10/31/2005
Newest Apple store will be massive cube descending underground.
P6 not so blind item: "WHICH swishy pop star who won't admit he's gay is dating a well-known interior designer? The decorator is recovering from his previous boyfriend's tragic death, while the pop star is equally despondent about his ailing career..." Nate Berkus and...?
Wisconsin's Fred Phelps littering towns with anti-gay pamphlets.
Alaska Supreme Court rules that it's unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees. Alaska was one of the first states to ban gay marriage.
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Yes Alaska was one of the first states to ban gay marriage electorally. But one must recall that Alaska's supreme court has always been pro-gay. They ruled that same-sex Marriage had to be allowed in Alaska, like Hawaii in 1996 or so and Massachusetts last year. In Hawaii, the voters' response was to amend the state constitution to disallow gay marriage. Alaska did the same in response to the court ruling. That is why Alaska was one of the first states to ban it, because it had this ruling to counter.
Posted by: Sam | Oct 31, 2005 4:10:36 PM
Slight, but significant, correction, Sam: I don't think the Alaska Supreme Court ever decided for same-sex marriage. A lower court did, but I think the referendum kicked in before the Alaska Supreme Court ever had a chance to hear that case.
Posted by: Glenn | Oct 31, 2005 5:26:49 PM
Swishy pop star dating Nate? I can imagine Oprah's favorite Gay bedding Ricky Martin (that seems like a cute couple). For some reason, I have some strange feeling that it's Clay Aiken. Don't ask me why. It doesn't make sense. But Page Six's "who won't admit he's gay" description lends itself to Aiken, and Martin to some extent.
Posted by: BRIAN | Oct 31, 2005 5:27:22 PM
If it IS Clay Aiken, then what a waste for Nate! He is way out of Aiken's league...
Posted by: Joey | Oct 31, 2005 5:38:55 PM
I thought it was Clay Aiken as well...either way, whatever. COME OUT ALREADY!
Posted by: scott | Oct 31, 2005 5:40:32 PM
I never thought of Ricky Martin as swishy, but it makes a better mental image to think of Nage Berkus dating him than than swishy Clay Aiken.
Posted by: Bill | Oct 31, 2005 5:40:33 PM
A correction: the pastor in Wisconsin is Ralph Ovadal, not Fred Phelps. Phelps is based in Topeka, KS.
Posted by: Brian | Oct 31, 2005 5:40:57 PM
hmmm, thought Nate was dating Jeffrey Brezovar? http://www.queerty.com/queer/jeffrey-brezovar/index.php
Posted by: Scott | Oct 31, 2005 5:43:27 PM
hmmm, thought Nate was dating Jeffrey Brezovar? http://www.queerty.com/queer/jeffrey-brezovar/index.php
Posted by: Scott | Oct 31, 2005 5:44:05 PM
Fred Phelps is acctually from Kansas...unless he moved
Posted by: Mac Adkins | Oct 31, 2005 6:01:30 PM
I think when he said Wisconsin's Fred Phelps, he meant the Fred Phelps of Wisconsin; a pastor there who would strike one of being like the actual Fred Phelps, but who is not Fred Phelps himself.
Posted by: Cyran | Oct 31, 2005 6:11:39 PM
Could chemistry have combusted when Ricky and Nate were both together on Miss O's Cryfestorama last week?!?
Posted by: MIKE | Oct 31, 2005 6:12:10 PM
Jeffrey is cute. The girls at DataLounge are having a field day, as usual.
His late lover, Fernando Bengoechea, was cute. Jeffrey seems to be in the same category as him.
OMGOMGOMG. Could Page Six be wrong? Say it ain't so!
Posted by: BRIAN | Oct 31, 2005 6:31:55 PM
Well, as Fernando was Brazilian, Nate's taste for Spanish rice is apparent, so Ricky fits, tho I, too, have never seen any evidence of el swish, but have never seen him in person either, darn. Whoever it is, if he falls under Oprah's spell [mooooooo], he's unlikely to ever come out publicly. It took a tsunami for Nate to, and she STILL plays with him on her show like he's straight meat.
Posted by: Leland | Oct 31, 2005 6:37:24 PM
for some reason George Michael sprang to mind - perhaps "ailing career"? tho I'd love for it to be Garth Brooks!
Posted by: resurrect | Oct 31, 2005 6:39:21 PM
The rumor I heard was that Nate met Ricky working on tsunami relief (Ricky's got a foundation that was helping victims), then they met up again on an Oprah Winfrey show shot a few weeks ago and something clicked between them. It may just be wishful thinking, but then again...
Posted by: pikeposition | Oct 31, 2005 7:34:06 PM
Cyran you are correct. That's what I was saying.
Posted by: andy | Oct 31, 2005 9:04:40 PM
"Massive cube"? Can we say, "resistance is futile"?
Posted by: Matthew | Oct 31, 2005 9:09:52 PM
doesn't littering send you straight to hell?
Posted by: avi | Oct 31, 2005 9:50:44 PM
No way is Clay with Nate Berkus... He is too ugly. Only ugly guys go for other ugly guys. Good looking people would never go for someone gross & ugly. In fact, Ugly people should just kill themselves. They are worthless & don't deserve to live. Same goes for Fat people.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW DISGUSTING & PATHETIC ALL OF YOU WHO IMMEDIATELY ASSUME BERKUS "COULDN'T POSSIBLY" GO FOR SOMEONE LIKE AIKEN SOUND?
SHAME. SHAME. SHAME ON YOU.
Posted by: SHAME | Oct 31, 2005 9:57:18 PM
...technically, the Aiken career ain't ailing...he's got quite the fanbase, regardless of how dis-interested y'all (and me) are...the not-so-blind article is all about the martin.
Posted by: midnight lounge | Nov 1, 2005 10:02:07 AM
Sure this isn't just REALLY old news? It pretty much describes Bryan Adams and Todd Oldham....but that's been going on for years.
Posted by: PSMike | Nov 1, 2005 11:29:26 AM
bryan adams is gay? wow - never registered.
Posted by: midnight lounge | Nov 1, 2005 12:17:56 PM
I don't think that it's Clay Aiken at all - not because he's not attractive, just because I cannot imagine any chemistry between them - I CAN between he and Ricki Martin since he seems to like hispanic men.
Posted by: Novanlord | Nov 3, 2005 6:03:52 AM
i know for a FACT that Jeffrey Brezovar and Nate Berkus are a hot item. My friends and I were dining in a restaurant in NYC and Jeffrey and Nate were there with a small group of people. They looked very much in love, and they were all over each other. It was sort of hot to watch.
Posted by: chris | Nov 3, 2005 12:29:02 PM