Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Well Strung is playing Provincetown all summer. I’ve seen them several times, most recently at the Ali Forney Center gala. The guy in the tank top used to be in Naked Boys Singing. (Tipped by Zack Ford)

Here comes the alternative to the Boy Scouts. A conservative group said Tuesday it will form a rival alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, in the latest sign of backlash against the Scouts’ recent decision to admit gay youth. The splinter group, OnMyHonor.Net, said the new organization will offer an outdoors-oriented character-development program for boys similar to that of …

You’ll like this.

The nation’s first (and still only, I think) lesbian super-PAC has endorsed Christian Quinn for New York City mayor. “LPAC is supporting Quinn because she supports the policies and holds values that matter to lesbians: fairness and opportunity for everyone, commitment to equal rights and social justice,” said LPAC Chair Sarah Schmidt. “As a values-based committee, LPAC works hard to …

Male wives and female husbands! The world’s gone mad.

The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop: HBO is turning its documentary lens on same-sex marriage. The premium cable network said Tuesday that it has begun production on a telefilm focusing on the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Over the past five years, directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White have had exclusive access …

Yesterday, flanked by several of the most anti-gay members of Congress, hate group leader Tony Perkins held a press conference to launch a new website in support of Rep. John Fleming’s defense spending bill that would prohibit punishing soldiers for harassing gay troops on the basis of “sincerely held religious beliefs.”  No actual mention of gay military members was made …

“After twenty years of despicably virulent homophobia, no. This is just another detestable characterization of LGBT people — that we are intolerant. Intolerant? Of people who want to lock us up, put us in concentration camps, deny us our civil rights? Intolerant? Are you fucking kidding me? You want me to be tolerant, Scott? First be one of those people …

Politifact ripped to shreds Tony Perkins’ claim on Face The Nation that business are being forced to serve gay customers. We didn’t find cases where people were forced to participate against their will. However, if vendors refuse service, there are consequences. There are 21 states that forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation. Vendors who refuse service there could face legal …

Somebody beat you-know-who to the punch.