Joe.My.God. LGBT News

As I’ve said here for the last few years, there has been zero chance of ENDA’s passage in the House ever since the GOP assumed the majority in 2010. But with all of today’s news about the bill, please keep in mind that its presumed passage in the Senate WILL move the issue dramatically forward as it drags formerly recalcitrant …

GetEQUAL is on the warpath about the religious exemptions in the Senate version of ENDA. This religious exemption is so broad that even religiously-affiliated hospitals and schools will still be able to discriminate against LGBT workers. This broad religious exemption will set a harmful precedent for future LGBT gains, and also threatens to set back the work of our allies …

The poll is at the bottom right of their main page. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

Yesterday US House rep and Maine gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud came out. With today’s official announcement by Charlie Crist, that means there’s a reasonable chance we’ll have two gay governors next year. One out, one bearded.

“Apple’s anti-discrimination policy goes beyond the legal protections U.S. workers currently enjoy under federal law, most notably because we prohibit discrimination against Apple’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. A bill now before the U.S. Senate would update those employment laws, at long last, to protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. We urge senators to …

The always hilarious Taylor Dayne tells RuPaul about how she got her stage name and things just roll from there. Dayne has seven Billboard top ten pop singles to her credit, the most recent of which was 1990’s I’ll Be Your Shelter. She’s scored 15 top ten hits on the dance chart, including the 2007 number one hit, Beautiful.

Does he think we forgot that GOProud endorsed Romney?

Gawker’s Neetzan Zimmerman writes: “While performing the classic ’80s synth pop anthem “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat, a Berlin street musician is joined by the song’s original singer, Jimmy Somerville, who just happened to be walking by with his dog.” If you’ve somehow never heard the still-stunning Smalltown Boy, go here. It truly was a landmark musical moment for the …

Sorry, Eugene! Tough titties, Brian Brown. We now have the necessary 60 votes to block a filibuster of ENDA. From the website of Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV): “After listening to Nevadans’ concerns about this issue from a variety of viewpoints and after numerous conversations with my colleagues, I feel that supporting this legislation is the right thing to do. Under …