04/19/2007
Gatecrasher reports: "It's splitsville for T.R. Knight and his boyfriend of two years. Just weeks after he said he wanted to adopt a child, the former 'Grey's Anatomy' star, 36, reportedly asked 20-year-old Mark Cornelsen to move out of the apartment they shared. 'It just came to a natural end, no hard feelings,' says a friend. 'They still care about each other very much.'"
Maine feels isolated in marriage equality battle. Help them out here.
Bio-fuel algae high-rise ascends in Boston.
Bitch-slapped over wood: bring this gay interior design duo to America!
Tom Ford's A Single Man to open in limited release on December 11.
The NYT profiles AIDS activist Sean Strub.
Gay divorce case: Right-wing Texans valiantly try to preserve a same-sex marriage. "As Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry says, 'the irony is that the antigay forces are so opposed to gay relationships they won’t even let us out of them.’'"
T.R. Knight talks about Parade and life after Grey's Anatomy: "I just want to be lucky enough to work, and to work with people I admire. I love acting. I love doing work that is challenging -- and slightly terrifying."
Zac Efron twinks out on Nylon Guys magazine.
Carmen Rupe, New Zealand's top drag queen, turns 74: "She opened a string of businesses throughout Wellington - coffee lounges, nightclubs and brothels. But for the first time, they were places that were openly gay and indiscriminating. 'Treated everyone the same, no one was better than the other, whether you were socialite society or down the gutter you know you're all the same to me,' says Carmen."
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry talks to Out & Equal Workplace Advocates in Florida.
Viggo Mortensen steps out with his murse.
Taylor Lautner gets wet and shirtless for Rolling Stone.
Lady Gaga gets an eye job.
More on Cheyenne Jackson and 30 Rock.
New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita is not only a friend to the gays, he's also a shirtless stud.
How gay PR man Howard Bragman helps actors say, "I'm gay."
Poison plot in the UK: "A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat. Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months. But things looked brighter when he made a peace offering of some curry, claiming he had ordered too much from the Indian takeaway. When the women started to eat, they found the curry studded with slug pellets. They called the police and Stewart was arrested."
Maine education commissioner asks Attorney General to settle whether the state's marriage equality law will affect schools: “The commissioner felt it would be helpful to put this issue to rest."
Anti-gay right now targeting Chai Feldblum, President Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nominee.
Anti-gay Chicago police officer Richard Fiorito (accused in 21 federal suits of trumping up bogus charges against gay and lesbian motorists) busted by dash cam: "In dash cam video from Fiorito's squad car, he is shown conducting field sobriety tests against a driver, Michael Vaughn. In each of the tests, Vaughn performed 'perfectly...yet Fiorito noted in the official report that Vaughn had failed them."
WATCH: Tom DeLay performs the Samba with stress fractures on both feet (he says).
The Advocate talks to Rep. Patrick Murphy about gays in the military.
The fashion police are watching Jake Gyllenhaal's every move.
Jude Law takes New York stage in Hamlet. Review.
Disney gone beefcake.
Boston DJ Barry Scott wants new trial in unnecessary force case against Provincetown police.
Poll: R-71 has narrow lead in Washington state: "Among men, the measure is rejected by a 4-point margin; among women, it is approved by 12 points — a 16-point gender gap. 72% of Republicans say they will vote to reject; 72% of Democrats say they will vote to approve; independents reject by a 13-point margin. In Metro Seattle, the measure is approved by 18 points; in Eastern Washington, it is rejected by 18 points. Western Washington voters outside of Metro Seattle are more divided, with an 8-point margin voting against the referendum."
Welsh-based Muslim actor takes on gay role in new film, Colonial Gods: "I am a Muslim but I approached the project in a professional manner, as I hope most actors would."
Mad Men's Bryan Batt denies he's getting married.
More sickening speech from Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), this time on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
Elizabeth Taylor to undergo heart surgery.
UK conservative Tory party throws gay club night: "Protesters gathered outside with placards reading 'Queers against Tories', outraged that the party had crashed Manchester’s gay scene. Inside, hundreds packed two dancefloors and a roof terrace."
Massive ring discovered around Saturn.
LGBT people at greater risk in Honduras following coup: "Groups that were vulnerable to human rights abuses before the coup face even more risk now. Since the coup, for example, there have been six murders of gay men or transvestites, according to gay rights groups. Until 2008, the average number of such killings each year was three to six."
T.R. Knight receives standing O at Parade opening.
Volunteers hit Maine to campaign for marriage equality: "A No on 1 coordinator Darlene Huntress says the campaign initially was asking Mainers to take time off from their jobs to volunteer. 'Then we started getting you know hundreds of calls and e-mails from folks around the country who also feel invested in this and we sort of folded our Maine volunteer vacation program and kind of extended it out to other folks in the country that wanted to come and help.' Huntress says that out-of-staters make up just a tiny fraction of the 1,000-plus volunteers on the ground, but that the campaign can use all the help it can."
Where Did 'We' Go? Thomas Friedman pens a frightening op-ed about assassination and the current political climate in the U.S. "The American political system was, as the saying goes, 'designed by
geniuses so it could be run by idiots.' But a cocktail of political and
technological trends have converged in the last decade that are making
it possible for the idiots of all political stripes to overwhelm and
paralyze the genius of our system."
NYT on Hair's decision to go dark and perform at the National Equality March: "That unusual — and expensive — decision to skip a popular weekend performance at the beginning of the theater season originated with the show’s star, Gavin Creel. 'I said, ‘My God, we have to go, we have to go,’' Mr. Creel recalled when he first heard about the rally late last spring."
For Elizabeth Taylor, too much Kathy Ireland is never enough.
NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Scott Fujita speak out for gay rights. Ayanbadejo: "I think we will look back in 10, 20, 30 years and be amazed that gays and lesbians did not have the same rights as every one else. How did this ever happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave? Are we really free?"
VIDEO: Adam Lambert thanks fans for raising $229,000 for public school art programs.
University of Alaska allows "ex-gay" speaker Edward Delgado: "Jim Minnery, president of the Alaska Family Council, said Chancellor Brian Rogers refused to bar Delgado from the campus, adding he wants a 'welcoming and inclusive university.'"
First look: T.R. Knight in Parade.
A sneak peek at Kylie Minogue's tour.
Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City installs sign to prevent future instances of man-on-man kissing on LDS property.
New Barney Frank bio ignores his personal life: "Those of you seeking an in-depth study of a fascinating and very, very funny political creature midcareer should buy it. Cokie Roberts and Nancy Pelosi blurbed it nicely. Anyone looking for full insights into the private man might want to wait."
Archaeologists uncover Roman Emperor Nero's rotating dining room. "The mechanism was a feat of Roman engineering, and moved thanks to the spheres beneath the wooden floor of the room, kept in constant movement by water being forced against them. Quite how this worked is still being researched."
AfterElton interviews Jane Lynch, Glee's Sue Sylvester.
Brazilian beauties decorate Junior.
Eddie Cibrian gives fans what they want on CSI.
Gay man's attacker gets 4 1/2 years in the UK: "Andrew Harris, aged 21, launched the violent attack upon a gay man after agreeing to go home with him following a night out drinking in Northampton town centre. Despite flirting with his victim and going into his bedroom, Harris suddenly turned violent, shouting 'I'm not gay'."
Friday Night Lights returning with some fresh meat.
English cricketer Kevin Pietersen signs on as Brylcreem Boy.
Frat brothers at George Washington University are trying to take the homophobia out of Greek life: "GW’s fraternity brothers are the nation’s future congressmen, investment bankers, and CEOs. They won’t reach those positions if their Google profiles turn up associations with homophobic and misogynistic fraternities. So GW’s frat boys—and don’t call them that!—are straining to undo the legacy of 'aggressive heterosexuality' and gay-bashing forged by their predecessors. It’s an effort that involves a good deal of re-education, some new alliances, and a compensatory vice or two."
Fire Island swim to benefit NYC's Stonewall foundation: open water swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines.
T.R. Knight discusses why he left Grey's Anatomy: "My five-year experience proved to me that I could not trust any answer that was given [about my character George]."
A Centipede may get custody of Michael Jackson's children.
Analysis and clips from Obama's primetime health care press conference.
It's A Bear's Life: magazine makes move to web TV.
Fort Worth police officer in Rainbow Lounge raid's troubled past: "Ricks was disciplined on multiple occasions in 2006, including
following his arrest for punching a bus driver in New Braunfels. The
assault charge in that case was later dropped, but the incident raised
serious concerns among Ricks' supervisors."
Lifetime to run All-Star challenge featuring eight former designers in conjunction with debut of new season of Project Runway. Here's who's participating.
YouTube removes musician Calvin Harris' own video from his YouTube page over copyright infringement.
San Jose, California's Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center in danger of closing, needs $50,000.
Gay Iraq war veteran Anthony Woods, who is running for Ellen Tauscher's seat in Congress, gets an endorsement form HRC and The Victory Fund: "Woods, who is openly gay, was awarded the Bronze Star for his two tours
in Iraq before being discharged from the Army because of his sexual
orientation. He graduated from West Point and earned his masters
degree at Harvard University."
Mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, NJ and a state assemblyman arrested in broad corruption and international money-laundering probe.
DC resident organizes fundraisers in support of Helem, a non-profit LGBT organization in Lebanon that is aiding LGBT Iraqi refugees.
The Australian Senate is doing an inquiry into marriage equality and want submissions from people affected by it.
Hong Kong hotel launches all-male floor.
Pat Robertson on the Episcopal Church: "They have lost their way. They were taken over by this controversy having to do with same-sex marriage and the ordination of homosexual bishops. Once they got into that morass and lost their way from scriptural teaching, they didn't have much denomination left...
And there will be no tears in my life if the Episcopal Church of America just quietly goes out of business."
Twilighters arrive at Comic-Con.
Samuel M. Steward, remembered.
Romania bans same-sex marriage. U.S. anti-gay group Alliance Defense Fund claims influence: "Alliance Defense Fund played a prominent role in assisting supporters in the Romanian parliament. 'Through Peter Costea, who is one of our allied attorneys and the head
of Alliance for Romanian Families, who's been doing excellent work in
Romania, got these provisions enacted in the law,' Kiska points out, 'and we're just happy to see in Europe these types of protections being
afforded to marriage.' Kiska concludes that Romania has a strong history of supporting
traditional marriage, as do most European nations. Romania's new civil
code will take effect January 1, 2010.
New coalition of EVIL: Far-right and anti-gay groups joining forces.
NASA to release new images of Moon landing found on lost tapes?
Man creates life-size Lego replica of...Amy Winehouse.
Three charged in Monday night homophobic attack on Long Island woman.
REPORT: Michael Jackson's children aren't his biologically, nor are they Debbie Rowe's. Father is Jackson's dermatologist Arnie Klein.
5-year-old rescued after Airbus 310 from Yemen crashes into Indian Ocean while attempting landing with 153 on board.
Lt. Dan Choi's hearing over discharge is today.
Trevor Donovan: 90210 gets some beefcake.
Meghan McCain: I speak for GOP on gay issues. "The reason why I became so vocal about it is because it is so important to me and I didn’t see any politicians, even President Obama, doing anything. At this point, I don’t care what leader, what party, comes out and supports marriage equality, as long as somebody starts doing it. I hope that will be President Obama, I hope that will be my father, I hope it will be lots of people. I think it’s the type of thing that’s really coming to a fever pitch. People are really angry. People really want response. I hope President Obama can do that,
Inside the apartment Bernie Madoff will never live in again: "It's bye-bye forever to the $35,000 Lavar Kerman Persian carpet and the $20,000 Chippendale-style tea table in his art-filled four-bedroom duplex on the upper East Side."
An interview with the hottest gay Dungeons & Dragons geeks in D.C.
T.R. Knight to headline Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor.
One Life to Live actress Patricia Mauceri fired over refusal to participate in gay-positive character storyline: "Reportedly the soap opera wanted to go against stereotype and show Carlotta as a gay friendly Latina mother. The actress allegedly vehemently protested that story decision, resulting in show brass replacing her."
Basking Shark spotted cruising Long Island beaches.
Rescheduled: Marc Jacobs pushes wedding date to August.
Indian government ready to de-criminalize homosexuality? "The new Government that took power in May after the Congress Party’s surprise election victory has indicated that it is ready to change the law, which is at present being challenged in the Delhi High Court, according to Indian media reports."
More Madonna Louis Vuitton campaign images.
Chace Crawford slicks it back.
Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern working on getting state to approve a proclamation blaming gays for the recession.
Jim McGreevey's new mission: "McGreevey volunteers at Exodus Ministries at the Church of Living Hope in East Harlem, New York, which tries to help newly-released prisoners learn life skills and handle the significant challenges that ex-convicts face. It’s not just job-hunting.One of the photographs below shows Jim helping one young man figure out how to set up a free e-mail account on Yahoo. With limited access to computers, the guy had no idea how to do this. This is not atypical. We take this kind of knowledge for granted, assuming everyone knows how to set up free e-mail. They don’t. The gifts that McGreevey brings to these formerly-incarcerated men and women are vast."
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