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Yesterday New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn became the highest-profile legally married gay politician in the nation. Quinn walked down the aisle in a cream-colored gown designed by New York-based Carolina Herrera, with a one-of-a-kind decorative hair comb by Lulu Frost, fashioned out of family heirlooms. Catullo wore a silk suit designed by Bronx native Ralph Lauren. Both women, …

“The people who go know they are not witnessing a wedding. I will be at a bar [on Saturday] watching the Preakness. The horses are a lot more fun – and it’s real.” – Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue, who wasn’t fucking invited to NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s totally legal and real wedding anyway.

Clip description: “Australian Finance Minister Penny Wong delivers a dignified and emotionally powerful response to Joe Hockey after a question about same-sex parenting on the ABC TV show Q&A. This happened live on TV and Twitter went mad.”

Yesterday the New York Times revealed that NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn will marry her girlfriend next month in Manhattan. After years of advocating for the right of gay men and lesbians to marry, Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council, is about to become one of the most prominent elected officials in the nation to …

The Victory Fund writes us to announce that yesterday Pennsylvania elected its first-ever openly gay member of the state legislature. Brian Sims tonight has won a decisive Democratic primary in his Philadelphia district and will become Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state representative. Sims defeated a longtime incumbent to capture the Democratic nomination in the heavily Democratic District 182, and will …

In a just-published poll conducted by NY1, openly lesbian NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads the next-closest presumed Democratic 2013 mayoral candidate by 20 points. The NY1-Marist poll released Monday found that 32 percent of city Democrats say they’d support Quinn in the 2013 primary. Former city comptroller and 2009 Democratic candidate Bill Thompson follows with 12 percent, and Public …

As I mentioned yesterday, openly gay Houston Mayor Annise Parker provided the welcoming speech for this weekend’s convention of LGBT journalists. Miami Herald reporter Steve Rothaus recorded the speech. His clip description: Houston Mayor Annise Parker speaks at the 2012 National LGBT Editor/Blogger Convening about being elected to a second term; her longtime life partner Kathy Hubbard and being co-chair …

Sean Patrick Maloney, the openly gay former aide to New York governors Spitzer and Paterson, has announced his intent to run for Congress. The Advocate reports that Maloney wants the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey, whose district includes Binghamton and Poughkeepsie. RELATED: Longtime JMG readers may recall that we closely followed Maloney’s 2006 bid for New …

“At a personal level, I wish I had spoken out against the effort. As I’ve been involved in the fight for marriage equality, one of the things I’ve learned is how many people were harmed by the campaigns in which I was involved. I apologize to them and tell them I am sorry. While there have been recent victories, this …

After years of feeding this blog press releases in his Communications Director roles with the Human Rights Campaign and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Trevor Thomas has declared his candidacy for Congress. Thomas will run against Michigan GOP incumbent Rep. Justin Amash, who won his first term during the 2010 surge of the Tea Party. Considered to be a hardcore …

Finland’s openly gay presidential candidate lost his runoff election yesterday. Sauli Niinisto won 63 percent of the votes, compared to 37 percent for his rival, Greens candidate Pekka Haavisto, official results showed with 100 percent of ballots counted. The 63-year-old Niinisto will be the first president from the conservative National Coalition Party since 1956, and the first in 30 years …

NY Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell married John Banta, his partner of 32 years, at a massive NYC event last weekend. The New York Times traces the beginning and course of their relationship in today’s Weddings section. Hit the link. NOTE: In case you’re new to JMG, O’Donnell is considered one of the chief architects of marriage equality in New York state, …

In perhaps their most dishonest twisting of somebody’s words yet, NOM is demanding that NJ Gov. Chris Christie withdraw the state Supreme Court nomination of Bruce Harris because he supposedly compared Christianity to slavery. Chris Christie has been the hope of millions of Americans across the country looking for honest conservative leadership. Last week we asked you to thank Gov. …

“Moving forward I believe the best thing that we can do is to honor her strength, and conviction, and her leadership, by getting somebody, quickly, because we don’t have much time, into that seat who is going to carry forward in the tradition of moderate, bipartisan, common sense governance that she did so well for Southern Arizona.” – Openly gay …

Yesterday New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell and his partner John Banta finally got their marriage license after 31 years together. As has been well documented on this blog, O’Donnell is one of the chief architects of marriage equality in New York, having led his chamber to approve the issue in three consecutive years. O’Donnell and Banta were at the City …

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated an out gay black man to the state Supreme Court. Bruce Harris was just elected as mayor of Chatham, New Jersey in November, prompting the Victory Fund to declare him to be the nation’s first out gay black Republican mayor. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly. Garden State Equality executive director Steven Goldstein …

Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s first openly gay presidential candidate, finished in second place yesterday. Since no candidate earned more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place. Sauli Niinisto, a former finance minister, won 37 percent of the vote, well ahead of the other candidates but short of the majority needed to avoid a second round, official preliminary …