Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The aggressive meningitis vaccination campaigns by the state and New York City appear to be working. The outbreak cast a pall over gay night life in the city, and raised fears among gay men traveling to and from New York that they might catch the casually transmissible and highly lethal disease. Twenty-two men have been infected and about a third …

Forget the fossil record, the Bible says so.

Printed on the back of the bags is a listing of what is allowed under Washington state’s marijuana laws.

Another track from the coming Hesitation Marks has leaked out online, but you might like the live version that NIN opened their Lollapolooza set with two weeks ago. And whoa, Trent’s arms.

The grey states: “States or territories vulnerable to a redefinition of marriage.” Embiggen or go here to read the other descriptions.

Apparently because a couple of street preachers got arrested for disturbing the peace, a California pastor has proposed a ballot measure to make it illegal to do so. And a whole lot more. Pastor Allen Esses of YesJesusIsLord.org has proposed an amendment to Section 4 of Article I of the California Constitution, which guarantees “free exercise and enjoyment of religion …

Openly gay New York state Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell today called on the state comptroller’s office to divest its pension funds from all Russian interests.  Via press release: “These issues are very personal for me, both as a gay man and as an elected official who has fought against intolerance and bigotry in my work in the New York State Assembly. …

“The way that activist judges have dealt with Proposition 8 is a travesty of justice and undermines the rule of law and the democratic process itself. The legitimate votes of 7 million Californians, and their fair-minded, reasonable position that marriage should be defined as the union of one man and one woman, have been trampled underfoot by derelict politicians and …

“At the beginning of the interview, the liberal host calls the woman who is a transsexual activist ‘sir,’ and refers both to her and I as ‘gentlemen.’ But at the end of the interview I say ‘good to talk to you ladies,’ because both the host and my bearded opponent are indeed biological females. Of course, the bearded Masen Davis …

“After all the education that we Americans have had and all the relished progress we’ve made, being gay does mean feeling constrained in situations where most people aren’t, scared in circumstances that wouldn’t frighten others in the least, self-conscious when you shouldn’t have to be. Like when you’re holding someone’s hand. It’s the sweetest, most innocent and most natural of …