South African Considering Appointing Homophobe As Ambassador To Uganda, Unseating New Jersey Senator Keen, Profiling Vaughn Walker, Anderson Cooper Tight Tee Shirted Haiti Heroics, Prince William And Sausage Security Scare, DSquared2 Fall Fashion, Coachella Announced

South Africa’s The Star reports that the nation’s Democratic Alliance pleaded with President Jacob Zuma not to appoint one Joe Qwelane as the South African ambassador to Uganda because it would appear as an endorsement of that country’s continual efforts to persecute and purge homosexuality since Qwelane is a notorious, well-documented homophobe. Democratic Alliance spokesperson Lindiwe Mazibuko said that Qwelane is “a committed homophobe and his appointment could be seen as a tacit endorsement of the repressive stance Uganda is taking on homosexuality.”

The Ashbury Park Press reports that the nascent organization to unseat New Jersey Republican Senator Sean Keen has already captured the attention of donors and of political candidates, eager to campaign for the freshman Senator’s seat. Keen, who gave an odd, patronizing speech prior to the vote, voted no on a measure before the Senate to legalize same sex marriage in the state.

As week two of the federal trial challenging the constitutional validity of Proposition 8 begins in a San Francisco court room, the Associated Press’s Lisa Leff profiles presiding Chief United States District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is very much an original.

Anderson Cooper continues to self-advertise as the husband we all want, AC’s heroics in Haiti a reminder that no one does more and looks as going doing it.

There was a scare in Wellington, New Zealand, as a man armed with sausages – sizzlers, according to the report - breeched security at a barbeque at the official residence of Prime Minister John Key thrown in honour of second in line to the throne Prince William. No one was injured.

Canadian cuties Dean and Dan Caten, now residents of Milan, Italy, showed their DSquared2 fall and winter 2010 collection at Milan’s fashion week, the runway replete with male model goodness.

The Coachella 2010 line up has been announced, the three day festival in the California desert featuring Echo and the Bunnymen, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, La Roux, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Sly and the Family Stone, and Thom Yorke, among many, many more.