News: Jason Biggs, Uganda, Brian Epstein, Zimbabwe, Rihanna

STUDY: Circumcision ineffective in protecting gay men from HIV/AIDS.

John Mayer offers $25,000 reward for vintage mugshot.

Calvin College professors demand campus discussion following memo from Board of Trustees telling them it is "unacceptable" for them to advocate for LGBT issues and marriage equality: "About 130 of the campus' 300 faculty attended a meeting this week to discuss the memo. Karin Maag, vice chairwoman of the Faculty Senate, said there are concerns about both the content of the letter and the process by which the policy was determined."

Gay teacher reinstated in Oklahoma City.

Brody Jenner tasered following fight with Joe Francis.

Ghana paper discovers gay underground parties.

Momentum building on ENDA, says Barney Frank's transgender policy adviser Diego Sanchez: [Barney]'s called on the entire community since [2007] to lobby, work — and the community has said, 'OK, we've got one game plan, and it's Barney. There's broader support this time."

Ugandan "Ex-gay" leader George Oundo caught taking boys to his house to be "sodomized".

Rihanna channels Grace Jones for Italian Vogue.

American Pie star Jason Biggs departs Spain after almost having his face ripped off by a monkey.

Victory Fund endorses eight new candidates: Simone Bell – Georgia House of Representatives, Fred Chang – Port Orchard, Wash. City Council, David Cicilline — Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island, Daniel Dromm – New York City Council, Rosie Mendez — New York City Council, Eric Morrow – East Point, Ga. City Council, Ken Reeves – Cambridge, Mass. City Council, Amaad Rivera — Springfield, Mass. City Council.

A Life in the Day: Gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein is subject of new film.

Washington Post posts fluffy profile on National Organization for Marriage executive director Brian Brown. Article.

90210's hottest new piece, Trevor Donovan.

T-shirt says Legalize It.

Sean Chapin on channeling anger over Prop 8.

Lowell, Massachusetts teen faces civil rights charges for hurling slurs at drag queens.

Groups protest lack of Obama movement on immigration reform. Immigration Equality hosting September 14 reception in Washington D.C.

Englewood, Colorado Episcopal Church dissolves over gay controversy: "Even though these traditional, loyal and older Episcopalians did not object to the church's growing acceptance of openly gay clergy, they say, their former priest did."

Zimbabwe's Mugabe government in alleged cover-up after minister of state John Nkomo sexually assaults young man and forces him to flee the country.

Trans 'Bash Back' Member ID'ed as Colorado Democratic HQ Vandal

A vandal responsible for smashing windows at the Colorado Democratic Headquarters in Denver on Monday night has been identified as a transgender anarchist and member of the radical trans/queer anarchist group Bash Back. The group is profiled in the current issue of Details magazine.

The Denver Post reports: "Anarchist websites lit up across the country as Schwenkler's friends asked for cash to bail out the 24-year-old, who stands accused of felony criminal mischief and was described in the solicitations as 'a transgendered anarchist' using the name Ariel Attack. Schwenkler was released from jail on $5,000 bail Wednesday. Police say Schwenkler and an at-large accomplice took a hammer to 11 plate-glass windows at the Denver headquarters of the Colorado Democratic Party about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, possibly focusing on posters touting President Barack Obama and his health care plan. Benjamin Yager, a member of local radical protest group Denver Bash Back, said he posted the fundraising notices on several anarchist websites, including Queers Against Obama and Infoshop News."

The paper adds: "Republicans later rejoiced when it was revealed Schwenkler had worked for a Democratic candidate in 2008 and alleged the vandalism was an attempt to frame conservative opponents to Obama's proposal. Now it appears possible that Schwenkler ascribes to neither political ideology."

CBS 4 Denver reports on Schwenkler, AFTER THE JUMP...

(vandalism image via Colorado Independent)

Congressman Jared Polis Does a Beer Bong with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert paid a visit to gay freshman Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) in his D.C. office where they discussed whether being gay is a choice, and then proceeded to funnel some Coors Light through a beer bong.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Tom DeLay, Public Option, UFOs, Madonna, Provincetown

Obama administration to drop "public option" on health care: "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that government alternative to private health insurance is 'not the essential element' of the administration's health care overhaul. The White House would be open to co-ops, she said, a sign that Democrats want a compromise so they can declare a victory." Re-branding?

Actor Colton Haynes to play 17-year-old a-hole in Look.

Former House Majority leader Tom DeLay to join new season of Dancing with the Stars. Full cast here.

Mumbai celebrates Gay Pride following Indian ruling decriminalizing gay sex.

Britain's Ministry of Defence releases new batch of UFO files: "The 14 files released today by the National Archives include more than 800 sightings reported between 1993 and 1996, and contain more than 4,000 pages of material dating back to 1981."

Here's a profile on the judge hearing the federal court case challenging Proposition 8. L.A. Times agrees with Equality California's decision to battle Prop 8 in 2012 rather than 2010. Groups split...

Kate Winslet signs on for Todd Haynes miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce.

Robert Downey Jr. to take on the role of Vampire Lestat?

Madonna spends 51st birthday with  her children — Lourdes, David, Mercy, and Jesus.

Anchorage mayor to decide fate of anti-discrimination ordinance...

Transgender woman sexually assaulted, beaten, in Trinidad, Colorado: "According to the police report obtained by the Chieftain, the attacker saw the woman in the lobby of the hotel and followed her back to her room. She did not let him in, but he later returned and forced his way in, sexually assaulted her, then tried to drown her in the bathtub and electrocute her by dropping a hair dryer into the bathtub. The victim reported that the attacker used anti-gay slurs as he attacked her."

Gay Boston news anchor Randy Price to lead Provincetown Carnival parade.

Be Marilyn Monroe's dead neighbor.

Male model fix: Gabriel Zadok Everett.

In honor of Madonna's 51st birthday, Film Experience takes a look at Madge's work on the silver screen.

Jezebel editor blames gay men for fashion industry woes: "I think that gay men are actually the most to blame for many of the problems in the fashion industry, like the absence of womanly curves on the runway, and the hideous, figure-assaulting trend that is the tent dress, which no women who have tits, and no straight men who have an appreciation for tits, have any use for."

Broward County Deputee, who targeted Hispanic men in order to sexually abuse them, had a history of complaints which were ignored.

News: MS, Anderson Cooper, Glee, Gay Adoption, Martha, Tulsa

Scientists reverse Multiple Sclerosis in mice.

Utah paper refuses to run gay couple's wedding announcement.

NeNe Leakes can't get enough Anderson Cooper.

Samantha Fox to marry her manager Myra Stratton: “We might get Liz Mitchell of BoneyM to do the ceremony - she’s a pastor now… and have the do [party] in Siberia.”

Gay couple claims ejection from Internos Wine Cafe in San Francisco for kissing.

Glee gets a new promo!

Anchorage Mayor mulling veto of anti-discrimination ordinance: "This issue is important to our community and, as such, deserves careful consideration. It is my responsibility not only to listen to constituents but to examine the ordinance's language in depth."

Bethenny Frankel trashes Gwyneth Paltrow's cooking skillz.

Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson record album.

Car bursts into flame outside Martha Stewart property.

Planet discovered that orbits its star backwards.

Activist Michael Petrelis zaps anti-Harvey Milk press conference in SF's Civic Plaza.

On a gay adoption: "We are often asked what Scott calls his two fathers. Before the adoption, we asked ourselves the same question. Some gay couples we know who had adopted let their child use their first names, but that seemed to deny Scott the chance to use a word used by most of his friends. Others, where one partner is from a different country, used something like 'Daddy' and 'Papa' to differentiate. In the end, we settled on 'Daddy' (for Michael) and 'Dad' (me), uncertain whether Scott would be able to make sense of the distinction. We needn’t have worried. He gets it right all the time."

Shia LaBeouf reveals his hand to the world.

Boxing in Brazil.

Protest planned at Rhode Island National Organization for Marriage event this Sunday.

Tulsa mayoral candidate says #1 issue for city is putting a Christian creationism display in the Tulsa Zoo.

Lockerbie bomber to be freed? "If the Scots do this, they should be ashamed of themselves. The man is a mass murderer and he would be given a sympathy he did not afford his victims."

Woman faces second-degree murder charges in Boulder, Colorado for stabbing her husband after he told people, 'I'm a gay guy'.

Craig Vincent-Jones, executive director of the L.A. County Commission on HIV, on Arnold Schwarzenegger's draconian HIV/AIDS budget cuts.

Vancouver gay basher Michael Kandola to stand trial: "Smith was holding hands with another man on Davie St Sep 27, 2008 when police say a group of men yelled homophobic slurs at the gay men. Kandola then allegedly punched Smith."

News: Michigan, Kris Allen, Boston Gay Bars, Kathy Griffin

3GS: Apple releases follow-up to iPhone. 3G now $99.

GALLUP POLL: 58% of conservatives favor gays in the military.

 Tween Idol.

Kris Allen signs record deal, discusses album.

Pat Steadman, first out gay man in the Colorado senate, sworn in.

Proposition 8 protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Faces of Us: "a photo campaign created with the purpose of bringing the fight for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights to the National spotlight. The campaign is still small, but growing, and shows the faces and identities of members of the LGBT community and allies who care about these issues."

Gay porn actor Timothy Boham (aka Marcus Allen) murder trial goes to jury: "Twenty-eight-year-old Timothy Boham testified Thursday that Denver businessman John Kelso committed suicide and that they had planned to make it look like a robbery for life-insurance purposes. But prosecutors say Boham shot Kelso during a robbery and a police detective testified this week that Boham confessed to the killing."

Two U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea.

Is the gay bar scene in Boston finished?

Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D List returning tonight at 10 pm: "Since 'D-List' premiered in 2005, Griffin’s career has moved in a different direction. So she thought her show should, too. 'It’s kind of silly to make the show about what it was four years ago, which was I can’t get a job, I’m going to go do stand-up at gay rodeo,' she said. 'It’s a very different place than I was in four years ago.' So this season, Griffin visits, among others, Lily Tomlin, Paula Deen, T.I., Gloria Estefan and Paris Hilton to get a glimpse into their lives."

Male model fix: Christopher Fawcett.

Signature collectors begin drive to recall Portland Mayor Sam Adams. Organizer Jasun Wurster: "This is a positive, non-partisan and intelligent campaign that is comprised of very talented volunteers who are solely focused on holding Sam Adams accountable for his civic transgressions."

Images from a cocktail party held by the New York Times in honor of same-sex couples that have made their wedding announcements in the paper.

Snow falls in North Dakota in June.

Cristiano Ronaldo exposed?

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway reuniting on screen for Love and Other Drugs.

Michigan shift in public opinion on gays called 'seismic': "In October 2004, a Glengariff poll showed 24% of Michiganders supported marriage rights for same-sex partners, and only 42% supported legal recognition of civil unions. In the new poll, support for same sex marriage was 46.5% and for civil unions 63.7%. Forty-eight percent of state voters said they opposed adding marriage rights, the only one of nine gay rights issues not winning majority support."

UK Catholic mother launches legal battle after son is placed with gay foster parents. Catholic church says adoption rights for gays amount to child abuse.