Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Speaking on Friday in Philadelphia, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that growing acceptance of same-sex marriage demonstrates the genius of the US Constitution. “So I see the genius of our Constitution, and of our society, is how much more embracive we have become than we were at the beginning,” Ginsburg said in a far-ranging discussion of her work …

Yesterday LGBT activists staged a kiss-in outside of Russia’s consulate in Paris. The dozens of smooching activists were taking part in an event called “From Paris With Love,” a same-sex “kiss-in” protest outside the Russian embassy in the capital. Sunday’s demo was in opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s “anti-gay propaganda” law, and in anticipation of next year’s Sochi Winter Olympics, …

New York City’s mayoral primary is tomorrow and the final poll released today shows Bill De Blasio maintaining a 14-point lead at 39%, just one point shy of the cutoff to avoid a runoff. De Blasio, 52, elected four years ago to the citywide watchdog office of public advocate, retains the lead among seven candidates. Former city Comptroller William Thompson …

“Billy was mean and threatening to Bob. But behind that tough guy demeanor was a scared 6 year old boy altar who was rejected by his father. Once Bob got to the point of the pain, the demon of Death didn’t have a chance!” Acting!

The head of the Sochi Olympics yesterday asked the IOC for help in squashing the international headlines about Russia’s anti-gay laws. Sochi organizing chief Dmitry Chernyshenko was asked at the IOC general assembly about the possible impact of the legislation that bans gay “propaganda.” He said the Russian government had made clear the law would not affect the games, and …

Lovely.

The International Olympic Committee has reversed itself and reinstated wrestling for the 2020 Summer Games, which will be held in Tokyo. Wrestling, which was surprisingly dropped from the list of core sports in February, received 49 votes to win in the first round of secret balloting by the International Olympic Committee. Baseball-softball got 24 votes and squash 22. The decision …

Super Bowl 2012: Madonna. Super Bowl 2013: Beyonce. I’m guessing there won’t be any gay bar viewing parties for the halftime show at Super Bowl 2014.  The NYC press is already grousing because a local act like Bon Jovi or Billy Joel wasn’t chosen.

The Washington Times reports: At the opening session, John Stemberger, chairman of the board of Trail Life USA, teased the crowd of 1,200, saying he would not be surprised if there were “spies” from Grapevine, Texas — BSA’s home base — in the audience. That would make sense, since everyone from supporters to the curious want to know what’s being …

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