Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Unlike San Diego’s homocon candidate for Congress, Ed Murray puts his sexuality (and his partner) front and center in the first television ad of his campaign for mayor of Seattle.

Go read the full thing at The Oatmeal.  And don’t miss the final line at the bottom.

Tomorrow the Accidental Bear queer music summer tour hits NYC’s Webster Hall. Beneficiaries include the Ali Forney Center. On the bill: Big Dipper, Logan Lynn, Darling Gunsel, Rica Shay. Get tickets here. Facebook event page.

A Tennessee lawyer is suing Apple for not stopping him from accessing the porn that he says destroyed his marriage. In his 50-page complaint, Chris Sevier is seeking to force Apple to sell all its products with installed porn blocking filters. If a buyer 18 years or older wishes to remove the filters, Apple should also provide them with a …

From the latest poll by Quinnipiac: Virginia voters support 50 – 43 percent allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. Support is 68 – 26 percent among Democrats and 52 – 39 percent among independent voters. Republicans are opposed 68 – 26 percent. Women back same-sex marriage 55 – 39 percent while men are opposed 49 – 43 percent. …

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“What did it feel like to be a gay teenager back then [in the nineties]? The following thoughts ran in a depressive loop: I will not be able to have sex legally until I am 21. My teachers are not allowed to talk to me about being gay. Any business can refuse my custom. Future employers are free to fire …

The New York Times reports on their latest poll: After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart. By a clear majority, the city’s voters say empathy is the most important trait in the next mayor, far more important than temperament, management experience, or the ability to recruit …

“Below is the ‘official’ promotional poster for the Folsom Street Fair, an annual, sadomasochism-celebrating street festival in San Francisco. The ‘fair’ is notorious for its open-air perversions, mocking of religion, sadistic whippings, ‘master-slave’ couples, and full nudity — and the latter will be allowed again this year due to an exemption granted to FSF to a new anti-public-nudity law passed …