Thousands Celebrate Argentina Gay Pride Calling For More Changes To Bring About Complete Equality, Citing Death Threats Openly Gay Anglican Bishop V. Gene Robinson Announces He Is Retiring In January 2013, Poll Finds Majority Of Mormons Believe Same Sex Attraction Can Be Changed, Kevin Davies Takes Ice Bath, Lyndon Ogbourne Puts Hands Down Pants

The Canadian Press reports that thousands marched in Buenos Aires Saturday celebrating Argentina’s Gay Pride, the country the first in Latin American to legalize same sex marriage, more than 500 same sex couples married since President Cristina Fernandez signed the law July 21st. Pablo De Luca, the founder of the Buenos Aires-based Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce said that the law has been a boon for tourism, estimating that more than 100,000 gays and lesbians have visited the country as a direct result of the law, saying “It’s the same kind of increase that happened in South Africa, Canada, and Madrid after they legalized gay marriage. We want to travel to a country where we don’t feel like we have to hide our sexuality.” Anti-gay discrimination still exists, despite the law, some civil servants still refusing to sign marriage licenses and the judicial system has been reluctant to approve adoptions by same sex couples even though the law now affords them all the rights enjoyed by married opposite sex couples. The theme of the parade Saturday was “Let’s Go For More,” in particular a “gender identity” law that would allow individuals to change the gender on both birth certificates and identity cards, a law that Uruguay passed in 2009.

Bishop V. Gene Robinson is retiring, the New York Times reports that the first openly gay bishop to be consecrated in the Episcopalian Church made the announcement to his New Hampshire diocese Saturday that he will step down January, 2013. The news comes as a surprise, Robinson holding his position as bishop for nine years, the 63 year old nine years away from the mandatory retirement age of 72. Sadly, Robinson made clear that the reason for his retirement is the constant international condemnation directed towards the bishop and his diocese has taken its toll. “Death threats, and the now worldwide controversy surrounding your election of me as bishop, have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my beloved husband, Mark,” he said. He and Mark have been together for over 20 years, the couple holding a civil union ceremony in New Hampshire in 2008. His consecration has fuelled an internal rift within the church, led by a conservative faction that believes the covenant’s instruction on homosexuality is incompatible with an openly gay bishop.

A random poll conducted by the Salt Lake Tribune reveals that of 625 registered voters, 44-percent believe that it is possible for persons with same sex attraction to change it, 25-percent saying they were unsure. One-third of those surveyed said it that changing one’s sexual orientation was not possible. Perhaps most interesting, “55-percent of LDS respondents said it’s possible to change same sex attractions, compared with 20-percent of non-LDS respondents. The LDS Church teaches that having same sex attraction isn’t sinful, but acting on those attractions is,” underlining a commonly held belief among Mormons that homosexuals can and must make an effort to change, parroting the propaganda of the church’s hierarchy.

33 year old soccer star Kevin Davies takes a post-match ice bath, and his 25 year old teammate Stuart Holden takes a photograph and posts it to Twitter, natch.

Lyndon Ogbourne of Emmerdale fame tweets another sexually suggestive photograph.