Joe.My.God. LGBT News

A group of Toronto city commissioners is once again threatening to pull the funding for Pride Toronto due to the planned inclusion of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid in the parade.  Similar flaps have arisen in recent years.  Peter Tatchell writes via email: The demand that a pro-Palestinian slogan and organisation are banned from the Toronto Pride parade is censorship. It’s …

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has launched a petition to the Supreme Court demanding the overturn of DOMA. Via email from Warner’s office: Even though many states now recognize the rights of committed same-sex couples to marry, the federal government continues to discriminate. Same-sex couples are denied all sorts of legal rights – like access to their spouse’s insurance benefits and …

CNN reports: Attorney General Eric Holder recused himself from the decision to subpoena the phone records of Associated Press reporters, a source told CNN’s Jessica Yellin on Tuesday. The approval fell to Deputy Attorney General James Cole, the source said. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that the White House had no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice …

From the just-released Rocky Mountain Poll: After years of beating the drums against same-sex marriage, opponents of the idea in Arizona appear to be losing their grip on public attitudes toward the issue. By a ratio of 55 percent to 35percent, Arizonans say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry. Majorities in the following groups appear to have locked …

The United Nations has issued the below video message in recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia. Clip recap: 76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent attacks and discriminatory treatment. In this simple, high-impact video from the UN human rights office, individuals from diverse backgrounds pose questions directly …

From the anti-gay Illinois Review blog.

Last night I wrote to Pew’s Stateline blog to question the coding of New Mexico on their just-posted map.  The author of the article responds: “We decided to lump it [New Mexico] in with the ‘forbid’ states because the state in practice has a ban – same-sex couples can’t marry, aren’t issued licenses, etc. Technically, yes, there is no law …

It does appear that way. O Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) aprovou nesta terça-feira (14), por maioria de votos (14 a 1), uma resolução que obriga os cartórios de todo o país a celebrar o casamento civil e converter a união estável homoafetiva em casamento.  Os cartórios não poderão rejeitar o pedido, como acontece atualmente em alguns casos. A decisão …