Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Yesterday 724 runners raced up the 1576 steps to the top of the Empire State Building. The winners in both the men’s and women’s races were Australians. Via Gothamist: The top spots went to two folks from Down Under. Mark Bourne, 29, was the winning man with a time of 10 minutes and 12 seconds while Suzy Walsham, 39, clocked …

Back in October, the Ukrainian Parliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of a bill that would ban “gay propaganda.”  But final passage of that bill has since been stalled after it appeared to threaten Ukraine’s long-desired membership in the European Union.  Yesterday Ukraine flip-flopped. Ukraine’s foreign minister Leonid Kozhara stated that a law prohibiting discrimination against gays will be adopted …

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The Los Angeles Times breaks the story: In the midst of renewed public outrage over its handling of the priest molestation cases, the Los Angeles Archdiocese is considering a $200-million fund-raising campaign. The archdiocese has hired a New York company, Guidance in Giving, to study the feasibility of a capital campaign that would shore up the church’s finances. The archdiocese …

Clip description: For Valentine’s Day, here’s a touch of Hitchcock. Psychiatrist Ingrid Bergman treats and falls in love with an amnesic and possibly homicidal doctor played by Gregory Peck in David O. Selznick’s lavish production of Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND (1945). With Oscar nominated support from legendary Russian actor Michael Chekhov and a haunting — and Oscar winning score — by …

Multiple law enforcement agencies across southern California are conducting a joint manhunt for a former Los Angeles cop suspected of murdering three people, including a member of the LAPD. Local news outlets have published a lengthy manifesto from Christopher Dorner, 33, in which he vows revenge on lesbian, Latino, and Asian members of the police. An excerpt: Those Hispanic officers …

This afternoon major airlines announced the cancellation of over 1000 flights in advance of the arrival of tomorrow’s nor’easter. Already, as of 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 1,000 U.S. flights have been canceled for Friday, according to FlightAware. The bulk of that total comes at Northeast airports that are likely to see severe weather. Among those is Newark …

The Indiana legislature will not ask voters to ban same-sex marriage. Not this year, at least. Earlier today legislative leaders from both the Senate and House announced that they will not move forward a bill this year that would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would deny any recognition of gay and lesbian couples and their families. There …

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