Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“The pope is right that single-issue Catholics need to rise above their immediate concerns. He did not say we should not address abortion or homosexuality; he simply said we cannot be absorbed by these issues. Both the left and the right should heed his message. The article in the New York Times says U.S. bishops will feel the pinch of …

Buzzfeed’s Copyranter writes: Every September, Lisbon hosts Queer Lisboa, “the sole Portuguese Film Festival dedicated exclusively to screening gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual themed films.” And every year, for several years now, Queer Lisboa comes out with an epic promo video ad. Last year, it was “The Death of the Gay Cliche.” In 2011, it was “Mister Pink,” a …

Today is the second anniversary of the repeal.

Americablog‘s John Aravosis has unearthed a repulsive anti-gay clip out of Russia. He writes: A newly-discovered anti-gay video making the rounds in Russia (see the video below with subtitles) claims that gays adopt children so that they’ll have a readily available source of kids to rape. Even more troubling, the video bases its adoption-child-rape assertion on a debunked faux-scientific “study” …

Remember that crackpot Pennsylvania sheriff who posted the “fuck all you libtards” video that featured him firing a machine gun? Shit-canned. Stand by for screams of outrage from you-know-where. (Tipped by JMG reader Samuel)

A product tester at Techcrunch added a cat as an authorized user for the new iPhone. The cat’s paw worked, and while it encountered more frequent failures than did a fingerprint, it was able to unlock the phone again repeatedly when positioned correctly on the sensor. Note that no other paw pads would unlock the device, and that cats essentially …

Almost immediate after San Antonio passed an ordinance that added LGBT residents to employment and housing protections, anti-gay groups have launched a recall drive against Mayor Julian Castro and the members of the city council who voted for the measure. The San Antonio Current reports: After council members in Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (plus the Mayor) …

Celebrate Jesus with a hate group button! Glory!

“By saying that ‘it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time,’ Francis is slamming people like Maggie Gallagher, former president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), who has made it her life work to constantly talk about gay marriage — touting her Catholic beliefs — and stop marriage equality by pitting groups against one another. …

Just watch this. Watch the whole thing. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: Speirer introduces House resolution against “ex-gay quackery.”