Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Gawker Media founder Nick Denton will marry his boyfriend next year, according to the gossip column of the New York Daily News. The British media mogul got engaged to his actor boyfriend, Derrence Washington, over the weekend, with Denton telling us the two plan to marry in upstate New York next May. “This is the one event even I wouldn’t …

Flaming Saddles, the popular Hell’s Kitchen country gay bar, was shut down this week by the NYC Health Department. The hot spot — which features shirtless bartenders who two-step on the bar, as well as serving dishes like “Frito Pie” — was letting hot food get cold, had improper plumbing, and had a food preparation counter that was “improperly constructed,” …

The adoptive parents of an intersex child are suing the state of South Carolina for performing genital removal surgery in violation of the child’s constitutional rights. Mark and Pam Crawford say that their child, identified as M.C., is now 8 years old and chooses to identify as a boy, despite doctors deciding that M.C. should be a girl at 16 …

“I’ve been married to Franni for 37 years and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. As a long-time supporter of marriage equality, I believe that every loving couple-in Minnesota and across the country-should have the same opportunity. And now, thanks to courageous-and not to mention, bipartisan-votes by the Minnesota State Legislature and support from Minnesotans statewide, we …

Despite heavy campaigning by Jesus, North Miami mayoral candidate Anna Pierre only got 56 votes. UPDATE: The top finisher is the openly gay former mayor. There will be a runoff.

Yesterday the federal judiciary council that oversees Brazil’s notary publics ruled that gay marriage ceremonies cannot be refused.  The New York Times reports on what this likely means: The move by the National Council of Justice, a 15-member panel led by Joaquim Barbosa, the chief justice of the nation’s high court, effectively legalizes gay marriage throughout Brazil, legal scholars here …

Men outnumber women in the armed forces by almost 10-1, but the right wing is going nuts over a recently-released study which shows that more men than women have reported sexual assaults.  The numbers have risen because because the military has been encouraging victims to make reports. Anti-gay weirdo and Porno Pete’s BFF Judith Reisman writes for World Net Daily: …

“Freedom of the press is an essential right in a free society. The First Amendment doesn’t request the federal government to respect it; it demands it. Attorney General Eric Holder, in permitting the Justice Department to issue secret subpoenas to spy on Associated Press reporters, has trampled on the First Amendment and failed in his sworn duty to uphold the …