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HRC Head Chad Griffin Calls On NBC To Expose Russia’s Anti-Gay Abuses During Telecasts Of The Sochi Olympics

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REPORT: Russian Skinheads Use Social Media To Lure And Torture LGBT Teens

From the Spectrum Human Rights Alliance, which advocates for LGBT rights in Eastern Europe, comes a horrifying report: Infamous Russian ultranationalist and former skin head, Maxim Martsinkevich, known under the nickname “Cleaver” (or “Tesak” in Russian) spearheaded a country wide campaign against LGBT teens using a popular social network VK.com to lure unsuspected victims through personal ads. Mr. Martsinkevich’s numerous …

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Facebook Graphic Of The Day

Via Memeographs.

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HomoQuotable – Harvey Fierstein

“Mr. Putin’s campaign against lesbian, gay and bisexual people is one of distraction, a strategy of demonizing a minority for political gain taken straight from the Nazi playbook. Can we allow this war against human rights to go unanswered? Although Mr. Putin may think he can control his creation, history proves he cannot: his condemnations are permission to commit violence …

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CRAIGSLIST: MTV Issues Casting Call For Reality Show About Young Gay Athletes

JMG reader Dean noticed this Craigslist posting: NOW CASTING — MTV’S TRUE LIFE: I’M A GAY ATHLETE (USA) Is being gay affecting your game? Is your love for sports interfering with the love of your life? Is your desire to be the MVP keeping you from coming out to your coaches and teammates for fear of losing their acceptance? Are …

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NBA Star Tim Hardaway Becomes First To Sign Florida Marriage Equality Petition

The Huffington Post reports: A former NBA star who once declared “I hate gay people” became the first person to sign a new petition seeking to legalize gay marriage in Florida. Tim Hardaway signed the first petition Wednesday night for Equal Marriage Florida, a fresh effort to repeal a 2008 state amendment banning same-sex unions. He added his name while …

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Meet Alabama’s Prancing Elites

JMG reader Ed tips us to this Jezebel post about Alabama’s all-male cheerleading squad, the Prancing Elites.  I believe the kids would say, “WERK!”  Many more clips can be found on their Facebook page, where they note that NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal recently tweeted out a link saying, “These dudes B jammin.”  I think the music is by sissy bounce …

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NEW YORK: Russian Gays Call For Boycott Of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

A group of LGBT Russians living in the United States is calling for a boycott of the coming Winter Olympics over Russia’s national ban on “homosexual propaganda.” “LGBT people in Russia are scared, they live in fear, and we want people to be aware of the issue. If they feel strongly about human rights they should boycott the Olympics in …

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NFL Players Launch Pride Shirts

The NFL Players Association has launched a line of gay pride shirts on their website. All proceeds from the shirts will go to Athlete Ally, the anti-homophobia in sports organization founded by Hudson Taylor.  Via press release: “I am extremely proud to be a part of this collaboration between Athlete Ally and the NFLPA’s One Team Shop to raise awareness …

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French Olympians Pose As “Imaginary Couple” For Anti-Homophobia Campaign

Pink News reports: Two male French Olympic swimmers have posed in an intimate shot as an “imaginary couple”, as part of a campaign to tackle homophobia, which also features images of Eva Longoria and Lara Fabian. Florent Manaudou and Frédérick Bousquet, posed in the photo, taken by Olivier Ciappa, who also started the campaign. The project is called “imaginary couples”, …

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FRANCE: Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Plan To Disrupt Tour De France Race

On Sunday they disrupted the French Open finals match and now anti-gay marriage protesters say they will do the same at the Tour De France. “From June 29th to July 21st, we will have an incredible global visibility to show our fight against the law,” read a statement on a new Facebook page created to inspire protesters to line the …

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FRANCE: Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Interrupt Finals Match Of French Open

A member of France’s anti-gay marriage group HOMMEN rushed the court waving an ignited smoke torch during the finals match of today’s French Open. CBS News reports: Several protesters, upset by recent legislation in France allowing for same-sex marriages, disrupted the French Open tennis final on Sunday between Rafael Nadal and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Two protesters appeared shirtless in …

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MA Hate Group Demands Red Sox Cancel Pride Night At Fenway Park

Right Wing Watch points us to a campaign by MassResistance, one of the most vile anti-gay hate groups in the nation, which is calling on its supporters to deluge the Red Sox with demands for the cancellation of tonight’s Pride Night at Fenway Park, where recently out NBA player Jason Collins is scheduled to throw out the first pitch. The …

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Joe Namath: Get Over Homophobia

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Orlando And Amsterdam Eliminated As Potential Hosts For Gay Games 2018

The Federation of Gay Games has eliminated the bids of Orlando and Amsterdam to be the host cities of the Gay Games in 2018.  The cities still in the running are London, Paris, and Limerick, Ireland.  Orlando’s bid was endorsed by President Obama earlier this year.  The 2014 Gay Games will be held in Cleveland and Akron.

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NBA Owner Joins Gay Sports Group

Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has joined the advisory board of Athlete Ally, the group founded by collegiate wrestler Hudson Taylor to fight homophobia in sports.  Cuban made most of his fortune in 1999 when he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.9B.

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Fighter Sues Sex Shop For “Ruined” Penis

Mixed martial arts fighter Waylon Lowe is suing a Philadelphia sex shop for selling him a desensitizing lube that he claims caused “catastrophic and permanent damage” to his penis.   Marla Lee, president of the Kama Sutra Co. and Kamsut Inc., which make and market the gel, called Lowe’s claims “flabbergasting.” The gel is one of the 44-year-old company’s original and …

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NOM Applauds Anti-Gay NFL Star

NOM tweeted out the above image this afternoon.

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Robbie Rogers Takes Soccer Field As First Out Male Professional Sports Player

Via the Advocate: Robbie Rogers made history on Sunday as the first openly gay man to play in a game in U.S. professional sports. If there was any concern about whether fans would be supportive, it was eased as the crowd stood and cheered wildly when Rogers took the field during the second half of the L.A. Galaxy’s 4-0 win …

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Openly Gay Pro Soccer Player Robbie Rogers To Join Los Angeles Galaxy

In February pro soccer player Robbie Rogers simultaneously came out and retired from his sport.  But in the wake of the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins, Rogers has reconsidered. This morning USA Today revealed that Rogers has signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He told the world in February that he is gay and at the same moment …

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