08/23/2005
Donatella Versace spotted dog shopping at the Beverly Center: "Donatella and two beautiful, strapping (read:gay) men were accompanying her royal highness. One held her cell phone and one held her purse. Donatella knows how to delegate."
Rod 2.0 takes a look at the latest Details "Gay or..." column, finding the "intersection of the bling bling lifestyle and homoeroticism." Certainly a serendipitous feature, given Kanye West's recent remarks.
A gay Iranian faces deportation from Britain after a judge rejected his asylum request. The Iranian man claims he is in danger because authorities in that country discovered a tape of the man kissing another man. Iran recently executed two young gay men in that country and two more executions are scheduled for the end of August. The UK's Pink News reports that it is believed "some four thousand gay men have been executed for their sexuality in Iran since their Islamic Revolution of 1979."
Mom sues school district over son's yearbook photo. Derrick Yray's soccer photo was imprinted with the word "gay" in 250 copies of the yearbook leaving the student "vulnerable to 'hatred, contempt and ridicule.'"
RUMOR: Radar magazine paid $300,000 for insider Scientology info on Tom Cruise story.
Posted 5:38 PM EST by Andy Towle in Elsewhere | Permalink
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Such a shame about the Iranian queer - the UK just ruled in favor of taking in queers last week!
Posted by: ryan | Aug 23, 2005 6:37:53 PM
An exchange between Anderson Cooper and Kim Masters, Radar contributing writer (fr gawker.com):
KM: You know, honestly, I don’t know what the — what that means or what it’s about. We spoke to quite a number of fallen-away Scientologists. They were on the record and as far as we were concerned, they were entitled to have their say.
AC: So you didn’t pay anyone?
KM: We certainly didn’t pay anyone, no.
AC: Does Radar have $300,000?
Posted by: yogi | Aug 24, 2005 4:16:38 AM
The whole business of Tom Cruise and the Scientology thing and the Katie Holmes thing is a huge smokescreen for him being gay. He is gay, gay, gay. I guess he'd rather be called a cultist psycho than be called a fagula. People are unbelievable.
Posted by: Tipsy McStaggers | Aug 24, 2005 3:21:09 PM