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Andrew Sullivan gets the much-coveted (if unsurprising) quote via an email from Cooper. The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a …

Both CNN and Fox News jumped the gun and wrongly posted reports that Obamacare had been struck down. But it’s CNN that is bearing the brunt of the mocking on Twitter.

I strongly recommend checking out Salon’s excellent examination of the self-hating gay men who cause enormous damage to the LGBT community from inside their pathetic closets. Many of those cited have been well-documented here on JMG.

It was June 27th, 1969. The day that the fags, dykes, and queens of New York City finally said “Enough!” For some historical perspective, I’m once again posting the story that the New York Daily News ran about the Stonewall Riots. Note how the story drips with condescension and ridicule. We’ve come a long, long way in 43 years and …

Minneapolis’ City Pages has published a lengthy look at Archbishop John Neinstedt and the Catholic Church’s local campaign against gay people. An excerpt: The archbishop began his tenure by writing a piece in the Catholic Spirit claiming that those “who actively encourage or promote homosexual acts … formally cooperate in a grave evil, and … are guilty of mortal sin.” …

As part of their gay pride edition, today the New York Observer posted a lengthy piece on the changing ways that the media handles closeted celebrities. An excerpt: With the number of prying media outlets—TMZ, Perez Hilton, Gawker, TV newsmagazines like Extra, a vivified set of glossy tabloids—growing seemingly by the week, celebrities have come up with a new strategy …

Over the past few years I’ve probably excerpted the excellent work of gay reporter Chris Geidner hundreds of times via his gig at Washington DC’s MetroWeekly. Today Geidner moves up to a much bigger audience. Chris Geidner joins BuzzFeed as Senior Political Reporter and will continue his aggressive, news-driven coverage of politics and policies of LGBT issues and of the …

For those wondering, the reporter that so rudely interrupted the president’s speech was Neil Munro from the anti-gay Daily Caller, the teabagger site founded by Tucker Carlson. Obama properly and angrily smacked him down, but let’s hope Jay Carney is booting Munro from the White House press corps right now. UPDATE: Carney is already on it.UPDATE II: Even Fox News …

Politicker reports that the Ron Paul campaign is complaining that the media only focuses on his fringe supporters. And they don’t even do that about gay people anymore. “Shirtless hunks in leather tutus and motorcycling ‘Dykes on Bikes’ are no longer the point of the gay-rights spear,” Mr. Westover wrote. “It’s the gay lawyer/gay accountant, lesbian legislator/lesbian physician–same-sex couples with …

It’s actually pretty good. “BOOKER!” Made for the New Jersey Press Association Legislative Correspondents Club Show.

“What immediately became a meme amongst those criticizing Dan is that those who walked out of his talk felt bullied by him. But that’s impossible. People get bullied because of who they are: how they look and act, what they say and do. Perceived as being in some critical way weak or lacking, victims of bullies are selected for persecution; …

Yesterday many of the most widely read anti-gay sites in the nation launched a campaign against Dan Savage over comments he made two weeks ago during a speech before the National High School Journalism Conference. After Savage, with his usual frankness, pointed out the hypocrisy with which hate groups cherry-pick anti-gay quotes from the Bible, some of the students got …

It was an OK set, but not up to Seth Myers in 2011. Stick around for the digs at Ladybird Bachmann.

Seattle Stranger reporter Eli Sanders has won the Pulitzer Prize for his story about the woman who survived an attacker who raped and killed her partner. (In 2009 the killer told the court: “God told me to rape and kill those lesbians.”) Here’s an excerpt from Sanders’ article: The reason for her sitting on the witness stand of a packed …

Venerable CBS newsman Mike Wallace died last night at the age of 93. A special program dedicated to Wallace will be broadcast on 60 Minutes next Sunday, April 15. Wallace was as famous as the leaders, newsmakers and celebrities who suffered his blistering interrogations, winning awards and a reputation for digging out the hidden truth on Sunday nights in front …

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 …

Here’s a shot of this weekend’s 2012 Haas Convening, where LGBT journalists gathered in Houston for training and updates on the movement’s latest issues. Attending were such well-known bloggers as Jeremy Hooper (Good As You), Bil Browning (Bilerico Project), David Badash (New Civil Rights Movement), Rod McCollum (Rod 2.0), Zack Ford (Think Progress), Noah Michelson (HuffPo Gay Voices) and Scott …

We had a great turnout of handsome guys for the JMG meetup in Houston last night! Too many names to remember, save the very notable presence of openly gay Fort Worth Councilman Joel Burns, whose poignant anti-bullying video went globally viral in October 2010. Fantastic to meet him and all of the rest of you! Also: Ow, my head! Thanks …