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Former Log Cabin Republicans president Gregory Angelo and his cabal of self-loathing Quislings have launched a petition to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell which demands that he refuse to allow a vote on the Equality Act.  “We, the undersigned members of the gay community, formally ask that Leader McConnell never bring the Equality Act up for a vote in the …

Bil Browning reports at LGBTQ Nation: Totally-not-gay-at-all former Republican Congressman Aaron Schock was snapped poolside at the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood by a gay tourist visiting from New York. The loathed closet case was accompanied by an attractive speedo-clad young gay man who was on Scruff while they lounged by the pool. Later he was spotted chatting up and …

The Daily Beast reports: A pair of right-wing provocateurs are being accused of attempting to recruit young Republican men to level false allegations of sexual assault against Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. The details of the operatives’ attempt emerged as one man suddenly surfaced with a vague and uncorroborated allegation that Buttigieg had assaulted him. The claim was retracted hours …

Last week homocon former Rep. Aaron Schock lit up the internet after he was photographed with a crew of muscular gay men at California’s Coachella music festival. A video that surfaced a day later showed a shirtless Schock with his hand shoved down the front of one man’s pants as they made out.  Today JMG reader Wilson tips us that …

Wehoville reports: What happens at Coachella doesn’t stay at Coachella, to the likely disappointment of Keith Anthony, a gay West Hollywood fitness trainer and member of the city’s Business License Commission. Anthony and his boyfriend, Tyler Tixier, were photographed hanging out at the desert music festival this past weekend with Aaron Schock, the former GOP congressman from Illinois who is …

CNBC reports: The Alliance of American Football will suspend all football operations on Tuesday, according to NBC Sports affiliate ProFootballTalk. Founded and led by television producer Charlie Ebersol, the Alliance of American Football is also backed in part by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, The Chernin Group, and venture capitalist Keith Rabois. CBS signed on as the official TV partner for …

“The thing is, it [the political left] needs to burn. I used to think you could reform it, and that’s why I was like, ‘OK, if I stay in this thing, we can fix this.’ But what I’ve realized is that every time there’s been a chance where they should look in the mirror –  ‘Trump got elected president, maybe …

Courthouse News reports: A Virginia federal judge ruled on Friday a defamation suit can move forward against Alex Jones, former Florida Rep. Allen West and other right-wing commentators who claimed a former State Department official was a “deep state” operative after he posted video online that showed a white supremacist plow his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia in …

Vox reports: New York City’s prominent LGBTQ event space The Center, which bills itself as “the heart and home of NYC’s LGBT community,” sparked a major controversy this week for holding an upcoming event by a right-wing organization, the #WalkAway campaign, geared toward convincing LGBTQ people to leave the Democratic Party. Twitter users started to call attention to the March …

Deutsche Welle reports: Wolfgang Kubicki, the deputy chairman of the opposition Free Democrats (FDP), said Richard Grenell’s repeated interference in German sovereignty should prompt Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to immediately declare Grenell persona non grata. “Any US diplomat who acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power must learn that our tolerance also knows its limits,” said Kubicki, who …

Former Log Cabin president Gregory Angelo writes: Don’t be fooled by the name: The Equality Act is legislation that would compromise American civil rights and religious liberty as we know it. All reasonable Americans, especially gay Americans who support pluralism and tolerance, should oppose it. In 1975, when it was first introduced in Congress, this legislation was certainly more needed …

Two weeks ago the Australian government banned homocon Milo Yiannopoulos from entering the country over anti-Semitic comments and unpaid bills owed to police for his 2017 visit, which drew hundreds of protesters. The ban was going to be reversed after pressure from right wing lawmakers until last night. ABC News Australia reports: Milo Yiannopoulos has been banned from entering Australia …

The Sydney Morning Herald reports: The Morrison government has banned right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from entering Australia in a fresh crackdown likely to infuriate his conservative supporters but please critics who believe he is anti-Semitic. The Sydney Morning Herald can reveal the controversial speaker was told this week his visa application had been rejected and he cannot enter Australia. In …

Buzzfeed News reports: Questioned in court last week about his recent Instagram post featuring a photo of the judge presiding over his case with what resembled a crosshairs symbol, Roger Stone said under oath that a “volunteer” found the image. He insisted he couldn’t recall who exactly, though, and struggled to identify the five or six people he said were …

USA Today reports: A former congressman who resigned under pressure in 2015 after lavish spending that included remodeling his office in the style of the television series “Downton Abbey” failed to win a reprieve Tuesday at the Supreme Court. Aaron Schock of Illinois, a former rising Republican star first elected to the House of Representatives at the age of 27, …

Former Log Cabin Republicans president Gregory Angelo has written a typically stupid piece of gaslighting for Fox News: Despite false accusations made against him, Mike Pence is not anti-gay. As a gay man myself – and someone who not only cares deeply about these issues but advocated on behalf of the LGBT community myself for years – this is not …

The Associated Press reports: The building that helped Donald Trump make a name for himself in his first big deal in Manhattan is being sold to developers who plan to tear it down. Developer TF Cornerstone said Thursday that it and a group managing billionaire Michael Dell’s money have agreed to buy the Grand Hyatt New York next to Grand …

Glorious Leader just tweeted out a screencap of fawning Drudge Report headlines, including one that refers to him as “Teflon Donald.” That one, of course, is a take on the media nickname bestowed upon notorious mafia kingpin John Gotti, who had managed to escape imprisonment despite multiple trials. That is, until 1992, when Gotti was finally convicted. He died in …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: Jerome Corsi and one of his lawyers are threatening to sue The Gateway Pundit, an outlet that had been overwhelmingly supportive of Corsi before he began cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Larry Klayman, the departed founder of Judicial Watch who is representing Corsi as …

Der Spiegel reports: Because the ambassador was unwilling to grant an interview, DER SPIEGEL focused its reporting on conversations with more than 30 sources who have come into contact with Grenell. These include numerous American and German diplomats, cabinet members, lawmakers, high-ranking officials, lobbyists and think tank experts. They were all willing to speak openly but did not want to …