Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The New York Times has the story: In a jolt to the Democratic campaign for mayor, a new poll suggests that Bill de Blasio, the most liberal of the leading candidates, has vaulted into first place among likely voters. The new Quinnipiac University survey of 579 likely Democratic voters in the Sept. 10 primary found Mr. de Blasio, who has …

[Disclaimer: Hugs not actually free.] Source.

“Our [Russian] problem with homosexuals is that they behave in a provocative, victim-like way. They deliberately provoke situations, so that they become victims. Nobody prevents them from loving each other the way they want to. They are aggressively foisting minority’s values on the majority. It is likely that society would counteract this. Naturally, right? In various ways, including brutal ones. …

Just in from Gay Cities / Queerty: In lieu of the national Stoli boycott by some in the LGBT community, GayCities has convinced SPI (Stoli’s parent company) to donate $5 for each person whom RSVP’s and attends The Most Original Stoli Guy Live in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and D.C. The participating charities include local chapters of Equality CA, …

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) has asked the Russian government for “clarification and more details” regarding the “homosexual propaganda” ban.  FIFA’s World Cup is set to be hosted by Russia in 2018. “Russia has committed to provide all visitors and fans with a warm welcome and ensure their safety” during the monthlong tournament,” FIFA said, adding that “FIFA trusts …

A symbolic but welcome gesture in Michigan: The city council voted unanimously last night to sever its “sister” relationship with St. Petersburg, Russia, over that city’s anti-gay policies, which effectively prohibits any expression of gay identity or support for equal rights for gay people. “I think all of us that sit at this dais believe that this is extremely important,” …

We’ve already heard advance tracks by Giorgio Mororder and Chromeo from the coming Donna Summer remix album and today Billboard tips us to some of the rest of the slate. “Love to Love You Donna” will be released on Oct. 22 through Verve Records, and is produced by Dahlia-Ambach Caplin and Randall Poster. The project features new re-workings of classic …

France’s English-language The Local reports: Shocked French Twitter users and gay rights groups have reacted angrily to the emergence of the hashtag “#LesGaysDoiventDispaîratreCar” (“Gay people must die/disappear because”), that trended over the weekend. The organisation SOS Homophobie, which fights anti-gay speech and violence, has launched a parallel campaign online, encouraging users to point out and report instances of the phrase. …