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A woman was killed on Friday after falling out of her seat on a Six Flags wooden rollercoaster in Arlington, Texas. Six Flags immediately closed the ride and the surrounding area while most of the theme park remained open. Officials at Six Flags did not reveal details about Esparza’s death, but released an official statement not long after the incident: …

Late last night Fox News host Geraldo Rivera tweeted the above selfie, drawing howls of horror across Teabagistan. Putting aside the appropriateness of the tweet, he’s actually in decent shape for 70 or just about any age. RELATED: Last month Rivera announced that he will not run against Cory Booker for the US Senate.

This is a big shout-out to the many JMG readers who introduced themselves at Provincetown’s Bear Week. It was great meeting and chatting with all of you! I was especially pleased to finally meet Maryland state Rep. Luke Clippinger, who tipped us with many updates during that state’s marriage battle.  Bear Week 2014, here we come!

The house. I was taking a picture of the purple house. Swear.

Famed WWII codebreaker Alan Turing will be granted a posthumous pardon by the British government. Turing committed suicide after being convicted of gross indecency under Britain’s anti-homosexuality code. The government signalled on Friday that it is prepared to support a backbench bill that would pardon Turing, who died from cyanide poisoning at the age of 41 in 1954 after he …

Grover Norquist (above) wasn’t too happy with a joke Dan Savage made on last night’s Bill Maher show. Mediaite has a recap: Savage credited all of the people brave enough to come out to their families as one of the biggest contributing factors to the social progress that’s been made in the United States. One significant achievement was that, while …

CNN reports: Longtime White House journalist Helen Thomas has died at age 92 after a long illness, sources told CNN Saturday. Thomas covered 10 presidents over nearly half a century, and became a legend in the industry. She was a fixture at White House news conferences — sitting front and center late in her career — where she frequently exasperated …

San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg yesterday filed a petition to the California Supreme Court asking that all county clerks statewide be barred from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. About a week ago, a group opposing same-sex marriage asked the state Supreme Court to declare that Proposition 8 is still valid. Among other things, the group said the U.S. Supreme Court’s …