More on brave British Trooper Ben Rakestrow from the Daily Mail, and the response since Rakestrow came out, the Trooper photographed at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with his pink quilt atop his cot adorned with an image of Zac Efron.
A report from the Washington Post on Catholic University’s CUAllies, a small gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered student run advocacy group, with roughly forty or so members, that despite opposition from the school’s administration – their application to be formally recognized as an official student organization was recently rejected – continues to work to welcome, affirm, and protect the campuses gay students and staff members. The opposition to the CUAllies mirrors in large part the continuing ideological battle between gays and religion, because had the University approved the group’s application it would have appeared as though it were sanctioning homosexuality, which the Catholic Church continues to oppose. However, as CUAllies founder Robby Diesu says “we might not be an official group, but we’re winning. We have our own community … It’s empowering.”
From Belfast, Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph on the official opening of the first LGBT Centre in that city, housing the Cara-Friend, The Rainbow Project, and Lesbian Advocacy Services.
Andrew Grande, a 23 year old Panama City Beach, Florida man, who worked in gay porn as Dustin Michaels, died early Friday morning in a horrific incident caught on camera. After being pursued by police, Grande ingested a plastic bag containing marijuana, and while resisting arrest, was tasered by attending officers. Grande began choking, and despite the efforts of the police, Grande died. The report from the NBC affiliate WJHG contains the disturbing footage of the grotesque moments, captured by a camera crew that was filming the police department for an upcoming reality show.
A preview from USA Today of the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, the MGM magical musical episode that will feature, in addition to a number of revelations, an arrangement featuring 65 dancers and a 55 member orchestra.
I love Ugly Betty, this season the show’s best since its inception, and in addition to be rewarded by ABC with a timeslot shift from Friday to Wednesday, the show is welcoming the incomparable Jesse Tyler Ferguson, so great on Modern Family, back as Betty’s orthodontist! Entertainment Weekly has all the details.
The new trailer from ABC for Lost, and as a warning, it contains images some might find disturbing.
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