Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“I discovered that MSNBC’s socialist news commentator Rachel Maddow played a soundbite of me on her program last night. Thank you, Rachel. I appreciate the publicity even though there aren’t that many people watching MSNBC, but I’ll take all the publicity I can get. The people who do watch it, however, have a visceral hate for Jesus Christ and Christians. …

Facebook-owned Instagram will now support very short video clips just like the Twitter-owned Vine. Instagram’s Kevin Systrom said video clips on Instagram will be 3 to 15 seconds long and include new shaky hand video stabilization technology called Cinema. Instagram now has 130 million users. Systrom: “The frame shown to people is typically the first frame. We think that’s silly. …

The New York Times is wondering what Ken Mehlman’s legacy will be regarding LGBT rights. Mr. Mehlman, 46, remains the hyper-intense, guarded strategist he was in his Bush days, with the same habit of looking past people instead of meeting their eyes. He shuns most interviews and still deflects personal questions, as he did back when rumors about his sexuality …

Wingnut sites are blaming the incident on “leftist infiltrators.” Because no Tea Party member would EVER yell something like that. Yeaaaah.

Boy George has made a string of really lovely tracks in the last few years. You might also enjoy his 2010 single Amazing Grace, which I still play often. (Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

The Washington Post reports on an exchange between Anthony Weiner and a woman voter at a shopping center: “You a registered Democrat?” he asked an elderly woman wheeling a shopping cart by him. “I am,” she said. “And I’m not voting for uh, what’s her name? The dyke.” “Okay. I just need you to sign the petition to get me …

Image by my pal NYC DJ Corey Craig.

Bidding is now open for the Shred Of Hope celebrity t-shirt auction to benefit the Ali Forney Center. Posing with their creations above are Scissor Sisters guitarist Babydaddy, Tony winner Jeff Whitty, REM lead singer Michael Stipe, former Ali Forney client Isis (who has appeared on America’s Next Top Model), Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black, and Marvel Comics illustrator Phil …