Liza Minnelli to Cover 'Single Ladies' for Sex and the City Sequel

More spoilage regarding Liza Minnelli and that gay wedding scene in the Sex and the City sequel.

She'll reportedly be performing Beyonce’s 'Single Ladies'.

Don't think it can get much gayer than that.

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TRANSSEXUALS: Offer some answers.

LIZA MINNELLI: Her recent appearance on Craig Ferguson's late night show.

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Liza Minnelli Does Gay Pride in Paris, Remarks on Jackson Death

Liza Minnelli (pictured with gay Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, below) rode a float at Gay Pride in Paris on Saturday:

"Hundreds of thousands on Saturday marched through Paris and Berlin in flamboyant Gay Pride parades with US showbiz diva and gay icon Liza Minnelli mesmerising crowds in the French capital. Minnelli, who takes to the stage later Saturday in the French capital, a city which also holds fond memories for the star of her film director father, dazzled with a brief dance routine. 'Freedom,' she cried, dancing on a float festooned with multi-coloured balloons in the gay movement's symbolic rainbow hues."

Video of Liza in Paris, AFTER THE JUMP...

The event falls 40 years after the Stonewall riots, which occurred the week following the death of Minnelli's mother, Judy Garland. At least one Stonewall veteran has claimed that the two events were connected.

Said David Bermudez to the TakeAway: "That night was different because, you see, when we were raided we never fought back. Never ever fought back. And that night I feel that because of Judy Garland's death and all that we just had it. Enough was enough. When the cops started hitting us and harassing us and putting us in paddywagons and all, we just went ahead and fought back, and started hitting back."

Minnelli also talked to CBS' The Early Show about Michael Jackson's death:

"All of us who knew him well really know what he was like. And I'm sure that now the accolades are going, and I'm sure when the autopsy comes, all hell's going to break loose. So, thank God we're celebrating him now. He was just a really splendid man. And a brilliant performer who changed theatrical history. And I will miss him, I cannot tell you."

Video of Liza in Paris, AFTER THE JUMP...

NY Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. Has Two Gay Brothers and Cries Over Liza

Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., who has been the staunchest opponent of marriage equality in New York, has two gay brothers and loves Liza Minnelli so much that she brings him to tears, New York magazine reports:

"Over the Christmas holiday, Christopher Lynn, a former top Giuliani aide and founding member of the gay and lesbian Stonewall Democratic Club in New York City, took one of his closest friends, a Democratic state senator, to a performance of Liza Minnelli's Broadway show, Liza's at the Palace ... ! During the poignant rendition of Charles Aznavour's drag-queen ballad, "What Makes a Man a Man?" ("I know my life is not a crime/ I'm just a victim of my time"), Lynn turned to his friend and saw that he was choked up. 'Diaz was in tears,' says Lynn. Yes, that Diaz — Bronx senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the Pentecostal Puerto Rican minister and scourge of gay marriage. ... Diaz, who has not one but two gay brothers, says, 'I'm not homophobic. I have a problem with gay marriage. I have no problem with gays.' Even Liza Minnelli won’t change his mind about that, but her deft, shaky hand did stroke at least some part of his soul. 'It touched me, something touched me,' Diaz told New York about the performance that moved him to tears. 'Something got to me.'"

Diaz has promised if Paterson brings marriage equality up for a vote in the Senate he will do "something" and it will be "big".

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MIKE HUCKABEE: Hosts Matthew Staver of the anti-gay Liberty Council to discuss Obama's civil rights agenda. GoodAsYou does a good job of breaking it down here.

RICHARD COHEN: "Ex-gay" Richard Cohen describes his theory of sexuality with magnets.

GEORGE H.W. BUSH: On ugly women and their wombs. Clinton: "He tells jokes that I just couldn't get away with telling."

LIZA MINNELLI: Takes her show to The View.

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Connecticut same-sex couples celebrate new status.

Did Will Smith enlist the services of a notorious Hollywood Madame to meet men?

Liza Minnelli returning to Broadway in December: "She will be accompanied by pianist-musical supervisor Billy Stritch, a 12-piece orchestra and four dancer-singers. The show will feature some of Minnelli's best-known songs, particularly numbers such as 'Cabaret,' 'Maybe This Time' and 'New York, New York,' all written by John Kander and Fred Ebb."

Climate change faster and more extreme than feared.

Bitter: Guy says sex with Madonna like "cuddling up to a piece of gristle."

Sullivan: Obama should produce ad opposing Prop 8. "This is a core test of whether gay Americans should back Obama as enthusiastically as they have in the last month. If he does not stand up for gay couples now, why should we believe he will when he is in office? And if black Americans are the critical bloc that helps kill civil rights for gays, that will not help deepen Obama's governing coalition. It could tear it apart."

AETNA to link Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Provider Directory to its online doctor resource.

OUT announces first name in annual Out 100: NPR's Ari Shapiro.

British man stabbed to death in homophobic attack in public toilet, court hears: "Jeff Akers, 50, of Wallington, south London, died in hospital after he staggered from the toilet in Walton-on-Thames with the 8in knife in his back. Jobless Mark Malone, 30, of Clement Road, Walton-on-Thames, a married man who went fishing nearby, denies murder."

Delhi High Court objects to government's argument that homosexuality is a disease: "Show us one report which says that it is a disease. A WHO paper says that it is not a disease but you are describing it as a disease. It is an accepted fact that it is a main vehicle that causes (AIDS) disease but it is not a disease itself."

New British UFO files released: "The captain of the Alitalia airliner shouted "Look out" to his co-pilot at the sight of a brown missile-shaped object shooting past them overhead. Civil Aviation Authority and military investigations could not explain the 1991 incident near Lydd in Kent. The unsolved close encounter features in UFO-related military documents made available by the National Archives."

Underwear model Justin Gaston gone wild!

Sarah Palin uses the alias "Tina" when she checks into hotels.

California rabbi sees surge in weddings: "At the beginning of May, Edwards, the rabbi of the Beth Chayim Chadashim synagogue in Los Angeles' Fairfax district, had a single wedding on her calendar. Then the California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage in mid-May. Between mid-June, when gay couples could legally begin marrying, and the first weekend of November, she will have performed more than 40 weddings. All but one are same-sex unions."

Architect Zaha Hadid collaborating with Lacoste on limited edition footwear.

NYT says not enough has been disclosed about candidates' health.

Anti-gay hate crimes surge in Scotland: "The picture of rocketing hate crime is in stark contrast to claims that Scotland is becoming more cosmopolitan and diverse. In Strathclyde, reported incidents of homophobic crime have soared from just 50 cases three years ago to 216 this year. In Lothian and Borders, crimes against people because of their sexual orientation - including assault and vandalism - jumped by more than 60 per cent, from 45 in 2005 to 76 this year. Crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people rose in Central Scotland from just five three years ago to 16 this year."