Accused Vancouver Gay Basher Plays Gay Panic Self-Defence Card, Rural Gay Farmers, Arizona Forced To Continue Paying Gay And Lesbian State Employees Domestic Partnership Benefits, Marc Jacobs And Lorenzo Martone Break-Up, Male Model Nicholas Madrid, Joe Jonas Packed In Tight, Steven R. McQueen And Paul Wesley Appear At Comic-Con

Friday, under cross-examination, 37 year old Shawn Woodward, accusing of aggravated assault for allegedly hitting 62 year old Ritch Dowrey so hard in the head that he will require life-long assistance, continued to play the gay panic card, telling the court that the trying to leave the Fountainhead Pub of the night of March 13, 2009, Dowrey made a comment to the effect that Woodward would return. Woodward says he interpreted that statement to be “offensive” – an implication that he was gay, which he is not, he repeatedly told the court. Hitting Dowrey, he said, was the only option. Closing arguments in the case will be heard Monday.

A report on the organization Au Coeur des Families Agricoles, a support collective for gay farmers in Quebec, in existence for ten years, the non-profit aids and supports famers, providing personal counselling, and helping to locate professional help for a broad range of problems.

United States District Judge John Sedwick Friday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents Arizona from implementing a state law that effectively eliminates domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian state employees. The injunction requires the state to still make family health insurance available to all gay and lesbian state employees who have established a relationship that meets the standards set by Arizona administration rule. The state legislature included the law in a budget enacted last September.

According to Lorenzo Martone, via Twitter, he and Marc Jacobs have broken-up, the couple ending their relationship two months ago.

Super sexy male model Nicholas Madrid photographed by Richard Pier Petit.

Joe Jonas and his tight jeans spotted Friday in the lovely Los Feliz neighbourhood of Los Angeles.



The CW’s Vampire Diaries co-stars Steven R. McQueen (Steve’s grandson, naturally) and Paul Wesley seen Friday at the TV.com NOW Awards at Comic-Con.