News: David Huebner, Hadron Collider, Adam Lambert, Uganda

ABC cancels Adam Lambert Good Morning America concert following complaints.

Snapped up by CBS Early Show...

Taylor Lautner wets T-shirt for Rolling Stone.

David Huebner confirmed as Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.

Foundation gives $12,000 matching grant to help revive former Southern Voice: "The Lloyd E. Russell Foundation will give $12,000 in matching funds to the new news outlet, according to a note posted on www.savesovo.com Gay activist and businessman Lloyd Russell was active in Atlanta politics as a Libertarian candidate in the 1990s. His nonprofit was started to support the gay community in Atlanta and in the Southeast."

Joe Lieberman: Bitter, party of one.

Signorile: Max Blumenthal on Palin's ties to homophobes and white supremacists.

Ugandan president: European gays are "recruiting" in Africa. “We used to have very few homosexuals traditionally. They were not persecuted but were not encouraged either because it was clear that is not how God arranged things to be.”

David Geffen to attend Obama state dinner?

Ryan Phillippe takes a shirtless hike in L.A.'s Runyon Canyon.

Straight couple's UK civil partnership bid rejected.

Lesbian U.S. war resister seeking asylum in Canada speaks: "My mom misses me and she wants me to come back home. Sometimes she cries when I talk with her, wishing she could see me. It's hard. (My family) is hoping the best for me."

Do we now know what happened to Demi Moore's hip?

University of North Texas students vote down the right of same-sex couples' eligibility for homecoming king and queen titles: "A total of 4,895 students voted, or 13.5 percent of the student body. "No" votes were 2,836, or 58 percent of the ballots, while 2,059 students, or 42 percent, voted yes. Student leaders say turnout was high."

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders may testify in Prop 8 case.

VIDEO: Paula Deen hit by a ham.

Bang: Hadron Collider produces first collisions.

Vermont judge awards full custody of 7-year-old girl to non-biological lesbian parent: "Jenkins' ex-partner - Lisa Miller - denied visitation rights, and the judge in the case got angry. Miller refused to let Jenkins even visit Isabella — who was conceived while the pair were together — while the custody proceedings continued for months. And that was enough for Judge William Cohen, who called the battle 'a first-of-its kind parent custody change,' to eliminate any chance of Miller to have custody of her biological daughter."

P. Diddy to sell his scent on HSN?

Westboro Baptist Church targets pop-punk band All Time Low: "How do you know how far gone a society is? You look at their social icons. When you look at these gender-confused, haphazard freakazoids then you can plainly see that america is DOOMED, for real! This is the final generation, and a little concussion is the least of their worries."

D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier blasted for failing to take adequate steps to protect gays, lesbians, and transgender people from hate crimes: "Kris Baumann, chair of the Fraternal Order of Police, and officials with five local LGBT organizations said Lanier has turned down their repeated request to assign more officers to the department’s highly acclaimed Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit, whose ranks have been reduced from seven to two members since Lanier became chief in 2007."

News: Brooklyn, Jim Carrey, Asteroid, Jodi Rell, Subway Drama

This is how an American soldier is made.

Brooklyn's oldest gay bar, The Starlite Lounge, in danger of closing: "The Starlite Lounge has been a Crown Heights fixture since the 1960s, serving gays and non-gays. In recent years, the venue has become a destination for neighborhood folks looking for a casual daytime hangout, as well as revelers who frequent the dance parties and karaoke nights, according to Leviticus."

WATCH: Drunk Boston woman almost gets run over by subway.

Jim Carrey's new website is pretty fantastic.

Gay man running for Toronto mayor.

Rhode Island domestic partners bill awaits anti-gay governor Carcieri's signature: "An opponent of gay marriage, Carcieri has not yet stated whether, he will sign, veto or allow to become law without his signature a bill to provide domestic partners with the right to make funeral arrangements for their partners."

How same-sex marriage has worked in The Netherlands.

Excellent chart on same-sex marriage and age.

Gays are not welcome at Vatican City, but what about all the gays who are already there?

Madonna is in Brazil to meet Jesus Luz's mother, who is 14 years her junior.

Andy Warhol's "jock" Polaroids are on display in NYC.

A previously-undiscovered asteroid came within 14,000 km of Earth last week and it was only noticed 15 hours before its closest approach: "This is the third-closest known non-impacting Earth approach on record for a cataloged (sic) asteroid."

David Beckham got a post-Halloween buzz.

Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell says she's not running for reelection: "Rell choked up while listing her favorite memories while in office, including meeting those affected by the passage of public health insurance for the poor, updates to mass transit, and improvements to the state's education system. She cited a gay couple who hugged her at Stafford Motor Speedway after she signed the nation's first voluntarily passed civil union bill."

Westboro Baptist Church protests outside of Sasha and Malia Obama's school in D.C..

James Franco's General Hospital role: graffiti artist?

Paris Hilton threatening to sue for being made the spokesmodel for vacant space - literally.

New York Army specialist in Baghdad being discharged under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': "Nathanael Bodon of Marlboro is a specialist in the Army Reserve stationed in Baghdad, Iraq. He has been in the reserves for about a year-and-a-half and in Iraq for some four months. The Army found out about Bodon when a fellow soldier found his blog with a picture of him kissing a former boyfriend and tipped off the Army brass."

Sally Kern's husband to join religious groups for Monday rally in D.C. against marriage equality.

Brazilian model Miro Moreira lowers his rate.

N.Y. Posts' Andrea Peyser defends cabbie who kicked out gays for hugging: " Mohamed faces the indignity of having his cab license yanked by the Taxi and Limousine Commission. He's already lost his job. But Medhat Mohamed is no bigot, and he's not a disgrace. He's also not a prude, a gay basher, a homophobe or the more colorful invective that's been lobbed in his direction by a chorus of yuppies with a large bone to pick."

Free Speech: Court Reverses $5 Million Ruling Against Gay, Jew, and Soldier-Hating Westboro Baptist Church

A federal appeals court reversed a $5 million judgment (originally an $11 million judgment, which was reduced) against Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church, ruling that the church's protest outside the funeral of an Iraq veteran was free speech:

"The ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., held that the signs and writings of the Westboro Baptist Church, which included anti-gay and anti-military messages, are protected by the First Amendment. The Topeka-based congregation has protested at military funerals across the country."

The dead Marine's father says he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In related news, the WBC has begun an assault on New York City, targeting Brooklyn Tech because the school says "it’s OK to be gay."

They'll also target Jewish temples:

"The bigots will protest on Saturday in front of Congregation Beth Elohim on Eighth Avenue in Park Slope at 9:45 am, at Union Temple on Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights at 10 am and the Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill at 12:30 pm on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. On Wednesday, church spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper said the rallies were not anti-Jewish or anti-gay. 'How about we call it an ‘Obey your God’ rally?' she said. 'You Jews and gays have got to put away your false gods, your idols and your filthy way of life.' She added that 'God hates the disobedient.' ... 'We picked these weekends because these are the high holidays,' she said. 'You Jews broke the covenant with God. The beast is going to bring the nations to march upon Jerusalem. Your houses will be destroyed and your women ravaged. It’s going to make the Holocaust, the Babylonian captivity and the destruction of the Temple look like a tea party.'"

A video of the group outside Jewish Theological Seminary yesterday, singing "Hava Nagila", AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Autumn, Provincetown, Starbucks, Trevor Donovan, Lutherans

Is the Westboro Baptist Church distributing flyers that read "Kill Jews" around Brooklyn? Sounds like it.

Guess what? It's leaf peeping time.

Anderson Cooper, swine flu victim?

Capital Territory tries again for marriage equality, again faces government opposition.

This is it: Michael Jackson media blitz begins.

Elizabeth Taylor wants to be buried next to MJ? "After sitting through Michael's funeral service at the Great Mausoleum, with its magnificent stained-glass windows and replicas of Michelangelo's artworks, she later told friends, 'I felt a sense of peace there that I've never experienced before.'"

Chapel Hill, North Carolina to woo gay travelers: “We are looking at this from a purely economic perspective.”

Michelle Phillips says Mackenzie is lying about the incest.

Disgusting: NOM targets Californians Against Hate activist Fred Karger with subpoena in retaliation for his investigations of their spending toward anti-gay ballot measures.

Provincetown gay basher Eric Patten slapped with civil rights injunction. You may recall that Patten beat up a lesbian on Commercial Street and pushed her through a window after mistaking her for a gay man.

Office of Special Counsel reopens to federal workers who face anti-gay harassment on the job: "The decision effectively puts to an end any confusion caused by a directive instituted under the Bush administration that had restricted the federal agency from representing certain anti-gay discrimination cases sought by employees of the U.S. government. In 2004 then Office of Special Counsel head Scott Bloch declared that federal law did not protect workers who faced on-the-job discrimination based on their sexual orientation or 'status' as gays and lesbians."

Ian McKellen honored at San Sebastian Film Festival.

90210 hunk Trevor Donovan flashes A/X shoppers.

Starbucks app uses iPhone to pay for lattes.

Long tarmac delays to be banned: "The Capitol Hill event drew both supporters and critics of the legislation, which would force airlines to create plans to deplane passengers after three hours and would require them to provide basic services such as food and water while they are waiting on planes."

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America begs its members not to withhold donations over its recent decision to allow gay and lesbian clergy: "Although these actions are promoted as a way to signal opposition to churchwide assembly actions or even to punish the voting members who made them, the result will be wounds that we inflict on ourselves, our shared life, and our mission in Christ."

Australia's first gay retirement home hits roadblocks: "Those interested in buying off the plan will now have to wait until early 2010 for the Ballan-based village. The $26 million Linton Estate project has experienced a series of delays since it was announced in July last year, with the global financial crisis and thrashing out suitable floor plans being blamed."

"We Must Live Each Day Like It's the Last": The Jackson Funeral

Fans hoping to score a ticket to Michael Jackson's concert funeral were informed yesterday of their success or (as above) failure. Just 8,750 fans out of 1.6 million entries were selected. Each is allowed to bring a guest. Some winners are attempting to sell their ticket/wristband on eBay for $1,000 and up. 

The service could be a grotesque spectacle or a tasteful and momentous send-off—it's anyone's guess. But it wouldn't be a funeral without Westboro.

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #502

BEAT IT: Reporter swats away drunk Michael Jackson fan.

SQUIRREL DEN: Anderson Cooper examines a police video.

WBC: Supreme Court says Westboro Baptist can continue picketing at military funerals.

BARE ESSENTIALS: Actual in-flight safety video for Air New Zealand grabs passenger attention with uniforms (or lack thereof).

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