Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“I am especially concerned with the provision of the law that allows for the possible detention of foreign citizens for up to 14 days before they would be expelled from the country. Many members of international athletic delegations, their families, spectators, and support staff proudly identify as members of the LGBT community. I believe it is essential for them to …

McClusky was the senior vice president of FRC Action, the DC lobbying arm of the Family Research Council. His tweets tend to be very jokey, so the above might not mean anything. Or maybe it might. UPDATE: A reader reminds me that 25 year-old Josh Duggar (of those Duggars) just became executive director of FRC Action, so this change may …

Yesterday’s gay pride event in Jerusalem drew 5000 participants and was relatively unmarred by protesters, unlike in recent years. The anti-gay donkeys made another appearance, but this time they were humans. As usual, the march drew counter-protests. The “pride” march is particularly controversial in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest city, with many Jews and Muslims arguing that it encourages immoral acts and …

Philadelphia’s CBS affiliate reports: The Montgomery County commissioners held their first public meeting Thursday since the county started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The decision was made by the register of wills, D. Bruce Hanes, not the commissioners, but two of them – Chairman Josh Shapiro (D) and Vice Chairman Leslie Richards (D) applauded the move. Also applauding the …

As Pennsylvania’s marriage battle continues to heat up, Commonwealth Equality is inviting its Facebook followers to submit photos like the one above posted by openly gay state Rep. Brian Sims and state Rep. Steve McCarter of Montgomery County, which continues to defy the governor and issue marriage licenses.

Clip description: Sick of taking responsibility for the shitty things that have happened to you in your life? Help is on the way, in the virginal and strangely vacant form of three bible-thumping teenage exorcists from Phoenix, Arizona. Eighteen-year-old Brynne Larson and her friends Tess and Savannah Sherkenback (18 and 21, respectively) claim to be able to confront the demons …

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) will introduce a resolution which calls on the International Olympic Committee to explicitly denounce Russia’s ban on “homosexual propaganda.” Via Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed: The resolution will ask the IOC both to oppose the law itself and to receive a guarantee that athletes and spectators will not be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation …

Backed by nutcase Rep. Louie Gohmert and a cavalcade of crackpottery, yesterday hate group leader Tony Perkins held a press conference in Washington DC to declare that Obamacare is a “rare strain of flesh-eating bacteria that if not stopped and stopped now threatens the very life of our Republic.”

“As you know, our courageous County Clerk Ernie Dronenburg filed a lawsuit seeking guidance and clarification by the California Supreme Court as to whether Proposition 8 is still law – because it has not been overruled by any appellate court, and the federal district court injunction against it only applies to Alameda and Los Angeles Counties. Confusing!! Therefore, Ernie’s lawsuit …

Three days ago I noted Pat Robertson’s surprisingly sympathetic commentary on transgender people. That post got a lot of notice and the attacks on Robertson have begun. From the anti-gay LifeSiteNews: Traditional Christians have condemned such actions as a form of self-mutilation since the days of the ancient church. Speaking specifically of castration, the Apostolic Canons, a fourth century Syrian …