New York Gay Marriage Update, Prop 8 Plaintiffs Seek Full Disclosure, ACLU Sides With Prop 8 Proponents, China, Alaska U, Arthur Sales, Most Wanted

According to the Albany Times-Union, New York State “Senate sources say a debate and vote on gay marriage is still likely to follow close upon the heels of passage of the 2.8 billion deficit package currently being hammered into vote-ready form. Another sign … Ruben Diaz is praying (and calling around).”

The Los Angeles Times reports that team of attorneys representing the two gay couples challenging Proposition 8 voter initiative banning same sex marriage in the state of California, were in a federal appeals court Tuesday in Pasadena, arguing that they require access to the internal campaign communications of the proponents of the legislation in order to prove that the ballot measure was passed with “discriminatory intent.”

The American Civil Liberties Union, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, is siding with proponents of Proposition 8, the ACLU’s Northern California chapter, which supports same sex marriage and is backing the lawsuit, filed arguments that forcing full disclosure of campaign communications could corrupt the principles of free speech while planning a political campaign.

The announcement that a Chinese government backed gay bar was to be opened in the city of Dali, in the Yunnan province to offer education and support on and for HIV/AIDS drew so much media attention, that if frightened the very audience it meant to attract, the gay men in the area shying away from its official opening on December 1st, World AIDS Day.

A University of Alaska gay student group is asking authorities to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Gay-Straight Alliance asked the Board of Regents to consider the request at an annual meeting to be held in February. Currently, the University bans discrimination based on race and religion, but not sexual orientation or gender identity.

Meet male model and Brazilian boy Arthur Sales.

VMAN and artist Richard Phillips offers a series of pastel portraits featuring Chace Crawford, Zac Efron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, and Robert Pattinson, titled Most Wanted, which will be on view at the White Cube installation at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida, in addition to the magazine.