Photos: Alex Pettyfer by Hedi Slimane in Vman

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City of Atlanta, Police Chief, and 48 Officers Sued for Gay Bar Raid

On behalf of 19 individuals forcibly searched and detained by Atlanta police on September 10 at the Atlanta Eagle gay bar, Lambda Legal is suing the City, the Chief of Police, and 48 officers, the group said in a press release:

"Dan Grossman, co–counsel in the case, has been working with victims of the raid since that night. "I’ve listened to dozens of stories from patrons who were mistreated by police at the Atlanta Eagle that night," said Grossman. 'The Atlanta Police Department is not above the law. They do not get to search and detain people who are not suspected of any crime.' On September 10, the Atlanta Police Department dispatched about twenty to thirty officers to the Atlanta Eagle, including its 'Red Dog Unit' dressed in SWAT team gear, but inside the bar the APD found no public sex, no drugs, or illegal weapons. During the raid, patrons of the bar were forced to lie facedown on the floor while background checks were run on everyone. Eagle bar patrons heard antigay slurs; were forced to lay in spilled beer and broken glass; and one was forced to lie on the floor even though he had injured his back in the Iraq War. Not a single patron was charged with any crime."

Said Supervising Senior Staff Attorney Greg Nevins: "The illegal activity going on in the Atlanta Eagle that night was committed by the APD. If it is APD procedure for elderly men and wounded veterans to be thrown to the floor and harassed simply for being in a bar having a drink after work, then the APD should change its procedures."

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What's the Worst Rumor About Lady Gaga?

Lady Gaga appeared on The Jay Leno Show last night, performed "Bad Romance", and told Leno that she'll be wearing latex and fishnets when she performs for the Queen at the annual Royal Variety Performance at Blackpool's Opera House Theater on December 7.

Says Gaga: "I was always very different, and I was always trying to not fit in. I just didn't want to be like anyone else. And I was obsessed with Judy Garland and Led Zeppelin."

After Jay asked, she also revealed what she believes to be the worst rumor about her.

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New XBox Game Dragon Age Features Gay Sex Scene, Pillow Talk

The new Playstation and XBox360 BioWare game Dragon Age: Origins features a secret gay sex scene:

"Access to the hands-on scene can only be granted if the player uses the right combination of cheesy chat up lines to seduce the warrior elf. In a clip posted online, the gamer-controlled human character runs through the correct list of options, starting with the inevitably cheesy, 'I want to discuss something personal' – one of four dialogue options available He then makes his intentions explicit with 'Can you join me in my tent?' before coming in for the kill with, 'I bet you’re good at a lot of things'."

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Writes Gay Gaymer: "With this bare-chested and unflinching portrayal, it feels as if the depiction of gay sex in video games has reached a new level of equal treatment. This is more than just a mincing gay pirate (Temple of Elemental Evil) or an evasive fade-to-black: there's choreography, tenderness, humor and even an element of sexual politics to Zevran's post-coital conversation."

 

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Hal Sparks Marries Smith and Pyle in Mock Ceremony at Kitson

Queer as Folk's Hal Sparks married Smith & Pyle band members Missi Pyle and Shawnee Smith in a faux ceremony at L.A. retailer Kitson recently. The ceremony was a promotion for the "All Love Is Equal" T-shirt line by Revenge Is... E!'s Giuliana Rancic hosted the event. The T-shirt benefits Love Honor Cherish, one group behind the initiative effort to Repeal Prop 8 in 2010.

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Australian PM Kevin Rudd to Kill ACT Civil Union Laws

Despite calls from his own party to approve marriage equality and not override same-sex civil union laws recently passed in the Australian Capital Territory, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will do just the opposite, The Australian reports:

"In the latest run-in between the commonwealth and the ACT's Labor government on the divisive issue, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said Attorney-General Robert McClelland had indicated during a recent meeting that the Rudd government would quash the amended legislation. "They are prepared to intervene to overturn the recent amendments to the civil union legislation in the ACT," Mr Stanhope said of his Monday meeting with Mr McClelland. "I indicated bluntly that this was unacceptable." Earlier this month, the ACT government amended its civil partnership legislation to allow public ceremonies following a move by the Greens, who now form a minority government with Labor. The move set the ACT on yet another collision course with the commonwealth, which on three previous occasions has intervened to kill, or dilute, various civil union bills passed or mooted by the ACT Legislative Assembly."

Said a spokesman for the attorney general: "The government's position is that the most appropriate way to achieve this is through the development of a nationally consistent framework for relationship recognition."

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