Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Two weeks ago I reported that the tenth Brazilian state had legalized same-sex marriage.  Things are moving fast down there.Via Freedom To Marry: Yesterday, marriage continued moving forward in Brazil when the Corregedor Geral de Justiça in two additional states – Paraíba and Santa Catarina  – authorized marriages between same-sex couples. Now, fourteen of the 27 jursidictions in Brazil (13 …

JMG reader Steve Weinstein has written a lengthy look at the LGBT detractors of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s mayoral candidacy.  An excerpt:  At her public appearances, on the web, in social media, and in the pages of newspapers from the Daily News to Gay City News, Christine Quinn is being subjected to a protracted ideological litmus test. But no …

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will reportedly consider adding LGBT couples to the immigration reform bill presently before Congress. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed that such a change will surely add fuel to the already hotly contentious debate. Although the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators did not include language allowing Americans in same-sex relationships to sponsor their foreign partner …

From the guy behind the massive 2000 hit, Finally, more downtempo house loveliness.  Very Mister Sunday. (Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

“We have an epidemic, an unprecedented increase in heroes of the U.S. military committing suicide, and I’m going to tell you why. And I’m sure the leftist blogs are going to attack me, misquote me, but I’ll tell you why more and more warrior heroes of the military are killing themselves: Because they are in absolute frustration and heartbreak that …

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Colorado’s first civil unions took place moments after midnight local time.  Photos are going up on Twitter and we’ll excuse the sideways shots because folks are understandably excited.

“Approximately 1,300 hate crimes based on ‘sexual orientation bias’ were reported by the FBI in 2011. There are approximately 9 million gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the United States, according to a UCLA study. That would mean that about one of every 7,100 LGBT people in the United States became a hate crime victim in 2011. That same year, there …