Vancouver Hosts Anti-Homophobia Conference For LGBT High School Students, American Student Non-Discrimination Act Proposed, Calls To Pull Anti-Transgendered Film From Tribeca Film Festival, Clint Eastwood To Direct Dustin Lance Black Written J. Edgar Hoover Film, Not Nearly Enough Francisco Lachowski, Saluting Sam Worthington. Kellan Lutz

From Vancouver, British Columbia, a report on Wednesday’s Dare to Stand Out anti-homophobic conference, an estimated 200 teenagers in attendance. Organized by the Vancouver school board’s anti-homophobia and diversity coordinator, Steve Mulligan, the conference aimed to afford students the tools and by extension the confidence to make schools more inclusive, Mulligan saying that it was also “to give students who regularly feel quite alone and isolated a feeling of having kindred souls, and others they can identify with. Research shows things like dropping out of school, substance abuse, suicide – all of these things are much more prevalent among queer kids.” Although there have been similar conferences for teachers, this was the first for students.

In the light of the Constance McMillen, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging support of the proposed Student Non-Discrimination Act – HR 4530 – that would offer protection to LGBT students or those perceived to be in all K-12 public schools throughout the United States.

GLAAD is demanding the film Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives be pulled from the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, arguing that despite the protests of the filmmaker, the movie is not pro-transgendered, but instead a movie that “misrepresent the lives of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions of violence against transgender women in ways that make light of the horrific brutality they all too often face.” Writer and director Israel Luna insists that the film, a homage to 70’s exploitation films, is an empowering examination of the plight of transgendered women, GLADD thankfully – and rightly – contend that anti-LGBT hate crimes are so serious as to not translate into a cheap swipe at camp.

Clint Eastwood is set to direct the Dustin Lance Black written biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, the film following Hoover from the founding of the FBI in 1935 through his tenure of its head until his death in 1972. According to Black, the film will address the rumours that Hoover, an ally of self-loathing anti-gay attorney Roy Cohn, was a closeted homosexual and cross-dresser.

Brazilian beauty Francisco Lachowski is featured in the initial issue of Enough magazine, from Italy, although one (me) can never, ever get enough of Francisco.

Sexy Sam Worthington, rocking an AC/DC vintage tee shirt, arrives in London, England.

Kellan Lutz spotted in Los Angeles, California Wednesday.