Sorry, Out, HX and Next, but British fag rag Attitude’s playful swimsuit spread beats you all hands down. There’s nothing more attractive than a sense of humor - and blow-up saxophones!

More sexy fun after the jump!
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Should gay father’s settle down? Homo-journo Jay over at The Sword surely think so, and launched some barbs at Out magazine for this month’s feature on so-called “Disco Daddies,” men who continue gracing circuit parties and the such after having children.

Writes Stabile: Shouldn’t everyone, including gays, have to sacrifice and grow up a bit when they become parents? These new dads “want to have it all,” says Jeffrey Parson, gay dad and psychology professor. “They have… adult responsibilities but they also keep their connections to the community, sometimes in the party scene.” We guess that means we’ll be seeing more dads “having it all” while waiting for STD screenings at the clinic, … Continued…

The rumors were true. We hear that Regent Entertainment’s bid for PlanetOut’s magazines will be finalized today. The Los Angeles-based company simply couldn’t resist bringing Out and The Advocate into their fold, which includes gay cable network here! We’ll keep you posted as we hear more of the details.

In even more war-ish news, the brutish Peter LaBarbera and his pals at Americans For “Truth” ain’t gay about Out’s list of the universe’s most powerful homos: We are intrigued by the fact that the same movement that once cried out for “privacy” and “to be left alone” feels free to publicly declare people’s homosexuality for them (Anderson Cooper, No. 2, and Jodie Foster, No. 43).

On the other hand, if OUT is right, it might explain Cooper’s bias in his reporting on the homosexual issue: in a recent interview that the CNN host did with pro and con advocates on a ”gay parenting” story, he blatantly favored the “gay” side in … Continued…

Out magazine celebrates Israel’s 60th by teaching goyim how to pick up in Tel Aviv, among other places. [Ynet]

Photography Danielle Levitt recently traveled down to the dirty South to document the region’s gay youth for Out.
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Queer Survivor winner Todd Herzog opens up to Out magazine.

While Herzog and journo Bryan Buss spend quite a bit of time talking about the logistics of televised Darwinism, we’re more interested in how Herzog reconciles his homosexuality and his Mormon background. Mormonism is, of course, the “It” religion these latter days: BB: How’s it being a gay Mormon? Are you still active in the church?
TH: I haven’t been active in the church for quite a while now. I think the reason I’m happy I was raised Mormon is because it’s given me a level of values and morals that I like to stay true to. I’m just proud of how … Continued…

Details recently released their “Power 50″ issue. Besides being intrigued by Kevin Federline’s undeserved cover slot, we’re absolutely enthralled by the list’s familiar number nine winner: “The Other F-word”.
If you take a look back, it appears that 2007 was the year of the F-word—but not the one you’re thinking of. America’s rent-a-quote harridan of hatred, Ann Coulter, used the word to slag presidential candidate John Edwards. Presidential candidate Bill Richardson used the Spanish version (maricón) to slam a guy on the Don Imus radio show. Controversy exploded after Isaiah Washington allegedly dropped the F-bomb on a fellow cast member of Grey’s Anatomy.

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Out out did itself for this year’s Out 100.

Check it…um, out, after the jump…
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Move over Tom Ford, there’s a new designer sex symbol on the block. A studly looking Marc Jacobs appears on Out’s September issue and let’s just say he’s letting it all hang out.

In addition to appearing nudie on the cover, Mr. MJ opens up about…well, everything, including his much-publicized relationship with former rent boy Jason Preston. I had a relationship with him, and it was crazy, and sometimes it was a lot of fun, and sometimes it was not a lot of fun, and the biggest frustration was that I wanted him to be something he wasn’t, and I don’t mean on a social level, and I don’t mean about his past or anything like … Continued…

Out Out columnist Jesse Archer recently struck out to check out South America’s out scene. The result? You Can Run: Gay, Glam and Gritty Travels in South American: a chronicle of queer South America and Archer’s adventures therein, including a particularly sensual run in with a banana.

Guess we know where the titular “gritty” comes from…
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• We can’t even attempt to do Jim David’s attack on the anti-gay GOP justice: The hysterical right wing response to the House passage of the hate crimes bill [equates] gays with terrorists: if Al Qaeda doesn’t get you, Al Gayda will.

They claim that the bill will criminalize antigay speech, which of course it won’t. They will still be able to say nasty things about gays, they just won’t be able to beat them up, which, of course, most of them want to do. And it only gets better, especially when he goes after the gay conservatives. Bitch is on a roll…

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Sanjaya Malakar may be one of the most puzzling cultural icons in recent memory. Why did so many people vote for someone everyone agreed blew? Where does a 17-year old kid get the gumption to sport a pony-hawk? What does his contradictory success mean for the “merit” of American Idol? (And, yes, the show does have merit, evidenced most readily by Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson.) In Gayville, our terrain, many have speculated about whether the young “singer” qualifies as queer. Such Idol speculation’s nothing new - just look at Clay Aiken and lawsuit plagued Mario Vazquez.
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Less than a year after snatching EIC Aaron Hicklin from the cultured pages of BlackBook, Out publisher and senior vice-president Joe Landry has announced that he’s leaving the fag-rag.

So, where’s Landry sowing his publishing oats? BlackBook, of course. Don’t you love the rat fuck known as magazine publishing?

We asked around for a bit of explanation, but have yet to turn up anything concrete. One thing’s for sure, the formerly LA-centric Landry’s going to spending a lot of time in New York, where Blackbook and Out both have offices. If any of you kids have more information, we’ll gladly accept…

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In sort of related news, British homo-journo Mark Simpson continues to get press for his metrosexuality replacement: sporno. The word first appeared in last July’s edition of Out Magazine. Like a wordage wild fire, it started to spread, passing the lips of gays and straights alike and ultimately landing on The New York Times‘ Ideas of the Year list. Of course, the word’s influence can’t be contained to 2006 and has thus spawned an enjoyable Doron Halutz penned piece in Israel’s Haaretz.
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