Joe.My.God. LGBT News

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.

Things will be less shrill on The View.

That’s what she says, anyway. Via Washington Post: “I’ve considered it, because people have requested me considering it,” she told radio host Sean Hannity. “But I’m still waiting to see what the lineup will be and hoping that … there will be some new blood, new energy, not just kind of picking from the same old politicians in the state.” …

Gorgeous. Bischoff is in Amanda Fucking Palmer’s band.

Ian Millhiser at Think Progress reports that a company called Zombie Industries sells target practice mannequins which “bleed when shot!” Their latest model target is a “gun control lobbyist” which goes for $89.95. From the sales pitch: As a pro gun control lobbyist, this guy spent his days milling around Washington D.C. distorting the truth about guns & violent crimes. …

My headline may seem obvious, but I actually expected San Francisco to have jumped into first place after reading an endless stream of recent stories about the housing situation there. But as Gothamist points out, NYC’s average is skewed by all those new “ultra-luxury” jillionaire sky palaces. San Francisco doesn’t have quite so many places that rent in the five-figure …