News: Nevada, Sarah Palin, Donuts, National Parks, Tammy Baldwin

Nevada issues first domestic partnership certificates.

Jeffrey S. Crowley, the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy: Website to accept public input through November 13 on National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Harper Collins out gay marketer Jonathan Burnham hired virulent homophobe Lynn Vincent to ghost write Sarah Palin's new book: "The Palin book, moreover, is clearly being styled as a work of polemic, appealing to the Christianist base, thereby fanning homophobia, and empowering those who would like nothing more than to push gay people back into the closet, out of marriage, out of the military, and out of the workplace. Burnham is now directly party to this effort."

Tom Cruise will do his own stunts.

Chair of the Iowa chapter of Marriage Equality USA arrested for embezzlement; Phyllis Stevens and partner donated money to progressive and LGBT causes.

Man arrested at Apple store after threatening to shoot his iPhone with a gun.

McCain strategist Steve Schmidt on Palin 2012: "I think that she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican Party in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we would have a catastrophic election result."

First look: George Takei and Brad Altman on The Newlywed Game.

Bet you never thought you could play Ohio like a piano. Instrument.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS launches new website.

AfterElton interviews Sam and Dan McMillen from The Amazing Race.

Revisiting Mark Salling's shirtlessness on Glee.

Homophobic donut shop owner in Pittsburgh airs his views: "This crowd will not rest until Homosexuality is mainstream; until the Second Amendment is done away with; until abortion on demand is as common and accepted as going to the dentist; until sexual images and strip clubs line our streets and suburbs; until government education is started in the womb; until disagreement with their political party is “hate speech” and becomes a crime..".

Mariah Carey hits Rockefeller Center for the Today show.

This land is your land: The National Parks go interactive.

Dear Abby: Out gay man runs into his closeted straight past on Facebook.

Helen Thomas digs in.

Record crowd expected for Fort Worth Pride this weekend in wake of Rainbow Lounge raid.

Catholic Bishop on the lam over child porn charges is arrested by Canadian border guards.

Are anti-gay forces in Washington state waiting until the last minute for a well-funded media barrage on Referendum 71?

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduces new AIDS legislation: "Baldwin's new legislation, 'The Ryan White Grantee Payment Equity Act' (H.R. 3665), would authorize increased Medicaid funding to health care providers. The HIV/AIDS population would benefit from a higher Medicaid reimbursement rate. A higher rate would enable clinics to expand operations and care for the growing number of people living with the disease."

News: Gavin Newsom, Jupiter, LaToya Jackson, Newlywed Game

George Takei and Brad Altman to be first gay couple on revamped Newlywed Game.

Scientists spot planet with life-harboring potential.

LaToya Jackson fights AIDS with milkshake.

Gays in Serbia say they're "confident" police will protect them during a Gay Pride parade scheduled for this coming Sunday.

Gays to get lashes, fines, and prison terms under new law in Indonesia's Aceh province.

Manhunt conducts study of nation's biggest liars (warning - site NSFW).

Lady Gaga disses OUT magazine party thrown for her: "until she finally showed up at the Box at around midnight, about an hour after Out's party technically ended. By then most of the crowd — die-hard Gaga fans, who showed up mostly just to see her — had cleared. Gaga took a seat in a booth in the back of the balcony, ordered French fries, and refused to speak to reporters. She didn't even let Out magazine take her picture so they could, you know, say she actually attended the party they threw for her."

Clive Owen does Details.

Promise keeper: UK man honors fallen friend. "Private Kevin Elliott and his friend, Barry Delaney, had agreed that whoever survived the other should wear a dress to the dead man’s funeral. Mr Delaney duly fulfilled the pledge as a tribute to Private Elliott, who was killed aged 24 while on foot patrol in the southern province of Helmand on August 31."

Jesus Luz: underwear model.

Girls hockey team in Woodstock, New Brunswick wins award from Human Rights Commission: "The Woodstock High School Lady Thunder hockey team has won the 2009 New Brunswick Human Rights Award for refusing to let rival teams taunt their teammates about their sexual orientation. The Human Rights Commission says it wanted to reward the team for its action in standing up against homophobia."

Jupiter captured comet for 12 years, then let it go.

Buju Banton concert canceled in Salt Lake City: "Banton's record label, the New York-based Gargamel Music, immediately denounced the cancellation, issuing a news release with the title 'The Voice of Jamaica Will Not Be Silenced.'"

L.A. gays raise money for Maine's marriage equality battle at fundraiser.

Harry Potter theme park to open in Orlando.

Inspection on Inception.

Which movie star is looking for a good gay time in Vancouver?

Seattle Police Officer's Guild joins Coalition to Approve Referendum 71 in Washington: "This is a very important issue that affects many of our members. We at the Seattle Police Officers Guild are proud to join the coalition and hope other law enforcement organizations around the state will join us in support for this referendum."

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) speaks out in favor of DOMA repeal.

Is Gavin Newsom planning on dropping out of the California gubernatorial race?

Second 'gay porn twin' sentenced for Philadelphia burglaries: "Twenty-seven-year-old Keyontyli Goffney, of Arlington, N.J., pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal conspiracy on Thursday and was sentenced to time served. Goffney's twin brother Taleon pleaded guilty to the same crimes in July but was sentenced to at least three years in prison because of previous arrests."

Kathy Griffin and George Takei in The Kate Gosselin Story

Kathy Griffin and George Takei do a brief but awesome send-up of the never-ending reality show real-life soap opera of Jon and Kate Gosselin.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

George Takei and Brad Altman to Larry King: Marriage is Important

#prop8

As part of a larger segment on marriage equality and Proposition 8, actor George Takei and his husband Brad Altman appeared on Larry King Live last night to talk about why marriage is so important. Takei and Altman were married last September.

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After the Flood: Lance Bass and George Takei Warn of Gay Storm

The "Gaythering Storm" parody with gays you actually recognize has hit. They're a bit late on this one, and the joke's a bit stale, but any effort to mock those NOM bigots is a good thing. Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Kirk's Nephew is Gay in Steamy New Addition to Star Trek Canon

These screenshots are from Star Trek Voyages which finally produced a long-awaited explicitly gay storyline entitled "Fire and Ice".

In the episode, James T. Kirk's nephew enters into a relationship with a male Enterprise crewman as the ship is threatened by an HIV-like virus and a Klingon attack.

And you gotta love the Mr. Sulu reference at the beginning of the relatively steamy action, which begins at around the 4:00 mark.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...