Elsewhere…
New York – Surprise! Ricky Martin actually came out! Will it be a “watershed” moment for LGBT Puerto Ricans? (Hint: only if Martin starts using his bully pulpit as the biggest star from Puerto Rico) (Yahoo News, EDGE)
D.C. – Retired Marine general “sorry” for blaming the Srebrenica massacre on gays in the Dutch army. (Towleroad)
Florida – Exodus International steps up its opposition to Uganda’s anti-gay bill, after some board members seem to have had a hand in getting the proposed legislation off the ground in the first place. (The Box Turtle Bulletin)
Florida – The Bilerico Project calls on the IRS to investigate a church organizing a campaign against a gay mayoral candidate in Gainsville. Problem is, several laws on the books make it nearly impossible for the IRS to successfully act against politically active churches. (The Bilerico Project, the Minnesota Independent)
Michigan – Speaking of Christianist extremists: the “Hutaree” militia group charged with plotting to assassinate police officers and bomb their funerals have had their website (presumably a forum) spammed with lots of gay porn. (The Advocate)
Georgia – Derrick Martin talks to The Advocate about fighting against his parents and his whole town to go to the prom with his boyfriend. (The Advocate)
Oklahoma – State legislature FAIL – In attempting to ban enforcement of federal hate crimes statutes protecting LGBT Americans, legislators have instead dropped protections based on race and religion by accident. (Towleroad)
California – Gay rights activist leading the charge against a Presbyterian minister who performed same-gender marriages (illegal in the Presbyterian church) while those marriages were legal in California. (Joe.My.God)