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“While Pope Francis’s words do not reflect a shift in Church policy, they represent a significant change in tone. Like his namesake, Francis’s humility and respect for human dignity are showing through, and the widespread positive response his words have received around the world reveals that Catholics everywhere are thirsty for change.” “But as long as millions of LGBT Catholic …

Today at 4:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s new SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest news about Russia, the Olympics, and the vodka boycott. Mike’s new channel is SiriusXM Progress 127 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account.

From the text of the petition: I’m asking the major sponsors and partners of the Sochi 2014 Olympic games — Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Samsung, Procter & Gamble, and Visa — to condemn Russia’s anti-gay laws, which are some of the most repressive laws in recent history, and pull their sponsorship from Russia’s Olympic games. Do these companies want to be tied …

This is Ad Week‘s ad of the day. Feminine-hygiene products have come along way from being squeamish even just about the V-word. This hilariously written long-form spot for Hello Flo, a tampon subscription service, is full of great lines and comic visuals, as it tells the amusing story of a pre-teen girl who’s the first to get her period at …

Bring It Online is the daily portion of Pat Robertson’s CBN show where he answers questions from viewers.  Today he was asked the above question and his answer, while far from perfect, was rather surprising. “I don’t understand all that, but I think they are men who are in a woman’s body. It’s very rare, but it’s true. [snip] I …

Saying that the NYPD’s infamous stop-and-frisk policy unfairly targets LGBT people of color, a coalition of 34 national and local LGBT groups are demanding that the New York City Council override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of their bill to restrict the practice. Via press release: Today, national and international LGBT organizations – including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Lambda …

A mentally ill gay man who has allegedly stalked Anderson Cooper for years was arraigned last night in Manhattan Criminal Court. Since 2008, Alex Hausner — described as a gay, Jewish white supremacist — has allegedly made unwelcome phone calls plus four attempts to see Cooper, last month trying to kick down the red, lacquered door to the posh, four-story …

Baton Rouge cops have been conducting stakeouts in a public park and have arrested gay men for agreeing to have consensual sex back in their own homes. The Baton Rouge Advocate details one such recent arrest. An undercover East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy was staking out Manchac Park about 10 a.m. one day this month when a slow-moving sedan …

John Aravosis tips us to the latest photos from France’s Hommen, which (as we’ve seen many times) believes that the best way to protest against gay marriage is to gather a bunch of fit, young shirtless men and have them climb all over each other.  Less amusing in the Hommen’s latest slideshow is the lineup of toddler “mini-hommen” with anti-gay …