News: Tropical Storm Debby, Nude Portraits, Rigged Polls

Over 40% of HIV-infected gay men are unaware of their status: “One in eight of the gay men in London (12.3%; 95% CI, 10.7%-14.1%) who agreed to anonymous HIV antibody testing were HIV-infected. However, worringly, London had the second-highest percentage of HIV-infected men unaware of their positive status, at 44.1%.”

Debby downer: Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic. Hurricane chief issues warning: “People think we have seen the worst. We haven’t. I think the day is coming. I think eventually we’re going to have a very powerful hurricane in a major metropolitan area worse than what we saw in Katrina and it’s going to be a mega-disaster. With lots of lost lives. I don’t know whether that’s going to be this year or five years from now or a hundred years from now. But as long as we continue to develop the coastline like we are, we’re setting up for disaster.”

Jude Law plays a bit of shirtless cricket.

Poll: Lamont and Lieberman in dead heat in Connecticut Senate race.

Massive exhibition of naked portraits to go on display in Scotland in an effort to rid the National Portrait Gallery of its stuffy image.

REPORT: Next Survivor season, tribes will be separated by race. “There have been persistent rumors, supported by photographs of challenges, that there will be four tribes at the start of the game. However, those won’t necessarily be dissolved immediately: instead, they’ll be split in brand-new way, ‘divided up into 4 groups by race, 5 white, 5 black, 5 hispanic, and 5 asian.'”

Beverly Leslie’s advice on combating homophobia: “Being an openly gay actor, I’ve always felt there are two ways we can combat homophobia. The first is through humor. I learned that in junior high school during dodge ball. Here was this queer who had to keep sashaying to keep from getting creamed! The second is to put a face on it. America welcomed the Will & Grace characters into their homes. We laughed and we loved — and progress was made. I’m so honored to have been a part of that.”

Naked men run amok at Croatian seaside resort gay week. Organizer: “The person who walked naked outside the cathedral has nothing to do with our group. Many of us are Catholics who will never do such a thing.”

Zogby Poll: 92% of Americans believe that “citizens have the right to view and obtain information about how election officials count votes.” No more f*$king Ohios.