Showing Support For Gay Prince Edward Island Couple Victims Of Likely Hate Crime, Seeking To Serve Diverse Student Population Ottawa School District Survey Asks For Gender Identity And Sexual Orientation, Rapping Australian Police Constable Accused Of Anti-Gay Rhyme, Florida Cuts Hundreds From Subsidised HIV/AIDS Drug Program, The Sexual Netherlands Of The Straight Gay Man, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Shayne Ward

The Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission Wednesday released a statement regarding homophobia, referencing the suspected arson that destroyed the home of a gay couple in Little Pond on October 18th, CBC reporting that Greg Howard, executive director of the commission praising the public condemnation by some churches of the incident, but calling on all churches to stand against anti-gay sentiment. “I would encourage other churches to make the same endorsement for gay couples who are experiencing violence,” he said, adding “I don’t think the intent of any church on the island is to encourage violence or harassment of gay people. I’m sure that isn’t the intent, but some people will look at religion as an excuse for violence or intolerance.”

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board announced plans to ask students and their parents questions about their home life, religious affiliation, and their sexual orientation as part of a census to be conducted in November reports the Citizen. Barrie Hammond, the board’s director of education, says the survey is meant to aid in better servicing a diverse student population, but some consider the study to be invasive, students from grade 7 to 12 to be asked to identify their gender and sexual orientation. The survey is confidential, but not anonymous.

In Australia, gay activist are angry about a Brisbane police officer’s improvised rap that has become something of a YouTube sensation, Constable David Jay attempting to diffuse a potentially perilous situation, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, who reports that when a group of “rowdy street rappers ... delivered an offensive line to police as ‘makin bacon’” Constable Jay retaliated with a rap rhyming “homo” with “watching gay porn in slow-mo.” The Queensland Police Service released a statement praising the officer, but not his choice of words, saying “He has dealt with a challenging situation, establishing a rapport with the group. He displayed good community policing skills and defused a difficult situation.”

The Florida Department of Health intends to drop an estimated 350 uninsured HIV/AIDS patients from a federally funded program that pays for all or most of their drugs because of substantial budget cuts, reports the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Another 2,000 or more HIV-positive patients are at risk of being dropped from the drug subsidy program unless state can make up a $16 million shortfall over the following few months. The cutbacks are particularly profound in South Florida where the rate of new HIV infections per capita is the highest in the United States, the state having the largest waiting list for the government subsidized drug program among the nine states required to have them. Enrolment in the program has reached 11,000.

If you don’t identify as gay or straight or bisexual, apparently, according to a report from the Good Men Project, you are “mostly straight, most of the time.”

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino graces the cover of the December issue of Men’s Fitness, inside offering his eight fitness rules, apparently fascinating to some.

X Factor hotness Shayne Ward graces the cover of the newest edition of Gay Times, Ward much, much sexier that Sorrentino.