Tom Brokaw just can't shake his straight-laced past! The newsman came under gay fire last year after neglecting to include gay folk in his temporal exploration, Boom! Voices of the Sixties, which examines America circa 1963-1974.

Following up on the story, The Advocate recently opened their pages to Brokaw, who says he feels "bad" about the exclusion:

: Obviously I feel bad. It was not that it wasn’t on my mind, but it was not the defining history of the ‘60s. I was trying to do the five big pillars, which in my judgment were race, war, politics, women, and culture. There were a number of important movements that also grew out of the ‘60s and certainly gay liberation was important among them…I think it was a mistake not to make reference to Stonewall. And we’re going to do that in subsequent editions.

Tacked on the end, perhaps?

Meanwhile, writer Charles Kaiser penned a scathing letter to Brokaw, which Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici published in full.

In other Advocate news, the magazine also just published their interview with queer senatorial candidate, Jim Neal, with whom we also recently had a chat. Keep your peepers peeled - we'll be posting it later in the week.

Jim Neal's headed to the big apple.

The homo-politico's currently running for Senate in North Carolina - and needs all the help he can get to defeat Republican nemesis Elizabeth Dole. Via Page Six:

"I am gay and the most viable gay person to ever challenge an incumbent US senator in what many consider a 'red state' - it's anything but," Neal told Page Six. Neal, who's 10 points behind Dole in a recent poll, is coming to New York for a huge fund-raiser being thrown Jan. 31 by painter Ross Bleckner in his studio. "I am going to win this damned race and shatter another glass ceiling," Neal vows.

That's one hell-bent homo!

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• Homo-politico and Elizabeth Dole nemesis Jim Neal joins The Bilerico Project.

• Is married socialite Fabian Basabe making moves on male bartenders in front of his wife?

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Queer senatorial candidate Jim Neal recently released an ad reminding voters that contrary to Republican ideology, families come in all sizes, shapes and colors:

Without a doubt, raising children is the toughest job I've ever had, but without a doubt it's the most rewarding. The most important people in my life are my children. As a parent, you're no happier than your least happy child. And I have been that way my entire life and I'm that way today, even though my my kids are 20 and 22 years old.

Neal's running against Republican Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina, but has faced stiff opposition from his Democratic allies, who reportedly don't want him to run. Note the note at the 9 second mark - that's for Senatorial Campaign Committee honcho Chuck Schumer, among others…

• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger did (not) make an unsurprising revelation today: the titular Terminator from the action franchise does dudes. His evil deeds in the first movie stem from an unresolved relationship with a 19-year old golf buggy:

He is so tormented because everyone expects him to live up to the tough-guy, robot stereotype and either make love to women or dismember them with a chainsaw.

"If you watch the first film closely it's obvious that what he really wants to do is kill Sarah Connor as quickly as possible so that he can get back 2029, mix a jug of margaritas and really sort out his personal life.

The Terminator drinks margaritas? There go years of fantasy. Sigh.

• Anti-gay Republican Patrick McHenry's finances sure are queer.

• Jim Neal, who's fighting Elizabeth Dole in the North Carolina Senatorial election, confirms that he does dudes.

• Is New York's Splash Bar suing The New York Times Co. for defamation?

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