Miss Brazil Gay 2009 Attacked by Jealous Wig-Snatching Competitor

At this year's Miss Brazil Gay 2009, the winner, Ava Simoes, had her wig and tiara torn off by Miss Sao Paulo, who was jealous of the results. No doubt this is the same type of rage Carrie Prejean was feeling after her loss. Drag queens just know how to werq it out. You know this wasn't the end of it.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #573

POKER FACES: A Lady Gaga, South Park, and Christopher Walken mash-up.

BEYONCE: Crowd surfs in London.

UCLA: Students in near riot over a 32% tuition increase yesterday.

MY PUMPS: Erickatoure Aviance, who you may have seen on the Wendy Williams show, shows off her pumps.

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Drag Queen Leads Flash Mob on Sydney's Bondi Beach

Over the weekend, Sydney's Bondi Beach was the scene of a (Kylie Minogue-approved) flash mob, led by legendary local drag queen Joyce Maynge.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Candy: First 'Transversal Style' Fashion Magazine Launches

Luis Venegas, the Madrid-based editor of fashion and art publications including Fanzine 137, has launched his latest.

Called Candy, Venegas describes the publication as the first "Transversal Style" magazine: "the first fashion magazine ever completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations."

Candy's cover model is Luke Worrall.

 Writes Venegas: "Never before in history, have men and women had so many opportunities for body modification, or so many ways to change their appearance from head to toe: from the softest options like make up, to permanent transformations courtesy of the surgeons' knife. Now the 21st Century is truly underway, there's no need to justify ourselves, only the ability and need to celebrate the diversity of lifestyles and options, the freedom to choose on every level. The possibilities are as infinite as the amount of people there are in this world. CANDY is a magazine for everybody. A space for individual freedom, and a publication that pushes people to take on the persona of what they always wanted to be."

The magazine is a limited edition and 1,000 copies are available.

Check out a very cool video promo for the magazine and a shot of the cover model out of drag, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: H1N1, Banksy, Drew Gooden, Space Hotel, Justin Bourne

Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear appeal of lawsuit oever same-sex marriage referendum.

Dallas Mavericks Drew Gooden accused of calling fan a "faggot".

Lady Gaga found something else in her closet.

Census data: many similarities between straight married couples and gay married couples.

Gay candidate smeared as child molester in Annapolis election.

Anti-gay sign investigated as hate crime in Maine: "A hand-painted, plywood sign that had a threat directed at homosexuals was found nailed on a tree in the front yard of a Route 156 residence on Friday, police say."

Hypocrite: Rep. Joe Wilson blames Obama administration for vaccine shortage after voting no on funding bill to combat H1N1.

Space hotel to launch in 2012?

A look at Ultimate Fighting, its gay-friendly and not so gay-friendly fighters, and its gay fans: “Any guy involved in grappling is the furthest thing from homophobic in the world. I honestly think it would have no impact whatsoever with not only our fighters or our fan base. The guys in the UFC, everybody is so cool, it’s great sportsmanship, everybody has respect for each other. I honestly, it wouldn’t be a big deal to me and most of the guys I know in this sport, it wouldn’t be a big deal for them either.”

Circus: Kylie Minogue spent Halloween in NYC with Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone.

Miss Gay America crowned in St. Louis.

Minor league hockey player Justin Bourne: End the gay slurs. "In my days as a hockey player, I did nothing but contribute to hockey's culture of homophobia and prejudice against gays. I used gay slurs more times than I'd like to admit. Six months after I left my last professional locker room, I felt a twinge of regret, followed by a full-out, stomach punch of regret. And by the time I finished the first draft of this column, I was disgusted with myself."

Is Precious this year's Slumdog?

Listen: Silverton, Oregon's transgender mayor Stu Rasmussen profiled on WNYC's Radiolab.

Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough: I'm not gay, but I almost played one on Cougar Town: "It would have been perfect. With all the rumors going around, I thought it would be really funny because it's just not true. But I was like, you know what? If that's what you want to see."

Rihanna discusses assault: "I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears."

Banksy commentary on graffiti vandalism covered in graffiti by vandals.

Minnesota pastor quits over Lutheran position on gay clergy.

Mariah Carey nearly takes spill on Jay Leno.

Twitter war erupts after user calls British actor Stephen Fry's Tweets "boring."

Conservative Washington Times highlights Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway's opposition to lifting ban on gays in the military: "But Gen. Conway has gone further than others in stating his opposition to a change in policy, according to the former official, who has been privy to private conversations on the matter. "He feels very strongly that [removing the ban] would be disruptive, and he opposes it," said the former official. Gen. Conway's private remarks stand in contrast to public utterances by other service chiefs, who have restricted themselves to repeating a well-rehearsed mantra: If Congress introduces a bill to repeal the ban, they will discuss it with the chain of command. If Congress changes the law, they will follow the law."

Anti-Gays Distributing Ugly, Fear-Mongering Flyers in Kalamazoo

Anti-gays in Kalamazoo, Michigan are employing ugly scare tactics in the campaign against the city's non-discrimination ordinance, distributing flyers featuring images of cross-dressing gay and transgender men intended to scare voters into believing women will be endangered by being forced to share restrooms with the men pictured.

Watch a report, AFTER THE JUMP...

The ordinance, which has already been passed by the city commission, would make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT people in matters of employment, housing, and public accommodation.

The fear-mongering tactics used in the flyers are similar to ones we saw used in Gainesville, Florida, when "pro-family" groups there released an ad claiming (predatory) transgender people would be allowed to choose which restroom they wanted, thereby putting children at risk.

Thankfully, voters in Gainesville refused to buy the scare tactics, and voted to keep the city's anti-discrimination law in place.

Will Kalamazoo's voters be fooled? Watch WOOD's report, AFTER THE JUMP... 

In related news, a CVS manager who was an active participant in the anti-gay Gainesville campaign was arrested recently for what? Filming women in his store's bathroom.

The Gainesville Sun reports: "The CVS Pharmacy manager who allegedly admitted Friday to filming women in his store's bathroom was an active participant in the 2008 charter amendment to 'keep men out of women's restrooms.' Jonathan Matheny, 27, was charged with one count of video voyeurism after a customer told police she had discovered a cell phone equipped with a camera under a pile of tissues in the CVS bathroom at 125 S.W. 34th St. Police are looking for other victims. The petition drive in the summer of 2008 was aimed at a city ordinance that provided rights, including equal access to public accommodation, for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. ... 'It's a bit hypocritical when that group was allegedly putting the petition on the ballot to protect women in bathrooms and then the manager of the store who was allowing the petition gathering was in fact preying on women in bathrooms,' said Terry Fleming, spokesman for Equality in Gainesville's Businesses, the political action committee created to oppose the charter amendment."