How times change…

• From “Abigail’s X-Rated Teen Diary”: “Vote John McCain, but do it quickly! He could be dead tomorrow.”

• Amy Winehouse dragged to rehab after crack video. And her hair’s black again!

&bull: Some enterprising schmuck has posted a Brokeback Mountain oil painting on eBay. Bid: $2,500. That’s gross. And the painting’s ugly.

• New research shows that same-sex couples “are just as committed in their relationships as heterosexuals and the legal status of their union doesn’t impact their happiness”. Because we’re so gay!

• Police dispatcher behind teenaged swim team porn site pics.
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Amy Winehouse makes no secret of her drug-loving ways.

• We’ve been seriously missing They Might Be Giants. In an effort to satisfy our aural yen, here’s “Istanbul”.

• University of Texas professor launches hunger strike for domestic partner benefits.

• Tabloid rumors hurt Queen Latifah’s feelings.
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Readers will no doubt be happy to hear that NBC’s American Gladiators are totally steroid free. Executives reportedly subjected hopefuls to drug testing prior to casting.

So all those muscle men and women aren’t junkies - they’re just obsessive freaks!

While the NY Times editorial board approves of the President’s hypodermic turnaround, the journalists expect more from the Bush administration: Congress and President Bush have done the right thing, lifting a disastrous nine-year ban that prevented Washington from using locally raised tax dollars on needle-exchange programs that help fight the spread of AIDS. Unfortunately, that still leaves in force an even broader and more damaging law that prohibits the use of federal funds for needle-exchange programs in the United States or abroad.

That ban must also be rescinded.
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First enacted by Congress 20 years ago, the prohibition against using federal dollars for these crucial needle-exchange programs has hobbled AIDS prevention efforts both in … Continued…

President George W. Bush isn’t all bad. The big bad leader of the free world recently signed legislation aimed at fighting meth use in New York City. Via 365 Gay:
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the world’s oldest HIV/AIDS organization, has been awarded $303,000 in federal funds to fight the growing role of crystal methamphetamine use in the HIV/AIDS epidemic on a national level.

The appropriation, signed by President Bush, was sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
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“HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men in the United States are up 13% since 2001. In New York City, infections among young MSM are up by one third. Crystal meth is … Continued…

• Motorola helps break gay boy’s heart.

• Former B2K member Raz B admits he lied about manager Chris Stokes molestation allegations. Raz B’s brother, Ricky Romance, says otherwise. He also suggests Raz B may have been forced into the “admission”.

• Queers help Obama campaign.

• Madonna’s directorial debut - the contradictorily entitled Faith and Wisdom Filth & Wisdom - set to debut at Berlin Film Festival. Those Germans have the strongest stomachs.
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Contrary to her wildly popular single, “Rehab,” British singer Amy Winehouse reportedly plans on detoxing in Israel for the new year. But she’s not going without one last blow out: A pal said Amy — nominated for six Grammies — is desperate to shine at the glittering Los Angeles awards ceremony on February 10.
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“She wants to give the performance of her life in LA. But she’s going to throw a party over Christmas — which will probably be a messy affair.” Messy doesn’t even begin to describe it, we’re sure.

Relatively scandal free Rupert Everett credits his homosexuality with keeping him grounded. Had he not done dudes, says the 48-year old actor, he’d be a drug addicted maniac who “fucks everything that moves”: It’s just as well I’m gay.

If I was straight, I’d be a hopeless mad movie star who fucks everything that moves. That’s what I’d be like - married to every single girl that I’d worked with, on wife number 10 by now, always being sued for divorce because I’d been caught with two chicks somewhere.

Or I’d be like a rapper - three girls at the same time, coke, orgies, yachts. I would be a monster, actually. I’d have … Continued…

Alright, so Amy Winehouse isn’t really using her stricken, streaked face to sell cocaine, but she should: the singer makes addiction look so glamorous! Someone cut us a line and knock out our front teeth, please!

Case closed!
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Remember when Amy Winehouse didn’t look like a half-dead junkie from hell*? No, we don’t either.

*Note the British singer’s rosary is wrapped around her bra strap. Although, there’s the possibility Winehouse is making a political statement. She is, after all, a nice Jewish girl. Or was, at least…

Seattle-based safe sex educators Lifelong AIDS Alliance takes an unorthodox approach.
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Scandal prone Boy George better learn to read before he writes! What started as a simple autograph turned into a very expensive agreement: The gay entertainer was on the decks [at a nightclub] at 3am amid hundreds of revelers, when a lurking solicitor sidled up to the DJ stand.

Amid the writhing bodies and pumping music the lawyer, disguised as a clubber, handed the pop star a piece of paper. Thinking it was an autograph-hunting fan, the DJ duly obliged with a quick signature - which will now cost him £36,000 [about $73,872] - the cash he owes after being sued by a club promoter. That promoter, Kasia Saleh, filed a lawsuit against … Continued…