Malawi Government Officials Think Gays Are This Side Of Stupid, Pushing Back Against Gay Conversion Therapy, The Many Man Smells Of Chace Crawford, River Viiperi A Tangier Boy, Cole Mohr Cowboy, Moritz Mitterbauer

Malawi government official Kingsley Namakhwa said Tuesday that gay activists in the country who are anonymously mounting a campaign for gay rights are breaking the law, and he encouraged the unknown organization to “come out in the open,” reminding them that homosexuality and/or the promotion of homosexuality is illegal, because you know us gays, we're not that smart and certain to fall for that kind of cartoon cleverness.

Peter Strudwick, the British journalist whose undercover reporting on reparative therapy and the continual practice by members of the English psychiatric society I posted last week, talks about the response – overwhelmingly angry and rightly outraged – and of his creation of a Facebook page – Stop Conversion Therapy Taskforce – determined to do something to eradicate the horribly destructive and medically denounced treatment.

Chace Crawford – post Celebrity Beach Bowl – back up on the balcony of his South Beach hotel, on an iPhone, smelling the stink and shuffling the package.

The ridiculously hot River Viiperi, who gives new meaning to the words smoking and sexy, not to mention the phrase "must have that."

Cute Cole Mohr is a Psycho Cowboy.

Meet male model Moritz Mitterbauer, a sizzling 19 year old newcomer.

Brendan Burke Laid To Rest, New Hampshire Votes Against Gay Marriage Repeal Attempts, Is Big Bang Theory Sheldon Gay, The Gayest Olympic Games Yet

Hundreds turned out Tuesday morning in Canton, Massachusetts to attend the funeral of Brendan Burke, the 21 year old, who was killed in a car accident Friday in Indiana, along with his passenger, 18 year old Mike A. Reedy. Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian, came out publically in November, 2009, and had aspirations to change from the inside out, the culture of homophobia prevalent in hockey. Father James McCune told the mourners at St. John the Evangelist Church that “we are plunged into darkness. Nothing can prepare us for the death of a much-loved and widely admired young person. And Brendan Burke was certainly both.” McCune added that “Brendan’s public admission of his sexual orientation is widely credited with nudging hockey forward in overcoming its sometimes homophobic culture.”

Thankfully, a New Hampshire House committee recommended against repealing the state’s five week old gay marriage law. The Judiciary Committee Tuesday also voted to recommend that the House deny a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage in the state as that only existing between a man and a woman.

Is Sheldon, the character played to perfection by Jim Parsons on The Big Bang Theory, gay? Series creator Chuck Lorre will not say, exactly, nor will Parsons. A better question: when is Jim Parsons coming out already?

The Winter Olympics interest me not. The costs, the faked nationalism, the curling; it all adds to nothing short of nothing at all. Nonetheless, according to reports these games – the Vancouver Olympic Games – may well be the gayest Games ever.

Iowa Legislators Reject Republican Attempts To Debate Gay Marriage, New Hampshire Likely To Do Same, Lt. Dan Choi Redeployed, Frankie “Suicide” Kararian Leaked Nudes, Matthew Coatsworth, Tyler Lough Nude, Bradley Cooper Valentine’s Day Premier Tanner Failure

Thankfully, both the Iowa House and Senate Tuesday rejected Republican attempts to expedite a resolution that would prevent same sex couples from enjoying equal marriage rights as though enjoyed by opposite sex couples. The Republican move, meant to have the issue on the calendar for debate in this legislative session, was seen by most Iowans as both mean-spirited and misdirected, since most contend the issue of gay marriage does not merit debate, and that constituents want legislators to focus on the economy. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in April, 2009 that basic fairness and constitutional equal protection require that gay couples be allowed the right to marry.

In New Hampshire Tuesday, a House committee will recommend whether the state’s five week old gay marriage law should be repealed. The Judiciary committee will also vote on whether to support a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, but it is highly unlikely that either will pass.

For reasons that remain slightly unclear, Lieutenant Dan Choi, the face and most vocal opponent of efforts to repeal the military ban on gays serving openly, has been called back into active duty. Choi, who outed himself during an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, was to have been discharged under the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” but is instead, as of last Friday, redeployed.

Professional wrestler Frankie “Suicide” Kararian has some nude iPhone photos, and they have been leaked, so to speak. (So NSFW)

More Matthew Coatsworth, the 22 year old London, Ontario native who is fast becoming a major male model.

The terribly cute Tyler Lough stars in a new fashion video for XXOO – a young women’s line – but all you need to know is that it is Tyler and he is nude.(NSFW)

I like Bradley Cooper and wish his well on his journey out, but Bradley dear, the bronzer, when applied, needs to appear seamless. If not, it looks silly and people point and laugh, not with you, but at you sweetie.

Frontline Report From Uganda, ACLU Accuses Instructor Of Religious Indoctrination And Homophobia, Garden State Equality Severs Political Contributions, Rhode Island Governor Candidates Pledge Allegiance To Gay Marriage, Brett Corrigan Celebrations, Levi Johnston Playgirl Cover, Taylor Lautner Super Bowl Drama, Chace Crawford

The first in a series of reports from Uganda on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 and the climate it has cultivated, exploring the country’s exaggerated culture of Christianity and the existence (or lack thereof) of a gay community.

The America Civil Liberties Union late Monday accused a Fresno City College science instructor of teaching religious interpretations of abortion and homosexuality as fact. Bradley Lopez has been the subject of several student complaints, some of who contend Lopez stated that human life begins at conception and that homosexuality is a mental illness that degrades society. The ACLU contends Lopez is in violation of California law that protects gays from facing discrimination and prohibits religious indoctrination at public schools.

Garden State Equality, the largest gay advocacy group in New Jersey, announced Monday that it intends to suspend donations to all political parties after being betrayed by Democratic legislators who failed last month to pass a measure legalizing gay marriage.

Marriage Equality Rhode Island has secured a promise from three candidates running for state governor that they will sign into law a gay marriage measure should it be passed by the House and Senate. Attorney General Patrick Lynch and General Treasurer Frank Caprio, each Democrats, as well as former Senator Lincoln Chafee, an independent, have also agreed to attend a gay marriage rally at the statehouse on March 3rd. Rhode Island remains the lone New England state not to have legalized same sex marriage.

23 year old gay porn star Brent Corrigan is appearing at this year’s Australian Gay Mardi Gras celebrations, and in anticipation Corrigan talks about barebacking, career changes he wants to make, and marriage.

In case you are not familiar with Corrigan, who bears a striking resemblance to Zac Efron, if Zac were out and often naked, this handy pictorial of the beautiful Brent and his best features. (NSFW)

The resurrected Playgirl magazine is published February 23rd, featuring Levi Johnston, but there is still an absence of penis.

Taylor Lautner: diva.

Chace Crawford was in Miami, Florida over the weekend, celebrating the Super Bowl festivities, which for Chace apparently means standing on the balcony of his hotel, in his underwear, throwing quarters. Chace’s unidentified boyfriend was also there, as well as the couple’s beard Blake Lively.

Someone Suggests Brendan Burke’s Life Not Notable, Vodafone Twitter Homophobia Underscores Inanity Of Social Media Marketing, San Francisco School Board Considers Strengthening LGBTQ Support, k.d. lang Recollects, Brazil Locker Room Fantasises, Drew Brees Dove Man, Peyton Manning

Someone has recommended Brendan Burke’s Wikipedia page be considered for deletion, suggesting he and his life, which ended tragically Friday afternoon, is not notable.

Vodafone, a United Kingdom carrier with a sustainably less than stellar reputation, was forced Friday to issue an apology after the telecommunication’s official Twitter page posted a message during the early afternoon that read “Vodafone UK is fed up of dirty homos and is going after beaver.” Minutes later the post was deleted. The company issued an apology – individually, to all 8,824 of the Twitter page followers, saying “we weren’t hacked. A severe breach of rules by staff in our building, dealing with that internally. We’re very sorry.” The individual, working for the company’s web team, has been suspended pending further investigation.

San Francisco School Board Tuesday will consider whether to add a full time employee to manage “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning” youth student issues to the district’s Student Support Services Department. The proposed resolution – which is costly, given the financial crisis facing most California public institutions - will require the district to track discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation as well as distribute educational material to parents, encouraging them to discuss with their children “issues of sexuality, gender identity and safety.”

k.d. lang releases a new retrospective album Tuesday, titled Recollection, and the 49 year old pop cultural pioneer from Consort, Alberta, who insists she always knew she’d be famous, talks about finding lasting love, Cindy Crawford, and meeting an early, interesting Madonna.

An odd fashion spread, from Brazilian magazine Fashion Forward, a series of locker room fantasies seen from a female point of view, featuring a bevy of hot boys. (NSFW)

Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints, winners of Super Bowl XLIV, besting the Indianapolis Colts 31-17, and to Drew Brees, the game’s MVP. Dove for Men, hyper masculine, introduces a new commercial starring Brees, showering, oddly in his shorts, but there is enough gratuitous male flesh to satisfy us all.

The Saints might have won, and yes, Peyton Manning threw the worst pass of his career to date to guarantee the New Orleans victory, but Manning still (and will always) holds a place deep within my heart – and elsewhere.

Tim Tebow And Mother Pam Matched February 7th, 2010

There are many ways in which one could respond to the Focus on the Family commercial featuring 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam, the careful and oh so and subtle anti-abortion advertisement. For me, however, it is a much more disturbing eHarmony.com moment – an oedipal match made somewhere.

San Francisco Chronicle Outs Proposition 8 Justice Vaughn Walker Who Was Never In, Harriet Harman Fights For Equality In England, Ben Whishaw Has The Pride, Former MLB Pitcher Opens Off-Broadway, Lasses Pederson, Andy Roddick Super Parties

Another of the worst kept secrets spilled: the San Francisco Chronicle reports that United States Chief Justice Vaughn Walker, the judge presiding over the federal court case challenging the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban is himself gay. According to the article, Walker, a George Herbert Walker Bush appointee in 1989, is as matter of fact of his sexual orientation as one can be, and that there is not now nor has there been, an obvious bias in his courtroom.

Harriet Harman, the British Labour Party deputy leader, and author of the equality bill currently before parliament that to call ambitious is to make a big understatement. Most importantly, and most troubling to critics, is that the new anti-discrimination measure introduces into the language of the law the idea of “protected characteristic” including age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs or lack thereof, and sexual orientation. Despite calls from critics – including the Pope – that the bill is neo-Orwellian, it is an actual revolutionary political act, and is about accepting responsibility to reduce inequality by all branches of society.

Ben Whishaw stars on Broadway in The Pride, currently in previews, the story of two gay men living in two different centuries – both played Ben –named Oliver who struggle with the emotional costs and crisis of a pre-Stonewall romance (1958) and the post-Stonewall psychosexual consequences (2008). Hugh Dancy stars as Whishaw’s lover in each.

Icon Lady Bunny, Tina McKissick and, making his debut, former third round drafted Detroit Tiger pitcher Matthew Pender, opened last night Off-Broadway in a new play by William Wyatt titled When Joey Married Bobby. A comic tale of gay marriage, I think I would see it if only for the tall drink of water that is Mr. Matthew Pender.

Lasses Pedersen, a rather cute red head, for Lacoste spring and summer 2010.

Andy Roddick, un-manscaped, in Lacoste, last night in Miami, at CAA Super Bowl fete at the W Hotel.