Superman Subdued, Arrested in Times Square

Not something you see everyday. Here's the background. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Russia, Kylie Minogue, Kindle, Chris Pine, Nebraska

Lesbians to apply for same-sex marriage license in Russia: "Public relations worker Irina Fyet, 31, and her partner of the same age will apply for a marriage license at a register office on May 12 in Moscow, a city where mayor Yuri Luzhkov once described gay pride marches as 'satanic.' Gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseyev said it was the first time a gay couple would apply for a license."

Meet Chanel, the world's oldest dog: "She always wears a sweater or T-shirt when she goes out, even in summer, because she tends to get chilled easily. Chanel also has cataracts and has to wear goggles with tinted lenses to protect her eyes when she goes out."

Pets who teabag.

Staley and Sullivan: Obama asleep at the wheel on HIV? "Their apparent resistance to anything pro-gay - delaying repeal of DADT indefinitely, freezing with fear on anything to do with civil unions or marriage - is beginning to make the Clintonites in the primaries seem prescient; and those of us in the gay movement who backed Obama seem like fools."

EU bans seal products.

Kylie Minogue to launch U.S. tour.

Levi's launches campaign for Hetrick-Martin Institute.

Arlen Specter misspeak: "There's still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner."

Prop 8 The Musical wins Webby Award.

Amazon's newest Kindle: first impressions: "Three newspapers — The New York Times, Washington Post and the Boston Globe — will offer a reduced price on the Kindle in exchange for a long-term subscription. The Times and Globe will be offered starting this summer in areas where home delivery is not available. No prices of that promotion were released. Amazon emphasized that the Kindle will exchange personal documents, all without the user having to look for a wireless hot spot."

Tim Gunn goes to Capitol Hill.

Deb Price: David Souter proves a gay rights surprise. "Using his intellectual gifts and good heart, Souter helped produce a warming trend, enabling the court to begin moving away from four decades of icy treatment of gay men and lesbians. Thanks to Souter, the court turned a major corner in 1995, when a unanimous opinion that he wrote for the court finally used the respectful term 'gay.'"

Chris Pine: The new Captain Kirk goes for a shirtless stroll.

Kirks collide: Pine meets Shatner.

Openly gay North Carolina state senator Julia Boseman advances bullying bill: "The measure now goes to the House, which passed a similar bill last year, according to the Greensboro News & Record. 'This is solely to protect kids and keep them safe at school,' Boseman said, but social conservatives vowed to fight the bill because it specifically includes sexual orientation."

Beast: Why do Kanye West's fashion choices bring out the homophobes?

El Al launches tourism campaign for gay Europeans.

Viewers await gay storyline in Southland...

The new guard: Lincoln High School students in Iowa battle back against the Phelps clan. "More than 200 students gathered at the northeast corner of Lincoln High School's campus Tuesday afternoon to counter a protest by about a half-dozen anti-gay pickets from a controversial Kansas church. Zach Toillion, a Lincoln senior, used the social networking Web site Facebook to urge students to protest across from the pickets, who stood along Southwest Ninth Street. The students carried signs that read 'God loves all' and 'unity' and cheered at honking cars."

Bradley Cooper to play The Green Lantern?

Holy Facial Hair, Batman!

The Caped Crusader gets on the beard trend in an autoportrait by photographer Sylvain Norget.

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Fans Line Up for Spidey Comic Featuring Barack Obama

Nightline reported last night on the frenzy to get Spider-Man #583, the new edition featuring Barack Obama. I noted earlier that the cover of the comic was drawn by gay artist Phil Jimenez.

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Gay Man is Cover Artist for Obama's Spider-Man Debut [tr]

Gay Man is Cover Artist for Obama's Spider-Man Debut

President-elect Barack Obama is to be featured in five pages of a special inauguration issue of Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man, USA Today reports:

"The White House transition team did not respond to a question about the extent of Obama's comic-book geekiness, but Obama did mention Spider-Man during the campaign, primarily at children-oriented events. And during an Entertainment Weekly pop culture survey, Obama said Batman and Spider-Man were his top superheroes because of their 'inner turmoil.'"

Towleroad hears that the cover art was done by gay artist and NYC resident Phil Jimenez.

News: Brian Paddick, Senegal, Thomas Beatie, Commercial Closet

Patrick Sammon steps down as president of Log Cabin Republicans.

London's gay former top cop Brian Paddick joins cast of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, reveals George Michael used to ask him for drugs: [Paddick] famously championed a lenient approach to drug possession during his tenure. He said today: 'Every time I met up with George Michael, the first thing he’d always ask was: 'Have you got a spliff?'...'The joke wears off after a while, but he said it again and again.'" Also on board the show, believe it or not, are George Takei and Martina Navratilova.

Pregnant man Thomas Beatie has another bun in the oven: "Thomas Beatie, who is in his first trimester, tells Walters he did not go back on the male hormone testosterone after Susan's birth so he could have another baby. 'I feel good,' he said. 'I had my checkups with my hormone level, as far as the HCG. And everything is right on track.' He says the baby is due June 12."

Showtime and Stan Lee collaborating on gay superhero project based upon Perry Moore's novel Hero. Moore is writing the script.

Oregon woman beaten with a rock after telling man that she's gay: "Washington County sheriff's deputies said the woman was walking along a street in Aloha on Tuesday when a young man asked for a cigarette. The woman said the man asked whether she was gay and became angry when she told him that she was. Deputies said the two struggled, she fell, he beat her with a rock and his fists, and then she escaped. The suspect was described as white, 16 to 22 years old, about 6 feet tall and slender with very large ears."

Top Chef: New York gays form "Team Rainbow".

Gael Garcia Bernal gets pensive for Flaunt.

European Parliament asks Bulgaria to recognize same-sex couples in its domestic partner legislation: " The all-party ‘intergroup’ for gay and lesbian rights has written to the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergei Stanishev, and members of the National Assembly expressing concerns that same-sex couples are not included in the draft legislation. 'Unions between opposite-sex and same-sex couples are based on the same ground,' says the letter, signed by MEPs Michael Cashman, Lissy Gräner, Raúl Romeva and Sophie In´t Veld."

Brody Jenner without his bros, or clothes.

Following the 'witchhunt' it experienced last year, Senegal's gay community is now regrouping with the aid of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission: "IGLHRC had stepped in to respond to the arrests and condemn the violence already last year, but now hopes to be able to turn from emergency aid to the development of a forceful Senegalese movement fighting for less discrimination of sexual minorities and increased legal rights."

What's the point of having Cam Gigandet in Men's Health if he's not going to show off his assets.

Sleepless kids become fat adults. Sleepless adults become fatter.

The story behind Commercial Closet founder Michael Wilke's departure from the organization in the wake of its GLAAD merger: " Negotiations for a January, 2009 merger had been all but finalized and, in June, Wilke and his editorial director had moved into GLAAD’s New York offices. On Monday, days after learning from his board of directors that the merger had gone through two months ahead of schedule, Wilke says he found out from an article on Ad Age’s Website that he would no longer be with the organization he’d founded seven years ago. 'There wasn’t supposed to be a shutdown,' Wilke told Advocate.com. 'That was never planned. I know the board was very concerned about being in the black at the end of the year, so their solution was to cancel our big fundraiser and to let me go.'"

Christina Aguilera not sure if Lady Gaga is a man or a woman.