Joe.My.God. LGBT News

(Tipped by JMG reader Robert)

Via Out & About Nashville, more action in Tennessee: After announcing that they would begin encouraging same-sex couples to apply for Tennessee state marriage licenses at their monthly community meeting last week, the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP) joined couples this morning seeking to not only apply for a marriage license but also clarify the standing of existing marriages. Davidson County …

More of his slams are at The Nerdist.

No, it’s not the latest movie from SyFy. Somebody found a dead shark today on the Queens-bound N train.  Gothamist asked the MTA how these situations are handled: “Live sharks are wrangled by Shark Maintainer IIs, who have passed the qualification test and have minimum three years in the Shark Maintainer I title. Dead ones are handled by Shark Maintainer …

And here to defend Hannity is Miss Oklahoma. Seriously.

Via Media Matters.

The Associated Press reports: In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama on Wednesday canceled his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The decision reflected both U.S. anger over Russia’s harboring of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and growing frustration within the Obama administration over what it sees as Moscow’s stubbornness on other key issues, including missile defense …

Here’s what NBC really said in the article linked by Fischer: NBC officials might have been expected to speak forcefully, given that the network paid $775 million to broadcast the Sochi Games, and that its journalists face the potential of being prosecuted for addressing the issue of homosexuality. NBC Universal reiterated on Tuesday a statement that it “strongly supports equal …

Monday night the small Tennessee town of Collegedale became the first in the state to offer benefits to the partners of LGBT employees. For some walking out the doors of Collegedale City Hall on Monday night, that distinction is a badge of honor and a far-reaching victory. For other residents of the small town, it’s a heavy disappointment in what …