News: Latvia, Ryan Reynolds, Cannes, Life Ball, Cambodia, GPS

New Hampshire Senate holding hearing on new language in marriage equality bill. To vote tomorrow.

Anti-gay activist allowed to lead first Baltic Pride March in Latvian capital of Riga. Activist: "It is only right that those against us should be allowed to express their views."

Robert Pattinson's hair arrives in Cannes.

Arkansas GOP Chair slammed over stump speech warning voters of the dangers of having an open lesbian in the state legislature.

Drama in Portland over new LGBT weekly magazine.

Ryan Reynolds to Betty White: "Why don't you go suck a hot c*ck."

Brazilian government releases plan to defend civil rights and adoption by gay couples.

POLL: Half of Nevadans oppose civil unions. "The poll, which did not gather opinions about gay marriage itself, found 38 percent of Nevadans favor domestic partner legislation, while 50 percent oppose it and the remainder are undecided. Democrats back the plan, incorporated in Senate Bill 283, by a 46 percent to 36 percent margin, while independents support it 47 percent to 42 percent. But Republicans oppose the proposal by a 71 percent to 23 percent margin, more than offsetting the Democrat and independent support."

Hilary Duff, Carson Kressley, Michael Urie come out for AIDS Walk New York, which raised $5.6 million.

Cambodia crowns first 'Mr. Gay'.

Vallejo, California student wins $25K settlement in ACLU harassment lawsuit against high school: "Comments were said like they don't know if I was a boy or a girl, I need to pull up my pants, I'm a lady. I couldn't be put into a girls locker room."

UK police stations lower Union Jack, raise rainbow flag in show of force on International Day Against Homophobia: "One police chief said the rainbow flag demonstrated his force's support for homosexuals who felt they were victims of prejudice. But critics warned that it was dangerous for forces to show support for particular campaigns."

While gay rights demonstrations in Moscow were marred by arrests, demonstrations in other Russian cities, like St. Petersburg, were notably peaceful. More photos.

Hearing for accused killer of Lawrence King postponed again: "A Ventura County Superior Court judge on Monday reset the first hearing for Brandon McInerney to July 8. McInerney's lawyer, Scott Wippert, says he needs more time to prepare documents before the preliminary hearing. McInerney, who is being prosecuted as an adult, has pleaded not guilty."

Inside Vienna's Life Ball. More here.

Kenyan archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth slams homosexuality: "For the African, gender is either male or female; other issues such as homosexuality should not arise. In this context, the belief of the African is consonant [with] the teaching of the Bible, namely God created only two sexes: male and female. God created Adam and Eve. God did not create Adam and Steve!"

Ultradome: Milo Ventimiglia set to produce and star in weird web series about intellectual film discussion.

South Carolina activists to protest omission of gays and lesbians from teen dating violence bill.

GPS satellite system on verge of collapse? "The satellites are overseen by the US Air Force, which has maintained the GPS network since the early 1990s. According to a study by the US government accountability office (GAO), mismanagement and a lack of investment means that some of the crucial GPS satellites could begin to fail as early as next year."

News: Pluto, Kanye West, Anchorage, Reynolds Price, Grizzly Bear

Anchorage, Alaska considers gay rights ordinance: "A proposed ordinance to ban discrimination against homosexuals in hiring, housing and education will be considered by the Anchorage Assembly next month."

Venetia Phair: The girl who named Pluto at age 11 has died, at 90: "Phair suggested the name to her grandfather at breakfast in 1930."

Kanye West launches ALL CAPS attack at Twitter.

Gay Eurovision fans told: "You're not safe in Moscow."

Henry Cavill gets curly for Vman.

Are Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church shifting their hate focus from gays to Jews?

Judge says Lawrence King's parents can sue foster home where he was living for allowing King to express his sexuality: "King's parents say that personnel at Casa Pacifica were negligent in counseling him to express his sexuality, which included wearing makeup and high-heeled boots. They allege the counseling placed the boy in danger."

I'm looking forward to the Glee pilot but pissed we'll then have to wait till autumn.

NYT: New Reynolds Price memoir "like a boisterous coming-out party.": "Mr. Price hasn’t exactly hidden the fact that he is gay; he is simply a private person who hasn’t tattooed this information, in curly script, on one of his biceps."

Activist: Reports of same-sex wedding ceremonies in India "every week."

Metering: the end of the internet as you know it. "Time Warner Cable's usage penalty would take the unlimited service we enjoy today (albeit slow compared to other nations), and make Internet more like cell phones, where you get overcharged by companies making record profits. It is the latest version of the Net Neutrality debate: should the companies that deliver Internet be allowed to block it, slow it down, or in this case, overcharge for it?"

Japan Airlines 747 sucks luggage container into engine at LAX - video.

Christian college student/porn actor John Gechter strikes deal: “'(GCC) offered me a deal that if I withdrew, they would let me transfer a few courses that I need to graduate,' Gechter explained. 'I’ll be able to transfer those credits to GCC and I will still graduate with a GCC degree.' He said he plans to move to New York City in the next few weeks, where he will be headlining a play, “Love for Sale,” and also be taking his two bio-chemistry courses this summer."

Star Trek hits Japan.

Atlantis astronauts grab Hubble telescope, begin dangerous repair mission.

A chat with Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste.

Prop 8 as tarantula t-shirt.

Family of 'bulllycide' victim Jaheem Herrera decides to sue school: The purpose of the suit is to hold Dekalb County responsible for the actions that led to Jaheem’s death and to force a change in the school policies on handling bullying. This case will send a message that we as a community will no longer tolerate school systems that tolerate terror in the classrooms.”

Radical gay agenda hovers over Dublin, Ohio.

Parents sue D.C. police over 2008 shooting of gay son: “At least eight rounds were fired, and five pierced David’s body. The trajectory of the rounds that hit David, as well as those that missed him, establishes that the officers fired downward."

Michigan to consider expanding hate crimes laws.

Scottish minister compares struggle against gay clergy to war with the Nazis: "His comments will widen divisions within the Kirk over the appointment of an openly gay minister to a parish church last year. The row threatens to overshadow next week's annual General Assembly, which is due to debate a petition signed by one third of ministers calling for a ban on homosexuals in the pulpit."

News: Wanda Sykes, Mercy, PETA, Kara GioGuardi, Banksy

Tony Dungy, anti-gay former head of the Indianapolis Colts, is asked to serve on Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Man pays for car wash with Banksy bill: "This chap gave us the note and said 'keep the change - it's worth a lot more than ten pounds!'."

First photo of Mercy as paparazzi trails Madonna in Malawi.

"A fuller answer is needed.": The SF Chronicle on the case of Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado and the need for the Uniting American Families Act to pass.

No fooling: DVD-quality workprint of X-Men: Wolverine leaks to the internet.

Pedro airs tonight.

Melbourne Catholic Archdiocese denies it is "testing" prospective priests for homosexuality.

Wanda Sykes gets new show on Fox: "The Sykes show, which is expected to launch in the fall, would fill the void left by the recently canceled sketch series 'MadTV.' Hourlong show would air at 11 p.m. According to Broadcasting & Cable, which first broke the news, the Sykes skein would look more like a panel series similar to Bill Maher's HBO show, as opposed to a regular talker. Beyond the topical panel discussions, the series also will follow Sykes as she shoots field segments."

Jason Statham cools off in Malibu.

Joe the Plumber still doesn't know crap about anything.

Young and the Restless actress Clementine Ford and Broadway's Hair star Gavin Creel both say: "I'm gay."

Endangered wildlife "camera traps" will soon tie in to Google Earth: "Cameras equipped with infrared triggers, known as camera traps, are used to identify, count and observe larger mammals in isolated areas. Now researchers from Earthwatch are adding the latest images from their camera traps in Ecuador's cloud forests to Google Earth. They hope to raise awareness of endangered species, encouraging donations and attracting tourists to the region to support conservation efforts."

How 'bout some beefy Mehcad Brooks?

Group to train LGBT people in civil disobedience.

Judge allows Lawrence King's teen killer Brandon McInerney to attend his father's funeral: "Ventura County Superior Court Judge James Cloninger ruled Monday that Brandon McInerney can temporarily leave juvenile hall for the funeral. The date for the private family service hasn't been disclosed."

PETA puts Cloris Leachman in cabbage.

Who knew that filmmaker John Waters is a fan of the often inscrutable fine art doodler Cy Twombly?

Stash of gay porn magazines causes fuss at Aberdeen, UK City Council office: "I have taken the liberty of removing these and they are available in my office to be collected should the owner wish to do so."

"Broken record": American Idol judge Kara GioGuardi hit by audience backlash. What you didn't see...

Gay indie artist Chris Garneau set to release second album.

Soap opera Home and Away's lesbian kiss causes stir in Australia: "About 20 people gathered in Melbourne's Federation Square for a mass 'kiss-off' as the episode went to air on Tuesday night, despite an announcement by broadcaster Channel Seven that the programme would be shown in its entirety."

Father of Lawrence King's Teen Killer Found Dead

William McInerney, the father of Brandon McInerney,  the teen accused in Lawrence King's murder last February, was found dead at his home this morning:

"Bill McInerney, 45, was found shortly before 8 a.m. in the living room of his Silver Strand home by a friend, said James Baroni, Ventura County’s chief deputy medical examiner. The friend was supposed to drive him to a court hearing in his son’s murder trial, Baroni said...Brandon McInerney is being tried as an adult and was scheduled to begin a preliminary hearing today to determine if there is enough evidence to move to a trial, officials said. That hearing was postponed. Baroni said there was no sign of foul play or suicide at the father’s home. An autopsy is underway, and a cause of death should be available later today, the deputy medical examiner said. 'Nothing at the scene was a red flag,' he said."

The elder McInerney was facing felony charges of his own for criminal threats and possession of a weapon with regard to a prior domestic violence conviction.

UPDATE: "Michael Tellez, a Ventura County deputy medical examiner, said an autopsy revealed that McInerney sustained an accidental head injury from a fall. Based on the scene and the man's history, Tellez said, alcohol was a significant factor. Toxicology tests will determine blood alcohol content and whether other substances were in his blood, Tellez said."

News: Natasha Richardson, Subway Hero, AIDS, Cape Cod, iPhone 3.0

Minnesota Family Council warns world will end if gays are allowed to marry. Muslim Community Center director: "If everyone is a gay, this world will cease to exist in 10 years."

EW makes last-minute cover switch. Family vigil at bedside in New York as Natasha Richardson condition fails to improve...UPDATE: Richardson off life support.

Poor George Clooney doesn't have a heated toilet seat to sit on while he does his business in Chad.

A woman was pierced by an arrow in NYC.

Merriam Webster redefines marriage.

Boston, Washington, or Cleveland to get 2014 Gay Games.

Marc Jacobs to host party at "trashy" gay Brazilian nightclub.

D.C. AIDS rate hits 3%.

Search for solution to AIDS vaccine takes new turn: " Back at square one, a group of researchers at Rockefeller University in New York City have some new ideas — and no shortage of optimism — about how to find the holy grail of AIDS research. Their approach to vaccine development is to abandon the as yet fruitless search for a magic bullet — which zeros in on just a single target to halt the virus — and instead try to mimic the body's natural, if rare and more diffuse, defense against the virus"

Meet The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

New Warhol exhibit opens at the newly remodeled Grand Palais in Paris.

Judge orders case of Lawrence King's teen killer to move forward.

Citations for public sex acts in Cape Cod dunes drop in 2008: "The drop in tickets is due to a public education campaign waged by Seashore staff and a shortage of rangers, a park official said. Federal rangers gave out 49 disorderly conduct citations last summer in the Seashore's northern district. That's down from at least a two-decade high of 132 citations issued in the summer before, federal records indicated. The Seashore's 44,000 acres are divided into two districts. The northern territory covers part of Provincetown and Truro, with about 20 miles of coastline."

Justin Timberlake to launch his own brand of tequila.

First-ever humpback whale spotted in waters of Hong Kong.

Toronto University Ryerson sees spike in hate crimes.

Gay hotel chain Axel follows up hotels in Buenos Aires and Barcelona with one in Berlin.

Gizmodo's Guide to iPhone 3.0.

Birds of a feather...

SF: The Rise and Fall of a Polk Street Hustler. "I came to San Francisco because I wanted to be an artist. When I first got here, there were a lot more people. We used to play guitars and drink beers or smoke a joint and just hang out and stay out of trouble. I've been trying to protect my little self and my little brother and I'm about 500 homicides behind and I don't know how to bump and grind to pick up the little morsels and the pieces of the people I liked and loved the way I used to know how to. So I just keep on."

Dave Annable loses his shorts.

NYC's selfless subway hero/actor plays for our team according to an "imdb user who did some theatre stuff with him a number of years ago."

Only openly gay member of Brazil's legislature dies: "The Victory Fund has learned that Clodovil Hernandes, the openly gay member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, has died. He was the only openly gay elected official in the country. Hernandes was admitted to a Brasilia hospital yesterday after suffering a stroke. Known for his colorful career as a fashion designer and television gossip show host, Hernandes represented Sao Paolo in the country’s national legislature."

Newport Beach, California police officer receives $1.2 million in damages after suing department for anti-gay harassment and refusal of promotion over sexuality: "Neil Harvey, a 27-year department veteran, alleged that he was passed over for lieutenant despite having more experience and formal education than other candidates and that former Police Chief Bob McDonell never promoted anyone perceived to be gay. Harvey's attorney, Jack Girardi, said he and his client were pleased that the jury believed Harvey was mistreated. Girardi said Harvey was looking forward to returning to his job today."

News: Sears Tower, Gill Foundation, Wolverine, Jenny Shimizu, Poland

Blade: Gill Foundation dictating direction of Log Cabin Republicans?

Sears Tower in Chicago to be painted silver? "Sources said the owners are considering an expensive paint job, recladding the tower in silver. Since its opening in 1973, Chicago's iconic tower and the nation's tallest building has been adorned in classic black. A brighter look could draw fresh attention to the tower, which has struggled to hold tenants against newer generations of office buildings. Silver could figure into a broader effort to 'rebrand' the building and highlight its advances in energy efficiency.

Model-turned-mechanic Jenny Shimizu returning to spotlight.

Rosie O'Donnell goes dry: "I stopped drinking on Dec. 1. On Nov. 29, I was with my son, who is now 13, and I said to him, 'Park, can you get me a beer?' And he said, 'No I don't want to,' " she says. "And I said, 'Really why not?' And he says, 'Because you know what, I think you drink too much beer ... Lately I think it's too much.'... He says, 'There's a drunk club, I forget what it's called, but you have to like be really drunk to get in, I don't know if they'd let you in, but you could ask them for tips.'"

No! Warner Bros. to destroy childhood classic.

Colorado state senator Renfroe defends gays = murderers remarks: "I don't mean to be hateful. I don't think I'm hateful. People have accused me of that. I'm just voicing my opinions on what I believe and trying to speak what I think is the truth. I wasn't probably eloquent enough in saying that all people sin and there are many different sins and they are all the same in the eyes of God. But to make laws to make sins legal is where I think it crosses the line and we shouldn't go there. That's the destruction of society in my opinion."

LOGO's Big Gay Sketch Show casting online.

Polish gay media hold historic summit.

Students target homophobic bullying in Canada with pink shirts.

Kate Moss Banksy prints find no buyers: "The works, inspired by Andy Warhol's iconic image of Marilyn Monroe, were among 78 lots being offered in London. The screen prints were produced in a limited run of 20 sets, but because most were sold individually, complete sets are scarce. They feature alongside other Banksy works as part of Bonhams auction house's Urban Art Sale"

Mayor of Los Alamitos, California Dean Gross to constituents: White House Easter Egg roll to be replaced by Watermelon hunt this year.

UK woman knocked unconscious in homophobic assault in fish and chip shop: "The 23-year-old victim was with her partner in Supreme Fish Bar on the High Street when a man shouted homophobic abuse at the couple before assaulting her, knocking her unconscious. She suffered severe bruising and swelling to her head and face, which required hospital treatment."

Jackman wields his nails in Paris.

WingNutDaily: Oklahoma House passes sovereignty bill. "That the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States."

Following uproar, Rent is on again at SoCal high school.

Somehow I missed this over the weekend: William McInerney, father of Lawrence King's killer, was arraigned for two felonies - criminal threats and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime. "McInerney had his first court appearance Friday since being arrested Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty, court records show. Judge Colleen Toy White set bail at $40,000 and set the next hearing for March 2, according to court documents. Judge White ordered William McInerney to stay away from a house in the 3700 block of Tiller Avenue in Oxnard where McInerney’s relatives live. Also, he is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms. Court records show that William McInerney was found guilty on Oct. 5, 2000 of disturbing the peace, and was found guilty on May 1, 2002 of corporal injury to a spouse."