Once a rabble-rouser, always a rabble-rouser! Albert Marchena made headlines in Spain two years ago, when he and his boyfriend became the nation's first same-sex military couple to tie the knot. The men have since split.

Fast forward to today and Marchena's again ruffling feathers with a new calendar:

The 2009 calendar includes images of gay men embracing on a church altar wearing nothing but dog collars, a transsexual crucifixion, and a naked angel striking a provocative pose in a cemetery.

Other pictures show naked men within military scenes, including one gay model wearing only chains photographed in front of an army tank.
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Mr Marchena believes that none of the 24 images contained within his Arcoiris calendar should be considered 'blasphemous'.

"I'm promoting tolerance and equality and this is a way of showing that we can all be united in one place, in this case on the pages of a calendar," Mr Marchena told Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos.

Calendars, of course, are far easier templates for achieving unity.