Lesbians Asked To Leave Waterloo Ontario Cafe For Kissing, Buffalo’s First Domestic Partnership Registers, Iowa Governor Chet Culver Commends Legislators For Not Amending Constitution To Ban Gay Marriage, Iowa Family Policy Again Asks Whether Sodomy Worse Than Smoking, Mormon Boys Gone Bad, A Winking Johnny Weir Talks About Evan Lysacek’s “Girlfriend”

According to a report from The Cord, the Wilfred Laurier University student paper, undergraduate Jenny Kirby and her girlfriend were asked to leave a coffee house in Waterloo, Ontario, after the two exchanged a kiss. The story, as always, has two sides: Kirby’s and the owner of the Cafe 1842 in the Huether Hotel Sonia Adlys, who insists that the couple’s public display of affection was beyond the pale.

A new law creating a domestic partnership registry came into effect Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, and Kitty Lambert and partner Cheryle Rudd became the first to obtain a certificate. Lambert is the president of Outspoken for Equality, an area gay advocacy group, and she said that the certificate is more a symbolic gesture instead of a significant one. In fact, Lambert and Bruce Kogan, of Stonewall Democrats of Western New York, were passing out crumbs from a crumb cake today at City Hall, Lambert insisting that the registry is merely “crumbs.” “We want marriage,” she said, “we want the whole wedding cake. We want the whole experience. We want all the protections. This is a small piece.”

In Iowa, Governor Chet Culver Wednesday commended the Legislature controlled by the Democrats for refusing to initiate a process to amend the state constitution to declare that civil marriage in Iowa is defined as that only existing between one man and one woman. “We stood firm for the civil rights of every Iowan by saying loudly and clearly that any and all efforts to add discriminatory amendments to our state constitution have no place in our state constitution,” said Culver. The Governor, who is on record as personally believing that marriage should be between a man and woman, added that “regardless of our personal views, we have the line that needs to be drawn between the executive branch and the judicial branch and I think Iowans are ready to move on and accept that unanimous decision. I think the overwhelming majority of Iowans do not want to amend our constitution in such a way that’s discriminatory. I think that’s the bottom line. I think Iowans want to move forward and the Supreme Court has spoken loudly and clearly and I think it’s time to move on.”

Meanwhile the anti-gay group Iowan Family Policy Center, who earlier in March claimed that homosexual activity was “more dangerous for individuals who engage in it than is smoking,” and who demanded that state legislators pass a constitutional amendment overturning the state’s gay marriage law, has again drawn an analogy that suggests that homosexuality is a far more dangerous public health issue than is second-hand smoking. “So, the question remains – Why has Iowa has outlawed smoking in public, and now texting while driving, in an effort to improve public health and safety while continuing to sanction self destructive sexual behaviour? What’s worse, smoking or sodomy? According to the numbers, it’s not even close,” writes the group in a blog post titled What’s Worse - Smoking or Sodomy?

I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t help visiting Mormonboyz.com. (Very NSFW)

Johnny Weir appeared on Chelsea Lately last night, with Chelsea Handler, naturally, and intimated that his rival Evan Lysacek is not nearly as an adamant heterosexual as one might think – a not very well kept secret.

Calgary Constable Lynn MacDonald Builds Bridges Between Police Services And Gay Community

Calgary Police Services Sexuality and Gender Diversity Chief’s Advisory Board co-chair Constable Lynn MacDonald, wants the city’s LBGT community to know that hate motivated crimes are taken with the upmost seriousness and that victims will be treated with dignity and respect during the investigation. Speaking at a community meeting in Calgary March 26th, MacDonald, an openly gay Diversity Resources Officer, said that “we have educated officers and we have some that need further education. The one thing that we want to try to get out of this tonight is to break the silence of violence, and secondly, for you to understand that you do have a connection with the police force.” The event was held in an effort to underline violence against and within the LGBT community, including instruction on how to report incidents of domestic violence and of gay bashing. MacDonald, whose work in a very short time here in Calgary has been exceptional and inspiring, said that an inherent mistrust of police exists, as well as the fear of being outed when reporting violent crimes – which is certainly not unique to Calgary – but in a city that rightly or wrongly is perceived to be ultra-conservative, the distance between the community and city services, like the police force is great, a gap MacDonald hopes to narrow. “Can I stand here and say that there’s no homophobic people on our service?” said MacDonald. “That would be ridiculous of me to say. Like any career, or any profession, we have people that have their own personal opinions and biases, but for us it’s about educating those people and bringing to light to them that you may have your personal opinion, but the bottom line is you’re paid to do a job, and you’re paid to do that job equally for everybody with the City of Calgary. There’s a thousand of me on our service. It’s just a matter of getting people to notice that they’re there.”

Three-Star American General Will Not Be Disciplined Despite Insubordination Over DADT, Army Secretary Suggests Moratorium In Place Preventing DADT Discharges, Naked Jumping With Morgan Tepsic, James Franco For Gucci, Nick Jonas Crack Sighting, Channing Tatum Tells Of Appearing In Ricky Martin’s She Bangs Video

American three-star Army Lieutenant General Benjamin Mixon will not be formally reprimanded or be forced to step down after authoring a letter to Stars and Stripes newspaper that urged service members both active and retired to contact congressman and their chain of command and fight against the Obama administration’s efforts to repeal the military policy banning gay men and women from serving openly, an action that by definition is insubordination. Army Secretary John McHugh said Wednesday morning that General Mixon had been told by Army Chief of Staff General George Casey that his actions were inappropriate. “The chief and I believe that he is now prepared to lead in the very distinguished manner in which he has led in the past and that brought him to a very, very high level three-star position,” said McHugh, adding “so we will consider the matter closed as of today.”

At the same press conference, Army Secretary McHugh said that he would not discharge any gay personal who admitted their sexual orientation to him, despite “don’t ask, don’t tell” remaining the official American military policy. “What the secretary (of defense) has placed a moratorium on is going forward on discharges,” said McHugh. The statement, by McHugh, seems to suggest that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is prepared to ignore any and all admissions by active service members regarding their sexual orientation while the hearings to repeal the policy continue, although no formal announcement to corroborate that has been made.

20 year old Morgan Tepsic is an amateur photographer whose stunning self-portraits consist of Morgan, naked, jumping in a number of natural locations, which are fun and oddly poignant, helped in large part because Morgan is so cute. NSFW)

Gucci has posted the commercial and the behind the scenes video of the James Franco starring campaign for Gucci Sport Pour Homme, the Franco fabulous fierceness on full display.

Late Sunday I posted photographs of Nick Jonas taken that day as he and brother Joe were about to head out fishing. One of the photographs in that set available online was blacked out and now I know why: it caught the smoking sexy Nick’s crack, by accident I am certain, nonetheless a sizzling sight. (NSFW)

Channing Tatum, seen below Tuesday evening in London at the United Kingdom premiere of Dear John, as you might remember from a previous post, is a dancer and not just of the adult nature. Tatum appeared in Ricky Martin’s She Bangs video, and while there is no real connection to that fact and Martin’s coming out Monday, I love the randomness of it all.

An American Soldier Blogs About DADT, Comes Out, Is Now Being Investigated And Discharged, All Within A Week

I don’t like appearing ambivalent – it leads to confusion and misunderstanding – so to be clear, I feel conflicted about the fight to repeal the American military policy that prohibits gay men and women from serving openly. I am not hawkish, at all, so the idea that one would actively, eagerly participate in a war remains foreign to me. That said, I strongly support the plan to repeal the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” simply because it is another form of institutionalized, sanctioned discrimination against gays, intolerable and unacceptable. I find it frustrating (and often embarrassing) to be continually writing about the obvious persecution of gay men and women, whose instincts are noble and true, and who are asked to lie about themselves, to be repeatedly told that there is some defect that needs to be keep quiet, hidden, a weakness of some sort. The policy vandalizes the idea of equality and of humanity.

Therefore, to underline, again, the criminal stupidity of the American policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” meet Just-a-Joe, a pseudonym for an active American soldier fighting the war in Iraq, who has been blogging anonymously for RepealNow.org since only March 20th. He is gay, and appears to have been motivated to author the blog mostly because of the Senate Commission hearings on the repeal, offering his opinion on GetEqual.org, Dan Choi, and General Sheehan’s now retracted remarks on the Dutch Army and gay soldiers, and the practice of pretending to be straight to fellow service members. All that changed quite quickly, a post published Thursday, March 25th titled Breaking the Silence beginning with the words “Today, I came out of the closet.” It happened, as these things often do, by accident, in a moment of conflicting emotions, like, Just-a-Joe relates, when he came out to his parents at the age of sixteen. However, at day’s end, Just-a-Joe wrote “whatever happens, I can say that today was an awesome day. I felt those same feelings as that sixteen year-old self. Pride.”

On Saturday, March 27th, Just-a-Joe’s entry begins “Today I was informed that my command would be initiating an investigation on me. My luck with “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell” is up. To be honest today has thrown so much in my face, I want to cry. I am at a loss of what to do. The other day, I felt honourable. I felt prideful. Today, I feel like a fucking criminal. I am tired. After serving this country for three years, in two deployments, I am no longer a soldier. I am now a prisoner. Let me be clear, because I thought this would be freeing, I thought I would be happier. I am not. Today, I am worse off than the previous three years.”

Later that same day, Just-a-Joe's mood, thankfully, changed, and he is angry and prepared to fight, writing that he is now motivated, eager to break the silence because gay quality is too important. Of the policy that bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military, writes Just-a-Joe “this is not a policy debate! This is not a religious issue! This is not a matter of why or how or when or what! This is a matter of national security, of American patriotism, of honor! Today I was I told I was a criminal, for what? For defending my county while being a homosexual.” He adds that he has “a message to our government, to President Obama, to our nation! I fought for your freedoms! I am in Iraq now! I am currently fighting for your freedoms and if you can give me the decency of honesty, of my integrity, my dignity, then I am done serving you. I will not be subjected to the cruel acts of religious morality checking. This is not for the government nor my leaders to decide. I am an American soldier, not a terrorist! A soldier, what they call a hero. I give my blood and sweat to this country just as much as some of you and more than most of you! Change this for me.”

Britain’s Household Calvary Celebrates Historic First Civil Partnership Of James Wharton And Thom McCaffrey, Albert Snyder To Defy Court Order And Not Pay Westboro Baptist Court Costs, Maryland Republican To Try And Impeach State Attorney General Over Gay Marriage Opinion, Cole Barrow Beauty, Andrew Gray Male Model Hotness

One of Britain’s older regiments, the Household Cavalry, celebrated its first civil partnership Saturday, 23 year old Lance Corporal James Wharton, who was the first openly gay soldier to appear on the cover of Soldier magazine, married 21 year old Thom McCaffrey, an air steward. “The entire regiment has been really supportive,” said Wharton, “When I went to ask the Squadron Leader, Major Nana Twumasi-Ankrah, for permission to get married, he just said ‘This is fantastic, congratulations.’” After exchanging their vows, the couple signed the register to the sounds of the Pet Shop Boys’ cover of Go West, which drew applause and laughter from the assembled guests. The couple will honeymoon in San Francisco, before returning to their new married quarters, the Service Family Accommodation. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, Friday was ordered by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to pay $16,510 in costs to the Westboro Baptist Church, but late Tuesday, Mr. Snyder said he intends to defy the ruling. The WBC protested Corporal Snyder’s funeral in 2006 in Westminster, Maryland. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the actions of the WCB are protected by the First Amendment or are in fact limited by the competing privacy and religious rights of the mourners. The WBC continues its practice of protesting at funerals, carrying signs that read “God Hates You,” Thank God For Dead Soldiers,” and “God Hates Fags.” Snyder successfully sued in a lower court and was awarded five million dollars in damages, but a federal appeals court overturned that ruling. Mr. Snyder said “I don’t think I’m going to be writing a check until I hear from the Supreme Court. I’m not about to pay them anything.”

There are reports that Don H. Dwyer Jr., a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, intends to bring impeachment charges of the House floor Wednesday against the state’s attorney general, Douglas F. Gansler. Dwyer said that Gansler overstepped his authority is issuing a legal opinion in February saying Maryland would recognize same sex marriages performed elsewhere, and ordering state agencies to afford gay couples the same rights and privileges as those given straight couples. His opinion does not change the law.

Meet Cole Barrow – scruffy, shirtless, and smoking sexy. (NSFW)

American male model Andrew Gray is a study in sizzling hotness.

Retired American General Sheehan Apologizes To Dutch Army For Anti-Gay Remarks, Tarleton University Investigating Death Threats Made To Director And Cast Of Corpus Christi, Terrence McNally Issues Statement On Corpus Christi, Discrimination Suit Against Christian Network By Former Gay Employee Settled, Sony Ericsson Tennis Hotness With Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, And Novak Djokovic

John Sheehan, the retired former United States Marine General and NATO Commander has written a letter of apology for statements he made before a Senate Commission hearing arguments for and against the repeal of the American military ban on gay men and women serving at which Sheehan said he was told by the head of the Dutch Army that the presence of gay soldiers in the Dutch Army United Nations troops contributed to a massacre in Srebrenica in 1995 when Serbian nationals killed an estimated 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys. Sheehan wrote “to be clear, the failure on the ground in Srebrenica was in no way the fault of the individual soldiers,” in the letter dated March 29th, 2010, and addressed to former chief of staff of the Dutch Army General Henk Van den Breeman. “I am sorry that my recent public recollection of those discussions of 15 years ago inaccurately reflected your thinking on some specific social issues in the military,” the letter continues, adding “it is also regrettable that I allowed you to be pulled into a public debate.” The letter of apology, however, contains no attempt to correct Sheehan’s contention that somehow admitting openly gay men and women to serve in the military undermines the cohesion and strength of any given unit – the sentiment he expressed before the Senate hearing.

Tarleton State University police are investigating some of the threatening e-mails and phone call that contributed to the cancellation of a class project in which students from the University’s advanced drama directing class were to perform a series of four one-act plays, including Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi, which imagines a gay Jesus. Several of the e-mails and phone calls threatened the play’s director and cast, including one that said “the Socialist anti-Christ groups as well as the homosexuals and lesbian community will be the brunt of an out-pouring of unabated hatred that may well dwarf the present attitude toward the murdering of Muslim fanatics. Whatever penalty and punishment you receive, know that I sincerely believe you deserve it as a socially corrupt college and an institution of less than higher learning.” McNally, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, issued a statement Monday that read in part “Corpus Christi is a play about God’s unconditional love for all men and women, even those who would prevent you from seeing. Gay men and women have taken their place at the table of faith, and they are not giving up their seats to anyone. I am proud the students at Tarleton State University wanted to perform my play; I am saddened the administration chose not to support them.”

A confidential settlement has been reached between Brian Dugger, an openly gay broadcast engineer and his former employee, Trinity Broadcasting Network, the largest Christian broadcasting empire in the world. Dugger sued in March, 2009, claiming he was discriminated against and harassed by employers of TBN, including Paul Crouch Jr., the son of founder Paul Crouch. According to the suit, Dugger began employment with TBN in 1993, when the network was centered in Nashville, Tennessee, and the elder Crouch came to be “exceedingly close” with Dugger. A year later, in fact, the TBN paid $425,000 to silence allegations that the senior Crouch was involved in a gay affair with an unidentified man. The network moved its headquarters to Southern California, and at that time, the harassment against Dugger intensified, Brian told to not dress so gay and to act straight. It is alleged that Crouch Jr. sent explicit pictures of pornography, was consistently denied promotions and raises, and was told that TBN was no place “for fairies.”

Famed photographer Ryan McGinley has a new show that opened on March 18th in New York City, at Team Gallery, in SoHo, titled Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, featuring stunningly black and white nude studio portraits. The exhibit runs through till April 17th. (NSFW)

The Sony Ericsson Open in underway in Miami, Florida – the men’s final this Easter Sunday, both Roger Federer (seen below changing), and Rafael Nadal (seen below doing something that involves two balls and well, you can see the rest), are in the hunt for the championship.





Meanwhile, perennial hotness and second ranked Novak Djokovic was upset last Friday by Belgium’s Oliver Rochus, which prompted Novak to pull his, um, well, Djokovic I guess.

Accused Vancouver Gay Basher To Plead Guilty Wednesday And Avoid Trial, GLAAD Statement On Ricky Martin, Condom-Less Porn Takes Life Of Chad Noel, Matt Bomer And Adam Lambert Are Beautiful, Beautiful Orlando Bloom, Liam Hemsworth White Briefs And A Banana

Monday, an attorney for 22 year old Michael Kandola told British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Bill Smart that his client will be entering a plea of guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily harm in connection to an attack on 27 year old Jordan Smith in September, 2008. Smith was walking hand in hand with a male companion in Vancouver’s West End when Kandola and four others verbally attacked Smith, Kandola punching Smith who suffered a broken jaw that required being wired shut for over a month. A trial with nineteen witnesses had been scheduled to being April 26th, however now Kandola will now plead guilty Wednesday, sentencing scheduled for April 26th. It has yet to be determined whether Kandola will be charged with a hate crime.

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios released a statement late Monday on Ricky Martin and the singer’s coming out. “When someone like Ricky Martin comes out, hundreds of millions of people now have a cultural connection with an artist, a celebrity and, perhaps most importantly, a father who happens to be gay,” said Barrios, add that “his decision to model this kind of openness and honestly can lead to greater acceptance for countless gay people in the U.S., in Latin America and worldwide.”

A terribly sad story, 25 year old Chad Noel, who appeared in gay adult films, died in New York City March 17th following a brief illness associated with complications from HIV. Noel, who worked under the names Donny Price and Craven Cox, appeared in a number of Helix Studios, which produces hardcore, condom-less porn, despite efforts by the industry to curtail a now repeating trend. Chad was a native of Laramie, Wyoming, and there is a link to the incomplete obituary in the Laramie Boomerang – his family will release a complete one at a later date – where you can read a number of comments that make clear that young Chad died needlessly.(NSFW)

Paper Magazine presents the beautiful people of 2010, an eclectic array of beauty, including Matt Bomer, AJ English, Adam Lambert, and the Spank Boys.

Beautiful Orlando Bloom spotted Sunday making his way through Los Angeles International Airport, Bloom offering a glimpse of his red-striped boxers.

Liam Hemsworth, seen below with Miley Cyrus, unfortunately, and an unidentified hot male friend, appeared in an Australian film, Satisfaction, that seems to revolve around Hemsworth prancing around in a pair of too tight white briefs and eating an erect yellow banana.

Ricky Martin: "I Am Proud To Say That I Am A Fortunate Homosexual Man"

Ricky Martin has come out via a statement on the singer’s official website that begins “A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to an amazing turning point in my life. From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside. Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating,” and ends with the words “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.” The post is written in Spanish, and translated in English.



Martin, 38 years old, the father of two beautiful twin boys – Matteo and Valentino - has long been the subject of speculation regarding his sexual orientation, including as an adolescent with the boy band Menudo, but chose, till today, to deny or ignore the suggestions. I like Martin a great deal; he is passionate, in particular about his seemingly ceaseless charity work, and he carries himself in an impressive manner, with generosity and grace. I could not be happier for him and hope that in truth he finds love and an even greater professional success.

New York State Teen Settles Bullying Case, Derrick Martin Goes At It Alone, Michigan University Elects Gay Student Assembly President, Americans Approve Gay Marriage And A Gay Super Bowl Quarterback, Nicholas Hoult Hotness, Taylor Fuchs Fierceness

An update on a previous post, a settlement reached in a lawsuit between a gay teenager – identified as Jacob – and the Mohawk School District in upstate New York. Under the settlement the district agreed to initiate changes in policy to protect students from harassment and to pay $50,000 to Jacob’s family. The district, under the deal, does not admit to any wrongdoing. Jacob, aided by the American Civil Liberties Union sued in federal court, alleging that no school official attempted anything to help stop the chronic bullying he endured. If the case had continued, the United States Justice Department intended to intervene. Jacob and the district released a joint statement saying they hoped the settlement serves “as a model for other school districts confronting issues of bullying and intolerance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming students.” Jacob has since transferred to another school.

A profile of Derrick Martin, the 18 year old Cochran, Georgia native who asked and received permission to escort his boyfriend to the Bleckley High School prom, who seems to suddenly be alone, abandoned by family and friends, a kind of pariah, a consequence of his accidental activism, that the result of a request that is made by hundreds of other senior high school students yearly. “I thought I would have a little bit of backup,” he said, disappointment creeping in his voice. “But it’s just me.”

Chris Armstrong has been elected president of the University of Michigan Student Assembly, Armstrong openly gay, and the past chair of the assembly’s LGBT Commission. Armstrong, a junior, said “I am overwhelming astonished. I am so humbled by the fact that they student body voted for us. It’s really hard for me to put into words how incredibly elated I feel.”

Good news for current or prospective NFL quarterbacks (i.e. Tim Tebow), a new poll revealing that 62-percent of those surveyed said that they would support an openly gay quarterback in the Super Bowl, 61-percent said they would support an openly gay commissioner of baseball, and 50-percent said they would support an openly gay American president. The poll – conducted by CBS’s Sixty Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine, was conducted in connection with the movement to repeal the American military policy banning gay men and women from serving openly.

Nicholas Hoult stars in an editorial for the spring and summer Italian GQ, the feature photographed by Matthew Brookes, titled Fascino Ambiguo or Ambiguous Fascination.

The male model of the moment Taylor Fuchs, who hails from Regina, Saskatchewan, and was discovered in his first year at the University of Calgary, Fuchs, with heavy eyelids and full, perfectly pursed lips, something of matinee idol.

Nick Jonas: Everyone Else Pales

Nick Jonas went boating Sunday, and that is all that is needed for postings of huge hotness.

South Africa’s “Dr Shock” Arrested In Calgary After Indecently Assaulting A Male Patient At The University, Galveston Teen Sentenced To Twenty Years In Prison For Part In Hate Crime, EqualityMaine Honours, Gus Van Sant As Seen By Hedi Slimane, Marlon Teixeira Casting Photographs, East Village Boys

Dr. Aubrey Levin, a psychiatrist who kept accusations of gross human rights violations in apartheid-era South Africa hidden, has been charged in Calgary, Alberta with sexually abusing a male patient. Levin, who worked at the University of Calgary medical school before being suspended from practising by the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, allegedly indecently assaulting a 36 year old man repeatedly. Levin has worked in Canada for some 15 years since leaving South Africa, where he was the chief psychiatrist in the apartheid-era military, where he was infamous for using electric shock therapy to “cure” gay white conscripts. He also held conscientious objectors against their will at a military hospital because they were “disturbed,” subjecting them to a course of powerful drug regimens, and chemically castrated a number of gay men, again, in an effort to “cure” them. According to reports, since settling Canada and being hired by the University, Levin has been able to suppress reports of his past crimes by threatening lawsuits against several new organizations. His arrest, and the charges have raised questions about how he was able to immigrate to the country, and how he was hired by the University of Calgary.

Alejandro Sam Gray pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with a hate crime enhancement for attacking two men at a gay bar on March 1st, 2009, and the 18 year old was sentence to twenty years in prison. He, along with two other men, threw concrete blocks at two patrons of Robert’s Lafitte bar in Galveston, Texas, a well known gay bar. One of the men was hit on the head and required twelve stitches. One of the two other men charged - 21 year old Lawrence Henry Lewis III – pled guilty in January to one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement, but reached an agreement to only serve five years. The third, Lawrence’s brother, Larneil, is scheduled to appear in court in April. Gray’s family and friends expressed dismay and shock at the sentence, given that the District Attorney recommended five years. Judge Susan Criss, of the 212 District Court, in delivering the sentence, said “It has been suggested that the actions by (Gray) were done because of his youth, because of his immaturity and because he was following the wrong crowd, and I am not buying any of that. He made a decision to commit a crime of violence and a crime of hate.”

On Saturday, State Senator Dennis Damon, a Democrat from Trenton, Maine, was among those honoured by EqualityMaine, at its 26th annual awards dinner. Damon, a straight ally, sponsored the bill to end discrimination in civil marriage. Maine legalized gay marriage, but a referendum passed in November overturning the law. EqualityMaine was founded in 1984, and is the state’s largest LGBT advocacy groups. Also honoured was Jimmy Lucibello, an HIV/AIDS outreach worker who played a significant role in the campaign opposed to the referendum. In accepting the award, he made mention that in Maine, one in three new HIV infections are individuals under the age of 35.

Hedi Slimane diary is updated, including a portrait of Gus Van Sant.

Newly updated casting photographs of Marlon Teixeira, so smoking sexy.

Meet John and Benjamin, the East Village Boys of the week. (Sort of NSFW)

Two Of The Thousands Of Casualties Of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, No Show Westboro Baptist Protest Turns To Rally For Gay Rights, Mill Valley High School Invites Constance McMillen To Prom, American Street Preacher Charged In Scotland With Hate Crime, Taylor Lautner And His Very Big Hand

Kimberly Dozier, a reporter for CBS News, tells the story of Sergeant Lacye Presley, who, in 2006, saved Dozier and others when the CBS News team was hit by a car bomb in Iraq. Presley was award the bronze star for her heroic actions that day. On her second tour of duty in Iraq, Lacye reported a superior commander for suspected drug dealing, and in retaliation, someone sent photographs of herself and of her girlfriend, Sergeant Holly Tomson, a decorated soldier and NCO of the year. Both were discharged under the military policy that prohibits gay men and women from serving openly. This week, American Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced changes to that policy; changes that will in a sense eradicate the practice of third party outings, a practice that victimized Presley and Tomson, and effectively ended their military career. The two, civilians, this past summer welcomed a baby girl, Ava Marie.

Predictably, the purported protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church of the Hillsdale High School’s production of The Laramie Project Saturday never materialized, so students at the San Mateo, California School who had organized a counter-protest, took the opportunity to stage an impromptu rally for gay rights. An estimated two hundred students and colleagues rallied inside the school, and then moved outside in a show of solidarity and of support for inclusion and tolerance. Hillsdale Theater Director Allison Gamlen, surveying the scene, said “It’s amazing. I have goose bumps. I am extremely proud.”

Sarah Schwartz, a senior at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, has extended an invitation to Constance McMillen and her girlfriend to attend the Mill Valley School’s prom scheduled for May 17th. Said Schwartz, who is straight, “being in my senior year, I know how important it is to have a prom. To have that taken away because the people around you don’t accept you didn’t feel fair at all. I felt I needed to do something.” And although she has yet to hear from McMillen, Schwartz considers her effort already a success. “At this point, I’m hoping that she’ll agree to come. But even if she doesn’t, I fell there’s been a wonderful effort by this community and a statement that we’re willing to stand behind her bravery, and accept her for who she is.”

An American Baptist street preacher, 47 year old Shawn Holes from New York State, was arrested in Glasgow, Scotland on March 18th, and charged with committing a hate crime – homophobia. Mr. Holes, who claims he was set up by a group of gay activists, pled guilty to breaching the peace by “uttering homophobic remarks” which were “aggravated by religious prejudice.” He was fined one thousand pounds; a fine made greater under a new British law that came into effect this past week. Mr. Holes was preaching on Sauchiehall Street, and was asked by a group for his views on homosexuality. “Homosexuals are deserving of the wrath of God – and so are all other sinners – and they are going to a place called hell,” replied Holes, comments which prompted the complaint and subsequent arrest. The case is being called an example of the tension between the freedom to express religious beliefs and of special protections under the law.

Taylor Lautner, last night in Los Angeles, California, accepts the Favourite Male Movie Star at the 18th annual Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, although what is implied by his gesturing is anyone’s guess.

European Minister Chris Bryant Becomes First To Have Civil Partnership In Parliament, India Gay Couple Divorce After Two Days, Male Prostitute Quits Nevada Brothel, Maryland Students Able To Access LBGT Websites, River Viiperi, Burberry Underwear, Lunchtime Bathroom Cruising Fashion Editorial, Travis Hanson Hotness, Jonas Brothers

Europe Minister Chris Bryant, the Labour Member of Parliament for Rhondda, made history Friday, becoming the first openly gay MP to enter into a civil partnership in Britain’s House of Parliament, “marrying” his partner Jared Cranney in the Members Dining Room, overlooking the Thames. Britain introduced the Civil Partnership Act in 2004, formally recognizing homosexual couples as having the same rights and protections as those afforded to heterosexual married couples.

Two days after 26 year old Soibam Sandip and 28 year old Nikhil Hidangmayum became the first gay couple to wed in Manipur, India, the two have divorced. According to reports, the parents of the two, who say the marriage occurred without their permission, filed a complaint with police, who summoned the two men and counselled them to divorce, citing “societal abhorrence” of gay marriage. Authorities added that the marriage was not “legally tenable since all Nikhil and Sandip did was exchange rings and not marriage vows.” The two have been together for six years and their friends allege that the actions of both the parents and police are illegal since both men are of age of consent.

On Thursday, Bobbi Davis, the owner of the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Nye County, Nevada, said that the first legal male prostitute had left the business. The man known as Markus, who infamously said he would not service male clients, and referred to himself as the Rosa Parks of male prostitutes, has apparently had fewer than ten customers since starting at Shady Lady this past January. Davis says that a man in his mid-thirties who goes by the name Y Not took over from Markus, serving another ten customers before an electrical problem in the bungalow he used forced the suspension of his services till sometime in late spring. According to Davis, Markus and the brothel made a mutual decision and he has returned to work in adult films.

Two months after the American Civil Liberties Union challenged the decision by the Harford County Public Schools in Maryland to stop blocking student access to LGBT related site, the HCPS agreed to change its policy. A filter had been in place that prevented students from accessing state, national, and international LGBT groups, as well as religious organizations that are pro-gay. The filters did not, however, prevent students from accessing anti-gay groups

The ridiculously sexy River Viiperi – a favourite – spotted backstage at the Calvin Klein men’s in New York City, River mostly shirtless – but, um, fashion faux-pas – wearing an Armani belt and black Armani boxer briefs.

Speaking of, the terribly cute Jeremy Young is featured as a model for Burberry underwear.

From France, the gay men’s magazine PREF features spring and summer fashion offers an odd editorial that is a tribute to cruising public washrooms. (Site NSFW)

Meet Travis Hanson – a dreamer, younger version of Tom Brady – for Macy’s.

The Jonas brothers spotted arriving at Saturday’s Nickelodeon’s 23rd annual Kid’s Choice Awards – seriously sexy Nick, the supposedly straight Kevin, and, um, Joe.

Citing Safety Concerns Tarleton University Cancels Private Production Of Corpus Christi, Kevin Smith’s Next Film A Horror Movie Based On Fred Phelps, The Brothers Hemsworth Are The Brothers Hotness

Terribly disappointing news: late Friday evening Tarleton State University cancelled Saturday’s scheduled production of four student directed plays, including a staging of Terrance McNally’s Corpus Christi, a 1997 one-act play that imagines Jesus as gay. According to a media release by the university, in making the decision “the professor cited safety and security concerns for the students as well as the need to maintain an orderly academic environment as reasons for cancelling the plays. The performance of these four class plays will not be rescheduled.” Although the professor in the press release remains unnamed, an assistant professor Mark Holtorf said that the drama department “received so many threatening calls and e-mails today across campus, the numbers were staggering. One administrator received in excess of 800 e-mails. Our department received calls of a threatening nature. I could not guarantee the safety of my students. The administration was truly behind the academic exercise, but I could not justify the safety risk.”

Kevin Smith next’s project, Red State, a film Smith describes as being “so bleak that it makes The Dark Knight look like Strawberry Shortcake,” will begin shooting in July. The movie, one Smith has been trying to make since 2007, will centre around a character based on Fred Phelps, the anti-gay hate mongering founder of the Westboro Baptist Church. Casting has yet to be announced, and the plot is not known, although Smith refers to Red State as a “deadly serious horror film.”

The brothers Hemsworth – Liam and the older Chris – attend the after party for the premiere of Liam’s The Last Song Thursday, the twosome making quite a sexy spectacle.

Top Marine Does Not Want Gays In The Barracks, Rachel Maddow Admonishes Scott Brown, Derrick Martin Is Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus Guest Of Honour, And Andy Speer Has Some Big Balls

American Marine Commandant General James Conway told the website Military.com on Friday that straight soldiers will not be made to share rooms on bases with openly gay soldiers should the policy banning gay men and women from serving openly is repealed, as is planned by the Obama administration. “We want to continue (two-person rooms), but I would not ask our Marines to live with someone who is homosexual if we can possibly avoid it,” said Conway, adding “and to me that means we have to build to BEQ’s (bachelor enlisted quarters) and have single rooms.” Conway, who is on record as being opposed to the lifting of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” also said that “the overwhelming number of Marines have significant concerns” about the proposed repeal.

An update on previous post: Rachel Maddow is not – NOT – running against Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, and she has taken out a full page advertisement in the Boston Globe to underline that she is not seeking office and had no intention of ever doing so. Maddow, astutely, suggests that Brown, taking a page from the Republican playbook, fabricated the story in order to scare supporters to donate funds to his campaign.

Derrick Martin is Atlanta, Georgia, the Bleckley High School student who is taking his boyfriend to the prom, invited as a guest of honour at tonight’s concert by the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus. Martin, who was asked by his parents to leave their home after his story broke in locally, came out a year and half ago. He told best friends, then his parents (his father is a math teacher at Martin’s high school) discovered text messages he’d exchanged with his then boyfriend. “They knew something was up. I told them. Then they took my car, my iPod, my phone, my laptop – every way they could think of to try to keep me from communicating with him,” Martin said, adding “it was really hard back then ... but everything I’ve gone through has made me stronger.”

Andy Speer – so sexy he sizzles – graces the cover of DNA magazine, with an obvious display of, um, how to point this ... shocking testicular strength. The inside editorial too offers amble evidence of Andy’s assets. (NSFW)

Zimbabwe President Suggests Calls For Protected Gay Rights Insanity, Indonesia LGBTI Conference Cancelled To Avoid Unwanted Circumstances, Constance McMillen A Hero But Not A Hometown One, Will The American Military Recognize Same Sex Partners If DADT Repealed, Scott Herman Wants To Be The Face And More For Calvin Klein

On Friday, Zimbabwe state radio quote President Robert Mugabe as saying that gay rights will not, under any circumstances, be protected in a constitution being crafted under a power sharing deal made by various factions with the country. Mugabe – who is on record as having deemed homosexuals as being “lower than pigs and dogs” - said the Western rights groups have sought constitutional reforms that would include gay rights, a suggestion the president called “insanity.”

Succumbing to pressure from arch-conservative religious groups, organizers of the 4th Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex regional conference scheduled to run from March 26-28 in Surabaya, Indonesia, has been cancelled. The organizers made the decision Thursday in an effort to avoid “unwanted circumstances.” In a separate incident Thursday, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled against petitioners who sought a review of the country’s Pornography Law, which includes a provision criminalizing homosexuality.

A report on Constance McMillen, who, after successfully suing the Itawamba Agricultural High School and Itawamba County School District after the two cancelled prom instead of revisiting and revising an antiquated policy prohibiting same sex dating, is something of outcast at home, in the tiny town of Fulton, Georgia, while being celebrated and championed as hero in the battle for gay equality nationally.

If and when the American military repeals a policy banning gay men and women from serving openly, would it be required by law to extend benefits to the partners of gay service members? If it did, it would be violating the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits the government from recognizing same sex relationships, and most analysts doubt the military would be seen as being that far in front of the government.

The seriously sexy Scott Herman wants to be the new face of Calvin Klein. (Link sort of NSFW)

Georgia High School Students Protest Decision To Allow Derrick Martin To Attend Prom With Boyfriend Fearing Town Will Be Known As Too Gay, Martin’s Father Who Threw Him Out Is School Teacher Of The Year

Predictably, news that a small group of Bleckley County High School students in Cochran, Georgia staged a rally Thursday to protest their high school superintendent’s decision to allow 18 year old Derrick Martin to attend prom with his boyfriend. “We knew Derrick was gay,” Keith Bowman Jr., a fellow senior said, “They don’t want (Cochran) to be known as a pro gay town.” Bowman echoed the sentiment of the protestors, most of who said they were neither concerned by Martin being gay nor by being allowed to bring his boyfriend to prom, but that the school system’s ruling has focused too much attention on the area, apparently, without irony, not realizing a protest might increase said attention. Martin’s parents, also angered by the attention, threw Derrick out of the house this week, Derrick’s father a math teacher at Bleckley County High, named the school’s Teacher of the Year. “People thought it was ok I was going to prom but not okay with me telling anybody,” said Derrick Thursday, “All this media attention has gotten people scared Cochran is an openly gay community.”

Ann Coulter Wants To Save Good Canadians From Cry-Baby Canadians, Washington D.C. Study Shows Alarming HIV Apathy Among Men Over Thirty, Virginia Governor Adamant Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Does Not Exist In State, Derrick Martin Shows Anything Is Possible

Ann Coulter concluded her three cities, cross Canadian campus tour in Calgary, Alberta Thursday night before a sold out audience moved to larger venue – the Red and White Club – that was in part a response to a request for increased security following the fiasco Tuesday at the University of Ottawa. An estimated two dozen protestors stood by holding signs and remaining generally silent. Prior to her speech, Coulter appeared on CBC’s Power and Politics (a show so achingly contrived it is unwatchable) and said “I’m more determined than ever to turn pretty much from Calgary through the west into the 51st state now. We’ve got to save the good Canadians.” When asked what “good Canadians” needed saving from, Coulter replied “from the crazy liberals. From the cry-babies.”

A new study conducted by the Washington, D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration suggests that 14-percent of gay men in the District are HIV positive, nearly five times higher than the city’s adults and teenagers. 500 gay men were interviewed and more than 40-percent were unaware of their diagnosis prior to the study, even though a majority had visited their physician in the previous twelve months. More than a third of those questioned were unaware of the HIV status of their last sexual partner. Perhaps most troubling was that the survey confirmed an alarming trend: gay men older than thirty were engaging in more at risk behaviour – being tested less frequently, used condoms less, and had more sexual partners than those under thirty. There is some concern that the participants were recruited from bars, clubs, gyms, and restaurants frequented by gay men, but that the gay men tended to be well educated and of a higher economic standing.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell remains convinced that there exists no need for the state to attach a provision to Virginia law protecting individuals against discrimination based on sexual orientation. “I don’t know that we need it based on the numbers that I’ve seen. There really isn’t any rampant discrimination on any basis in Virginia,” said McDonnell, adding that “if you’re going to have a law, it needs to actually address a real problem.” While statistics may support McDonnell, it is thought that the low levels of complaints are a result of victims of discrimination realizing without a law, there exists no recourse for protection.


Despite being kicked out of the house, and having lost a number of friends, 18 year old high school senior Derrick Martin, from Cochran, Georgia, remains resilient, empowered in a way, after receiving permission from his high school superintendent last week allowing him to escort his boyfriend to prom. Martin made his request in January. “I said are there any rules that say I can take a boy, can’t take a boy? She (the superintendant) said it never happened before so that she didn’t think that Cochran was ready for it,” recounts Derrick, adding “And I just told her, I was like I’m not going to be confrontational, I’m not being rude but I’m not going to drop this just because you’re saying no to this first time.” Martin says that he wanted to show that equality is “possible.”

Vancouver Hosts Anti-Homophobia Conference For LGBT High School Students, American Student Non-Discrimination Act Proposed, Calls To Pull Anti-Transgendered Film From Tribeca Film Festival, Clint Eastwood To Direct Dustin Lance Black Written J. Edgar Hoover Film, Not Nearly Enough Francisco Lachowski, Saluting Sam Worthington. Kellan Lutz

From Vancouver, British Columbia, a report on Wednesday’s Dare to Stand Out anti-homophobic conference, an estimated 200 teenagers in attendance. Organized by the Vancouver school board’s anti-homophobia and diversity coordinator, Steve Mulligan, the conference aimed to afford students the tools and by extension the confidence to make schools more inclusive, Mulligan saying that it was also “to give students who regularly feel quite alone and isolated a feeling of having kindred souls, and others they can identify with. Research shows things like dropping out of school, substance abuse, suicide – all of these things are much more prevalent among queer kids.” Although there have been similar conferences for teachers, this was the first for students.

In the light of the Constance McMillen, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging support of the proposed Student Non-Discrimination Act – HR 4530 – that would offer protection to LGBT students or those perceived to be in all K-12 public schools throughout the United States.

GLAAD is demanding the film Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives be pulled from the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, arguing that despite the protests of the filmmaker, the movie is not pro-transgendered, but instead a movie that “misrepresent the lives of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions of violence against transgender women in ways that make light of the horrific brutality they all too often face.” Writer and director Israel Luna insists that the film, a homage to 70’s exploitation films, is an empowering examination of the plight of transgendered women, GLADD thankfully – and rightly – contend that anti-LGBT hate crimes are so serious as to not translate into a cheap swipe at camp.

Clint Eastwood is set to direct the Dustin Lance Black written biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, the film following Hoover from the founding of the FBI in 1935 through his tenure of its head until his death in 1972. According to Black, the film will address the rumours that Hoover, an ally of self-loathing anti-gay attorney Roy Cohn, was a closeted homosexual and cross-dresser.

Brazilian beauty Francisco Lachowski is featured in the initial issue of Enough magazine, from Italy, although one (me) can never, ever get enough of Francisco.

Sexy Sam Worthington, rocking an AC/DC vintage tee shirt, arrives in London, England.

Kellan Lutz spotted in Los Angeles, California Wednesday.

American Defense Secretary Gates Announces Changes To Military Ban On Gays Serving Openly, Poll Finds For First Time Majority Of Californians Support Same Sex Marriage, Tarleton State University Secures Performance Of Corpus Christi, Kellan Lutz Flexes All His Muscles, Lee Alexander McQueen Portrait, Alex Pettyfer Strips, Sean O’Pry An Angel

As expected, Thursday morning American Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced new rules that will make it more arduous to discharge gays from the military. The new guidelines, which Gates contends are a matter “of common sense and common decency,” in effect place high-ranking officers in charge of discharge proceedings and impose tougher requirements for the evidence used against gays, making third party outing nearly impossible. The new guidelines take effect immediately, and are regarded as a stopgap measure until Congress decides if it will concur with President Obama’s insistence that the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell’ be repeal entirely. Gates said that he believes “these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law” is applied. To date, since the policies implementation in 1993 by the then President Clinton administration, some 13,000 openly gay service members have been honourably discharged.

A new Public Policy Institute of California poll has found that for the first time more Californians support gay marriage than oppose it, a record high 50-percent of Californians polled indicating that the fully approve of same sex marriage, while 45-percent are opposed. The poll, conducted March 9-16, also found that 75-percent of those surveyed supported a full repeal of the American military’s policy banning gay men and women from serving openly.

Tarleton State University, in Stephenville, Texas, announced early Thursday that the production of Terrance McNally’s play Corpus Christi, which was to have been performed at 4:00pm will now begin a 8:00am Saturday, and the audience will be private, comprised of invited guests and relatives of the cast. The play, which imagines Jesus as gay, has outraged area Christians who threatened to disrupt the performance – a part of a class project. Tarleton State said, in making the decision, that it “has a responsibility to provide a safe and secure educational environmental for students, faculty, staff and visitors. “

Kellan Lutz – muscle upon muscle – as photographed by Collin Stark.

The last official portrait of Lee Alexander McQueen, photographed by Steven Klein, featured in the April issue of American Vogue.

Pretty Alex Pettyfer, the 20 year old actor and Burberry model, is featured in an editorial for Drama magazine, Pettyfer naked and offering, well, pubic hair.

Sexy Sean O’Pry appearing alongside a plethora of male model goodness Monday in New York City as an Angel, a Jeffrey Angel to be precise, at the 18th annual Jeffrey Fashion Cares.

Tim Tebow Impromptu NFL Combine Prayer Meeting Not Well Received, Ohio University Installation Marries Athletics And Art, Roger Huerta Is A Guy With An iPhone, Shia LaBeouf Back Behind The Wheel, Gabriele Rossi Nude, Ryan White Hotness, Aaron O’Connell Super Smoking Sexy

An anecdotal tale of Tim Tebow taken from the recent NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tim asking a group of fellow NFL prospects to bow their heads in prayer prior to taking the Wonderlic test, only to be told to “shut the fuck up.” It may or may not true, but it does underline a dilemma for most teams thinking of drafting Tebow, knowing that he is an aggressive and unapologetic Christian, who acts as though everyone else shares – or should share – his beliefs.

An art exhibit at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio University entitled Hard Targets that attempts to marry the world of fine art to athletics.

A bulging Roger Huerta, of mixed martial arts UFC fame, makes an obligatory appearance on Guys with iPhones. (Site NSFW)

Shia LaBeouf showing la white briefs is back behind the wheel, driving in Los Angeles, California in a wildly inappropriate Chevy pickup truck.

Italian actor Gabriele Rossi appears naked on the television show Something About Love 2, although, as an aside, as an Italian I have no idea what an ass “gab” is.

Ridiculously hot Ryan White plays soldier and offers proof he is of the uncut variety.

Aaron O’Connell, Jerry’s smoking sexy brother, appears in a New York Times spring fashion editorial, looking in both swimsuit and three piece suit, a little like Clark Kent, and a whole lot like hot.

Indonesia Authorities Cancel Asian Gay Activist Conference Citing The Fear Of Violence, Malawi Attorneys Map Legal Strategy To Defend Two Gay Men, Czech Republic Replaces San Fernando Valley As Gay Porn Capital, Catholic Church Punishes Portland Maine Homeless Program, Catholic Church Attempts To Market Itself Out Of Sexual Abuse Scandal

Wednesday, police in Indonesia ordered a conference of Asian gay activists cancelled, citing the likelihood the event could prompt violent protests by conservative Muslim groups. The conference was to being Wednesday and take place through the weekend, participants from some sixteen countries in attendance. Poedjiati Tan, head of the organizing committee, said more than 150 activists representing 100 organizations were to meet, and that they are appealing the decision, arguing that the conference was intended to raise awareness of the social issues faced by gays. “We want to convince Indonesian authorities and religious leaders that we only want to talk about social problems related to this minority group,” said Tan, and she added that “we are seeking direction and a way out of our problems in health, education, and issues of discrimination.” Although homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, the socially conservative Muslim-majority nation, while tolerant, is still, concurrent to the teachings of Islam, opposed in principle to homosexuality.

Mauya Msuku, one of the attorneys for Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, the two Malawi men imprisoned since their arrest December when they held an engagement party in advance of a traditional marriage, charged with gross public indecency and unnatural acts between men, says his clients are still determining whether testifying on their own behalf would be a prudent legal manoeuver. “There are three or four options available. They might themselves testify and call witnesses, or they might choose just to testify themselves and never call witnesses, or they might choose only to call witnesses and never testify themselves; or they might choose to remain silent, never call witnesses and testify.” He added that the perception most Malawians are violently anti-gay might be a false one, fabricated by authorities and certain media outlets. “I’m not so sure that the majority of Malawians are against it (homosexuality), but probably you might say those people who have access to the media maybe are against it because sometimes the opinion of the people which is heard are the opinions of those people have the platform. And that may not be reflective of the majority thinks.”

A story about the Czech Republic’s surging gay male porn industry, Prague the capital city for a burgeoning business that is bring economic relief to many young men, but at what expense? (The link is a little NSFW)

From Portland, Maine, a report that the Preble Street’s Homeless Voices for Justice program lost its local and national funding from the American Catholic Church’s anti-poverty programs because the Maine branch violated an agreement by offering support for Maine’s No On 1 campaign last year, a response to an effort to overturn the just passed state law legalizing gay marriage, which successfully passed. The Preble Street operation lost 17,400 this year and will lose another 33,000 next year, all because the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland opposes gay marriage. An advocacy group – Catholics for Marriage Equality – is attempting to make up the difference, Anne Underwood, one of the co-founders saying “this is petty vindictiveness. After the election is over, suddenly the money is revoked from poor people because of a political opinion held by the bishop. People who are homeless should not be used in political games.”

Profoundly meaningless, nonetheless Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation today of an Irish bishop – John Magee – who stands accused of failing to respond to allegation that two priests were sexually abusing children, and that the bishop has insufficient policies in place for disciplining priests.

Georgia High School Senior Derrick Martin Garners Support For Taking Boyfriend To Prom But Parents Throw Him Out

18 year old Derrick Martin, a senior at Blackley County High School in the tiny town of Cochran, Georgia, (population 5,200) that I posted about Tuesday who asked and received permission to take his boyfriend to prom, has left home, his parents, according to reports having kicked him out after the story ran. Yesterday, the story drew international attention, and according to Martin, he was overwhelmed with support from strangers who sent flowers, notes of encouragement, and offers ranging from paying for the limousine, to buying boutonnieres for Derrick and his boyfriend, to an Atlanta filmmaker who wants to document the day. Derrick, like Constance McMillen, sought permission from the school to escort his same sex companion to the school’s prom April 17th, but unlike McMillen, whose Mississippi school cancelled prom altogether instead of revisiting and revising a policy that forbids same sex dating, Derrick’s principal said yes. The school does have a policy in place that no one can bring a date older than 21 years, but the language is gender neutral. Among those offering support to Derrick was Drew Dowdell, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who set up a link on his website for donations to help pay for the limo ride. “I want to help Derrick have the best prom he can,” said Dowdell, “because I worry that anti-gay people in his school will be doing their best to ruin it for him. I’m proud that he was willing to go to the school to make an issue about it.” Derrick said that Tuesday he received 54 message of support on his Facebook page, and that it was greatly appreciated. “I was speechless that they said they would buy me dinner or buy me a tux in case someone messed mine up.” Derrick is currently living with a friend’s family.

Ann Coulter’s University Of Ottawa Speech Cancelled And Her Warm-Up Act Ezra Levant Finds This Ironic, Senator Scott Brown Is Very, Very, Very Afraid Rachel Maddow Is Running Against Him

Ann Coulter’s scheduled speech at the University of Ottawa Tuesday was abruptly cancelled, organizers determining that it was “unsafe” for her to fulfill her commitment. Canadian self-hating anti-Semite, Ezra Levant, and her opening act on the cross country campus tour intended to promote conservatism and to purportedly test the boundaries of free speech. Levant said “there was a risk there could be physical violence.” Coulter remarked upon the incident and the University of Ottawa, saying “it’s at the absolute bush league, bottom of the barrel schools that you get the worst treatment and yet and still I’ve never seen this before. I’m guessing the scores to get into the University of Ottawa are not very challenging.” Levant, predictably, said the evening’s event underscored how free speech is being frozen in Canada by a kind of political correctness. “Isn’t it ironic,” said Ezra, with some irony, “that it takes a provocative American coming to Canada to reveal the shortcomings in Canadian free speech.”

Senator Scott Brown, a Republican from Massachusetts who hints he is running for office in 2012, is suddenly scared that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow intends to run against him, and he is using the supposed story to raise campaign funds. “Rachel Maddow has a nightly platform to push her far-left agenda. What about you? I’d like to encourage ordinary American citizens concerned about the future of their country to get more involved in our government. I hope you were encouraged by my victory to become more politically active, maybe even become a candidate for office yourself. We can continue to push our movement forward by running for office, joining in rallies and petitions that challenge President Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s healthcare legislation, supporting campaigns against the tax-and-spenders or by donating time and money to office-holders and candidates who will restore the principles of our founders.”

American Military To Prohibit Third Party Outings, Westboro Baptist Church Continues To Give Anti-Gay Anti-Semite Hate Mongers A Bad Name, Kellan Lutz And Kola, Steve McQueen Nude, Rainer Iveson, Francisco Lachowski Is International

According to reports, American Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce ways to more “humane enforcement and application” of the military’s policy banning gays from serving openly. The announcement, which was hinted at back in January, comes after a 45 day review ordered by Gates and recently completed. It is thought that the practice of “third party” will be discontinued.

In Columbia, South Carolina, nearly two hundred counter protestors met with four lone members of the Westboro Baptist Church who had come to the capital city to presumably protest Governor Mark Stafford, the always quotable Shirley Phelps-Roper saying “we’re here because God hates South Carolina. He cursed this state with a Governor who teaches adultery.”

Kellan Lutz and his adorable adopted dog, Kola, spotted Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, California going for a run.

Steve McQueen circa 1963 enjoys coffee après morning swim in the nude.

Rainer Iveson gets wet for photographer Tony Duran.

An expanded look at beautiful Francisco Lachowski and the equally lovely Jakob Hybholt as photographed for Vogue Hommes International in an editorial entitled Chromo Zone.

Sue Sylvester On Sneaky Gays And Her Demand To Swish It Up

A preview of an upcoming Glee episode so perfectly written, and performed by the majestic Jane Lynch, that despite being drenched in irony, manages in less than two minutes to convey more about commonly held prejudices against gays than an awkward, inept editorial could ever hope to.

Judge Finds Constance McMillen’s Rights Violated But Will Not Force Mississippi School District To Hold April 2nd Prom

United States District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled late Tuesday that the Itawamba County school district in Fulton, Mississippi did in fact violate Constance McMillen’s rights by banning her from bringing her girlfriend to the prom, but, according to reports, he stopped short of ordering the district to reinstate the prom which was cancelled last week. The American Civil Liberties Union had sought an injunction that would have forced the Itawamba School District to sponsor the scheduled April 2nd prom and to allow McMillen to take her girlfriend, as well as wear a tuxedo. Davidson did indicate he would hold a trial on the issue at a later date, but any ruling would arrive too late to hold the prom as originally scheduled.

ACLU Appeals Justice Walker Campaign Communication Order, Dutch Activists Aim To Sue Former American General For Anti-Gay Statements, Turkish Anti-Gay Rhetoric On Rise, Texas University Production Of Corpus Christi Controversial, Jake Gyllenhaal Contends Charade, Joe Jonas Two Ways, Tina Fey Befriends A Suddenly Homeless Robin Williams

As expected, the American Civil Liberties Union, opponents of Proposition 8 ordered Monday to release all pertinent internal campaign communications to the proponents of the gay marriage ban referendum, filed papers Tuesday indicating they are appealing the ruling by United States Chief Justice Vaughn Walker. Walker, presiding over the federal trial challenging the constitutional validity of Prop 8, order the information turned over to the defendants, but they have long argued that internal memos of any kind are protected under the First Amendment as political speech. Closing arguments at the trial, which recesses in January, have yet to be heard, and this appeal will further delay a verdict.

Peter Schouten, a Dutch activist, has formed the Pink Army in an effort to bring about a class action lawsuit against former United States general and NATO commander John Sheehan for inflammatory statements made by Sheehan last week while addressing a Senate Commission on the repeal of the American military’s policy banning gay men and women from serving openly. Schouten has the backing of the Dutch Homosexuality and Armed Forces Foundation, and intends to recruit at least seven gay Dutch soldiers to file slander and defamation charges against Sheehan. “Nobody should underestimate what an enormous influence these statements of Sheehan had on the American people,” said Schouten, “There are many who will definitely believe that these statements are true, and that feeds a whole generation of hate against homosexuals again.”

In Turkey, a conservative coalition that calls itself A Call to Life Platform has sent a letter of support to anti-gay Turkish State Minister Selma Aliye Kayaf who categorized homosexuality as a “sickness” that can and should be treated. The letter “deems homosexuality as a threat to the continuation of human species and labels it as a corruption, and a perverse immoral and unnatural act, with references to all divine religions.”

In Stephenville, Texas, students at Tarleton State University are mounting a production of Corpus Christi – the Terrance McNally play that imagine Jesus as gay – as a part of four play class project this Saturday. The community beyond campus is angry, a coalition of Christians threatening to protest, but the play’s director, John Jordan Otte, a 26 year old junior, who grew up Mormon, going to Italy on a mission, before coming out and leaving the church which opposes homosexuality, says he picked the play not to be deliberately controversial but because its theme – that the teachings of Jesus apply to all – resonated with him.

A story about avowed heterosexual Jake Gyllenhaal and an incident in Montreal over the weekend, Jake in town to film something called Source Code. It seems a blogger – DrunkenStepfather, a rather vile site – annoyed that Jake was causing a commotion dancing with himself atop a bench, approached the closet case and yelled either “Hey, isn’t that the guy who kissed Heath Ledger?” or “Hey, isn’t that the guy who killed Heath Ledger?” Drama, naturally, ensued, and allegedly Gyllenhaal pushed a female friend, a claim his publicist denies, adding that the blogger’s account is libellous and they are pursuing action.

Joe Jonas spotted arriving at brother Nick’s Toluca Lake home Sunday, Joe seen from the back ...



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The terribly talented and cute Tina Fey – with adorable yellow rain boots – spotted outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre taping an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, posing with what appears to Robin Williams, who is not aging well at all.

Pretty Vacant Ann Coulter Ridicules Canadian Hate Crime Legislation

Passive/aggressive Ann Coulter, who likes to play the victim, in the midst of a cross-Canada campus tour with self-hating anti-Semite Ezra Levant, opened at the University of Western Ontario Monday night, and, having little to say, opted instead to make a mockery of hate crime legislation in this country, claiming she was the victim of a hate crime because the University of Ottawa president sent her an email ahead of her scheduled appearance this Tuesday requesting that she use “restraint, respect and consideration” when addressing students. He also reminded her that “our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or free speech) in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States. I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here. Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges.” During her speech, which was, by most accounts, incoherent and rambling, she took aim at gays, condemning the gay movement for making comparisons to the civil rights movements of the 1950’s and 60’s and was critical of Obama administration and of the newly passed health care reform bill. She is scheduled to visit the University of Calgary Thursday.

Gay Georgia Senior Permitted To Take Boyfriend To Prom

18 year old Derrick Martin, a senior at Bleckley County High School in Cochran, Georgia, is doing what as yet Constance McMillen cannot: Martin is taking his boyfriend to the school’s prom April 17th. Martin asked for permission from Bleckley School officials in January, the school informing him last week that he had their approval. Martin, who is an honours student and who tutors at risk students, says “I didn’t expect them to say yes. It’s who I am. I have the same rights. It’s my senior prom, and I want to be able to prove not everyone would cancel prom.” The school’s principal, Michelle Masters, initially said that the tiny town of 5,200 was not ready for something like this, but then, last week, informed Martin that there was no policy in place to prevent same sex dates from attending prom or any other school function. “You don’t have the right to say no,” Masters said, adding “as a principal, I don’t judge him. I’m taught not to judge. I have to push my own beliefs to the background.”

Proposition 8 Opponents Ordered To Disclose Campaign Communications, Constance McMillen Goes To Court, Scottish Survey Finds Most LGBT Experience Hate Crime, James Randi Comes Out, Chris Evans Captain America

United States Chief District Judge Vaughn Walker late Monday ordered opponents of Proposition 8 to turn over campaign materials from the 2008 California referendum, which will again delay a verdict in the trial challenging the constitutional validity of the gay marriage ban, of which Walker presides. The 24 page ruling rejects arguments posited by the American Civil Liberties Union and Equality California that contended the campaign communications are protected by the First Amendment as political speech. Walker has indicated April 12th as the deadline however the ACLU has hinted it is prepared to appeal the decision. Neither the defendants nor the plaintiffs have delivered closing arguments.

Monday, Itawamba County Schools Superintendent Teresa McNeece and school board Chairman Eddie Hood testified before a federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi that they had considered cancelling Itawamba Agricultural High School prom well before Constance McMillen requested bringing her girlfriend to the dance. McNeece and Hood told the court they has concerns about liability over the possible use of alcohol and drugs at a school-sanctioned event. However they did concede that the decision to cancel prom – scheduled for April 2nd- was because McMillen’s challenge to the school policy forbidding same sex dating had caused disruptions, although they could not offer any specific examples of said disruptions.

A new study via Stonewall Scotland suggests that a majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered have been the victim of some form of verbal abuse, and one third have been physically attacked. The survey also found that most do not report the incidents to the police. The report arrives as a new British law takes effect this week that will punish crimes motivated because of the victims sexuality or gender orientation or because they have a disability.

Canadian magician James Randi has come out. The 81 year old doing so via his website, in an entry titled How To Say It?

The long national nightmare is over: Chris Evans is Captain America.

Lt. Dan Choi Takes The Bourgeois Gay Movement And The Human Rights Campaign To Task

Lieutenant Dan Choi, discharge from the United States Army under the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” was arrested last week in an act of civil disobedience, along with former Army captain Jim Piertrangelo, the two men handcuffing themselves to the gate of the White House. The event was organized by GetEQUAL.org co-founder and head Robin McGehee, who was also arrested. The two men spent the night in jail, were arraigned the following day, when they both plead not guilty a charge of failing to obey a lawful order. Choi, an accidental activist, gives his first interview since the arrest, and addressed those critical of his defiance, saying “within the gay community so many leaders want acceptance from polite society. I think there’s been a betrayal of what is down inside of us in order to achieve what looks popular, what looks enviable. The movement seem to be centered around how to become elite. There is a deep schism (in the gay rights movement), everyone knows this. But this shouldn’t be about which group has better branding. There is a tremor right now in every gay and transgender youth that these groups are not grasping. I would say to them – you do not represent us if all you looking for is a ladder in to elite society.”

Choi also addressed the Human Rights Campaign’s puzzling decision to ask Kathy Griffin to be the spokesperson for the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” saying “I have great respect for her as an advocate. But if (the Human Rights Campaign) thinks that having a rally at Freedom Plaza with a comedienne is the right approach, I have to wonder. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is not a joking matter to me. To be at Freedom Plaza and not at the White House or Congress? Who are they trying to influence? I felt like they were just trying to speak to themselves. If that’s the best the lobbying groups and HRC can do, then I don’t know how these powerful groups are supposed to represent our community. Kathy Griffin and(HRC president) Jay Solmonese said they would march with me to the White House but didn’t. I feel so betrayed by them.”

The United States Of Tara Second Season Gayness, Adam Lambert Recommends Acid, It Is Okay To Be Gay In Malaysia Movies As Long As You End Up Not Gay, Marathon Man Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Phillippe, Ke$ha, Sam Worthington In the Details, Brilliant Ben Folds Five Chatroulette, Male Model Goodness

Season two of both Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara start Monday night, and while it is disappointing that Nurse Jackie decided to dump the gay supporting character – Mohammed “Mo-Mo” De La Cruz without really exploring his identity at all, Tara, starring the brilliant Toni Collette aims to amp the gay volume up, with Tara’s son Marshall (played with to pitch perfection by Keir Gilchrist) exploring his sexual identity in a way rarely seen on television – network or cable – as well as the addition of gay neighbours. All that, and Joey Lauren Adams guests as a love interest of Buck, Tara’s male alter.

Adam Lambert talks about his aversion to the natural color of his hair (he is a red head), about being forced to justify his sexuality, and employing acid as a means to an epiphany.

New censorship guides in Malaysia, an arch-conservative Muslim nation, means that films can feature gay central characters, but only if the character converts to heterosexuality by story’s end, which according to Malaysian Film Producer’s Association president Ahmad Puad Onah, means that “as long as we portray good triumphing over evil and there is a lesson learnt in the film, such as from a gay (character) who turns into a (straight) man.”

Shia LaBeouf ran the Los Angeles Marathon Sunday, making the 26.3 mile route in a timed total of four hours and thirty-five, finishing 5825 out of estimated 25,000. Thankfully, Shia wore underwear.

The most beautiful man in the world, Ryan Phillippe, is scheduled to host Saturday Night Live April 17 with musical guest Ke$ha. McGruber mania ensues.

Smoking sexy Sam Worthington graces the cover of the gay, but not gay Details magazine.

Ben Folds Five alter-ego Merton deconstructs and destroys Chatroulette during a recent concert in Charlotte, North Carolina Saturday, and it is hilarious, especially the guy inexplicably on the toilet.



Photographer Jason Wu captures beautiful Belgian new male model Loammi Goetghbeur.

Malawi Magistrate Delays Sentencing And Rules Gay Couple Can Call Defence Witnesses

From Malawi, Magistrate Nyakawawa Usiwausiwa surprised most everyone Monday, ruling that the two men who have imprisoned and stand accused of gross public indecency and unnatural acts between men since late December, have a case to answer and are entitled to a trial, saying that although prosecutors have established a case against Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steve Monjeza, attorneys acting in their defence are able to call witnesses. The trial is expected to resume in April, both men having been taken back into custody. It was thought the two would be sentenced today, likely to fourteen years of hard labour.

First Look At Bryan Batt Wooing Michael Urie On Ugly Betty, Arthur Sales Sexy Underwear Style, Adin, Gareth Thomas For Attitude, French Men’s Locker Room Celebration, Adam Lambert Meets Boy George, Reese Witherspoon’s New “Man,” Alexander Skarsgard Walks In LA

Bryan Batt makes an appearance on the April 7th episode of criminally cancelled too soon Ugly Betty (and as an aside, if you haven’t been watching until this year, blame yourself), Batt playing a severely coiffed closeted daytime drama actor named Spencer Cannon who takes a liking to Michael Urie’s Mark St. James.

The supremely sexy Arthur Sales stars in the spring and summer 2010 campaign for Frankie Morello, Sales seen in a collection of skimpy underwear.

Meet male model Adin, freckled, tattooed, and edible.

The full set of Gareth Thomas photographs for Attitude magazine.

Rugby hotness, from Saturday’s Six Nations Grand Slam in Paris, as the French men’s team won their first Slam beating England, celebrating in and out of clothing post-game.

Adam Lambert meets Boy George Saturday night in London, England at the Merah Club, George debuting a new single.



Professional beard Reese Witherspoon and her new “boyfriend,” agent Jim Toth, spotted Saturday in Ojai, California, Reese’s birthday.



Alexander Skarsgard spotted in a sexy sheer tee shirt. (Say it fast)