Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Germany’s Constitutional Court today ordered the government to draft new laws allowing same-sex couples improved adoption rights. Via Der Spiegel: The Constitutional Court ruled as expected that one member of a civil partnership must be given the right to adopt their partner’s stepchild or adopted child. Until now, unlike heterosexual married couples, they were only able to adopt a partner’s …

Since the courts always take a dim view of public schools officially sanctioning prayers and other religious activities, Christianists around the nation have been working to crowbar their way in via student-led prayers. And it looks like they’ve succeeded in Mississippi, the state that only officially outlawed slavery last week. Supporters say bills to guarantee religious freedom in Mississippi public …

Music industry legend Clive Davis, the man credited with Whitney Houston’s career (and the careers of many others), has come out as bisexual in a new memoir titled The Soundtrack Of My Life. Davis, who is twice divorced, remains close to his family, which includes three sons, a daughter and six grandchildren, and to friends, with whom he vacations regularly. …

A global coalition of wrestling groups has launched a website and several petitions which urge the International Olympic Committee to reconsider their decision to drop the sport starting with the 2020 Games.  The coalition has vowed to make changes in order to remain an Olympic sport. FILA President Nenad LalovicFILA takes its responsibly very seriously on behalf of all the …

“Dear Joe, This year the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases that will also have a lasting impact on the very soul of our nation. If the Supreme Court does not uphold the constitutionality of these two laws, it will not only lead to the destruction of traditional marriage as we know it, but subvert our American democratic process …

One of the young men who settled out of court after accusing Atlanta-based megachurch “Bishop” Eddie Long of sexual coercion has published a tell-all book about his encounters with Long. The accuser, Centino Kemp, was one of the five young men who settled out of court with Long over the alleged sexual relationships. Long has denied the accusations and tried …

Details. (Also: Seriously, Daily Mail? “Deaf and dumb“?)

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Courtesy of the film’s producers, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is the DVD of the Oscar-nominated AIDS documentary, How To Survive A Plague, which goes on sale nationwide on February 26th. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful …

The Mexican Supreme Court today issued a sweeping decision in which it declared that bans on same-sex marriage are “discriminatory and unconstitutional.”  The formal ruling was delivered today, but the court made the decision in December. J. Lester Feder reports at Buzzfeed: The ruling not only makes a strong statement about Mexican law’s treatment of equal protection guarantees, it also …