Supreme Court To Rule On Disclosing Referendum 71 Signatures, Notre Dame Paper Editorial Board Apologises For Anti-Gay Cartoon, Lady Gaga Hands Up For Equality, James Franco Is Scruffy Sweater Sexy, Bruce Weber All American, Brazil Big Brother Sexiness, Kevin Slack

The United States Supreme Court will now decide whether the names gathering on a petition seeking to overturn a Washington State domestic partnership law can be made public by state election officials, whose public disclosure laws permits the release of voter information. Protect Marriage Washington, who sponsored the anti-gay ballot initiative Referendum 71, want the names of those who supported the petition to remain private, stating that a decision to disclose would in effect “chill free speech ... particularly when it is reasonably probable that those exercising their First Amendment rights would be subjected to threats and harassment.” Arguments will be heard in April and a ruling is likely by June, the decision setting a precedent resonating beyond the state.

Friday, The Observer, the independent student newspaper for the University of Notre Dame, issued an editorial apology for a cartoon that depicted violence against gays. The editorial board said it committed an “egregious error” in judgement allowing the cartoon to run. The cartoon’s creators stated that the panel in question was meant to address homophobia and intolerance on campus, but was in fact humourless and offensive.

Lady Gaga will be appearing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Saturday, at the Hands Up for Marriage Equality Benefit, helping to raise both awareness and funds for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered advocacy groups in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Gaga said she was “honoured to be able to continue to raise awareness and money for this cause and these outstanding organizations. Organizations like these are in the trenches every day working on behalf of all of us whether you are LGBT or straight. Equal and full civil right are supposed to be for all of us.”

James Franco, funny on Thursday’s 30 Rock, out and about in Los Angeles, California, caught at the Chateau Marmont.

The influential photographer Bruce Weber – an artist and personal favourite since the nineteen eighties, who creative and editorial work has created a new language not only in the medium of photography, but film – has just released his ninth edition of All-American, an annual almanac of poetry, photography, and profiles.

Toronto based photographer Kevin Slack captures Cuban beautiful young men on the farm.

The boys from Brazil’s Big Brother sizzle in teeny, tiny, tight swimsuits.