Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Today the head of the International Olympic Committee asked Russia for further clarity on whether the ban on “homosexual propaganda” will be enforced during the Sochi Olympics. Last week the IOC said it had received “assurances” from the Russian government that fans and athletes would be exempt from the law during the Games, but that claim was immediately shot down …

Two week ago I told NPR that I didn’t believe that the boycott of Russian vodka would actually end up causing much financial pain to any of the targeted companies, but that the media’s interest in the boycott would serve to push the plight of Russian LGBT people into headlines around the world.  And that result, I concluded, made the …

Via press release from Queer Nation: Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag and a member of Queer Nation made the following statement to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni: “Olympic flag waving gave a stamp of approval to Nazi atrocities in 1936. Please don’t use the Rainbow Flag to cover up Russian atrocities in 2014. The Rainbow Flag …

Washington Post has a recap: “This is what separates the American media from the British media,” Weiner says as the reporter corners him and begins to pepper him with vague questions. Asked about whether his campaign was about ambition and power, a “hunger for the big job,” Weiner mutters, “It’s hard to take you seriously.” He then repeats in a …

AdWeek reacts: The San Diego Culinary Institute has a trio of talking food ads that are funny, albeit in a dumb way, but also a lot more sexually charged than this kind of ad tends to be. But the “Ducks” ad borders on flat-out inappropriate. I mean, I’m okay with it, but I hope the Institute knows what they’re getting …

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In response to the beginning of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, a Catholic priest there has sent an open letter to state senators, warning them that he will rally his parishioners to unseat them if they voted for it. Which would be illegal, of course. From Father Brian Sistare’s letter: Dear RI Senators who voted for “marriage” between members of …

The first same-sex wedding in the Mexican state of Yucatan was held yesterday. Translated from El Diario: The spouses are Javier Alberto Carrillo Esquivel and Ricardo Arturo Góngora, who last month won a federal injunction allowing them to get married. The gay wedding was hosted at the disco Blu Namu and was attended by 400 guests,  The couple, who wore …

Right Wing Watch has a partial transcript of the latest from anti-gay crackpot Coach Dave: “The worst part of it is,” Daubenmire laments, “the left has sodomized men. I’m not talking about physically sodomizing them; I’m talking about stealing men’s manhood. Through what? Through ridicule and through name-calling and through court attacks. Men, godly men, Christian men are afraid to …