function, like billing clerks, cafeteria workers and medical personnel. …

Annise Parker was reelected to her third and final term as mayor of Houston yesterday. Parker claimed victory after her biggest challenger, former Houston City Attorney Ben Hall, took to a stage minutes before to concede the race. “I love this city. Tonight, I feel like it loves me back, so thank you for the very warm welcome. Thank you. …

Openly gay state Sen. Ed Murray was elected mayor of Seattle yesterday. State Sen. Ed Murray’s promise of a more collaborative leadership style carried him to victory Tuesday night, as voters signaled they were fed up with four years of Mayor Mike McGinn’s political brawls. Murray grabbed a commanding 56 percent of the votes counted on election night, compared with …

 Via Hawaii News Now: The House Judiciary and Finance committees have passed SB 1, the “Hawaii Marriage Equality Act of 2013” with an amendment that expands an exemption to include religious facilities that are “for profit”, similar to existing Connecticut law. Effective date has been changed to December 2, 2013. It now goes to the House floor for a second …

Watch it live. Things are underway.

Let’s hope this sticks… UPDATE: CNN calls it too.

E.W. Jackson, the raging homophobe who lied about gay people and then lied about having lied, has lost his bid for Virginia lieutenant governor. The scary part is that he didn’t lose by all that much.