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Just in via press release: Shred of Hope, the fundraising campaign for the Ali Forney Center (AFC) presented by Nasty Pig, raised more than $28,000, 100% of which will go directly to the AFC’s programs, the organizations announced today.  Shred of Hope primarily raised funds through an online auction of celebrity-designed one-of-a-kind Nasty Pig Shredders™.  All 29 shirts put up …

Via press release from San Diego Pride: As the city gears up for this weekend’s annual San Diego LGBT Pride festivities, Marines and sailors with I (First) Marine Expeditionary Force have received authorization to wear approved uniforms in the 39th annual Pride Parade on Saturday, July 13 at 11 am.  This follows authorization by the Department of Navy, Navy Region …

Geeks Out has posted a response to Orson Scott Card’s plea for “tolerance.” This plea for tolerance is perhaps a bridge too far, especially from someone who characterized gay marriage as “the bludgeon [The Left] use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools,” (2012). There’s nothing more democratic and tolerant than a consumer …

NOM still hasn’t responded to Orson Scott Card saying that marriage equality in all 50 states is inevitable and that the issue is now “moot.” But just now they did tweet a link to a story whining that Card has been blacklisted by Hollywood. You’re a best-selling author. Your beloved sci-fi novel that’s been a fan favorite for decades is …

Circuit21 is Robert Brown, whom some of you might recognize as the former lead singer of BearForce1, the bear disco group that so amused many of us a few years ago. (Yes, I still know their signature choreography.)  Brown’s latest, a cover of E.G. Daily’s 1986 club smash, will be available for download on July 28th.

The House Of Lords today wraps up the debate on the report stage of the marriage equality bill for England and Wales. Live streaming video is here.  Pink News is running a live blog here.  Earlier today an amendment that would have stipulated a difference between opposite and same-sex marriage was withdrawn. Amendment 85, introduced by Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, …

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Possibly the best beatboxer I’ve ever seen and the bit where he mocks German techno (5:50) really cracked me up. (Tipped by JMG reader Fritzrth)

“Let’s face it: Anthony Kennedy and his activist cronies on the Supreme Court are itching to redefine marriage and impose same-sex ‘marriage’ on an unwilling nation. Justice Scalia has warned us clearly in his dissent that the only thing that will stop Kennedy and crew is their own sense of what they can get away with. The most direct and …

OK, they’re at Montpellier, not Normandy, but we get the super-silly “gays are Nazis” metaphor. The all-male, always shirtless Hommen are apparently protesting the jailing of this guy. (Tipped by JMG reader Str8 Grandmother) UPDATE:  I’ve learned that Monpellier was chosen for this nonsense as it was the site of France’s first legal same-sex marriage.