Mexico City Extends Honeymoon Offer To First Argentine Gay Couple To Marry Under New Law, Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuit Ruling In Maine, Matt Smith Stars As Christopher Isherwood, Andrew Garfield This Year’s Model, Preppy Blond Cover Girl Sues Vampire Weekend, Ed Westwick Works It Out, Zac Efron And Landon Donovan

Thursday, Mexico City’s tourism minister, Alejandro Rojas, offered a free honeymoon to the first gay couple to marry in Argentina after that Latin American country passed a proposal legalizing same sex unions. The offer was made in “recognition of tolerance, but also to promote gay friendly tourism in Mexico City.” Mexico City approved gay marriage in December, 2009, and the law came into effect in March.

Jurors in Maine awarded Edward Russell of Buxton more than $1 million in a discrimination suit against Express Jet Airlines based on sexual orientation. The jury, who heard three days of testimony, taking six hours to rule that the airline violated the state’s Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. The award, the largest sexual discrimination in Maine history, is likely to be reduced by a judge, capped just above $500,000. Russell and his attorney Guy Loranger successfully argued that as a gay man he was repeatedly denied promotions for which he was well qualified for simply because the airline did not want to place a gay man in the position of a supervisor.

The first look at Matt Smith’s starring role in Christopher and His Kind, a BBC series starring Smith from Doctor Who as famed gay literary icon Christopher Isherwood and his life in pre-war Berlin.

Andrew Garfield, announced as the new Spiderman, and soon to be seen in The Social Network, the greatly anticipated David Fincher film that will open the 2010 New York Film Festival, stars in a series of Polaroid’s for the Fall 2010 Band of Outsiders collection.

Ann Kirsten Kennis, whose preppy picture adorns the cover of Weekend Vampire’s Contra album, is suing the band, alleging misappropriation of identity and unjust enrichment. She is seeking accounting and punitive damages.

Speaking of preppy, Ed Westwick spotted on the set of Gossip Girls, effortlessly sexy and stylish .



Zac Efron and Landon Donovan seen Wednesday night at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, Efron, alongside Mad Men’s January Jones presented Shaun White with the, um, Best Male Action Sport Athlete Award.