Judge Vaughn Walker Will Not Permit Proposition 8 Closing Arguments Be Broadcast, Critical Republican Senator Will Vote To Support “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal, Harvey Milk Castro Camera Dedication, Facebook Founder Hears Your Concerns, Twinklight Goes Where Twilight Won’t

Chief United States Judge Vaughn Walker issued a notice Tuesday the final arguments in the federal lawsuit challenging the constitutional validity of the California gay marriage ban will not be broadcasted either on television or the internet. A number of media outlets earlier in May had renewed a request for cameras to be allowed in the courtroom. Final arguments are scheduled to be heard June 16th.

Republican Senator Susan Collins said Tuesday she will support legislation to repeal the American military ban on gay men and women serving openly. Collins is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is expected to vote this Thursday on whether or not to include a provision to repeal the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the 2011 defense authorization bill. Her vote is considered critical to the successful passage of the vote.

An estimated 200 hundred people crowded a sidewalk along Castro Street Saturday as the City of San Francisco dedicated a plaque honouring slain gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk, on what was the inaugural celebration of California’s Harvey Milk Day, and on what would have been Milk’s 80th birthday. City Supervisor Bevan Dufty unveiled the plaque at 575 Castro Street in front of Castro Camera, Milk infamous former camera store.

Mark Zukerberg writes an open letter in order to assuage your concerns that Facebook is an open book, and that privacy is non-existent – again.

Twinklight, a homage to Twilight, set for release June 30th, purports not to be gay porn, but an actual film, with love and betrayal and twinks all having copious amounts of engorged, exaggerated sex. However, having said that, like all gay porn, it makes me laugh and little else.